Thursday, January 24, 2013
Rival gang members attended a party where tensions escalated, police said. Marcus Antonio Jones, 16, was shot to death outside.
Prince George's County police announced Thursday that they have arrested two suspects and are searching for a third in the killing of 16-year-old Marcus Antonio Jones. Jones had attended a birthday party Sunday with rival gang members in Ft. Washington where tensions escalated, according to police. Police Chief Mark Magaw held a press meeting Thursday announcing Akil Darnell Ings, 17, and Kquantae Markies Fisher, 19, were arrested in connection with the killing of Jones. They were affiliated with a local gang and Jones was affiliated with a different local gang, police said. Detectives believe these gang associations played a part in Jones' killing, police said. Ings, of Suitland, is the supsected gunman, police said, and is in custody in …
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Singled out by his elementary school classmates as a bully, a 6th grader makes a tough choice.
All eyes were on a 6th grade boy at Glenridge Elementary School while a county official talked to his class about bullying. Yolonda Evans, Prince George's County Department of Corrections spokeswoman, asked him why everyone was looking at him. He pretended ignorance, but the class didn't let it drop. Answering for him, they blurted out, "Because he bullies," Evans said. After class, Evans said he called her aside and told her, "I think that I might bully people because I get angry." He said, "I don't want to bully," Evans recalled. On Tuesday, the 6th grader, along with 161 students from Glenridge Elementary School, pledged out loud with their right hands raised: "I will not bully others, I will remain drug free, and I will remain gang …
Friday, October 21, 2011
County PD Gang Unit awarded for MS-13 sting.
Members of the county police’s Gang Unit Wednesday were honored during the Attorney General’s 59th Annual Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. presented Prince George’s County Police Chief Mark Magaw, Cpt. Milburne Lynn, Sgt. Henry Norris, detectives Felipe Ordono and Jose Febles-Torres with the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service for their work during Operation Mano Dura. The two-year-long operation was overseen by the ATF and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, in collaboration with the Prince George’s County Police Department and La Policia Nacional Civial, El Salvador. It resulted in the arrest and successful prosecution of the leaders of three major cliques of MS-13 that were operating in …
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11:07 am on Thursday, October 27, 2011
Way to go Police, ATF, keep up the good work of keeping us safe!!! Thanks again more ›