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Charges filed in '03 triple slaying at Md. strip club

Police in Prince George's County have charged a man in connection with a triple slaying that occurred more than six years ago outside a Landover Hills strip club, authorities said Thursday. Moises Medina, 29, was charged Wednesday with three counts of ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  20 Nov 2009
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3 teens injured in car crash in Glenn Dale area of Pr. George's

Three teenagers were injured -- one critically -- in a single-vehicle crash Thursday in the Glenn Dale area of Prince George's County, police and fire officials said. The crash occurred just before 2 p.m., when a minivan carrying all three rolled over ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Body found in dumpster was that of homeless man

The Upper Marlboro man whose body was found at a Laurel recycling facility Tuesday was homeless and sleeping in a dumpster when he was picked up and compacted by a cardboard recycling truck, authorities said Thursday. Although they are awaiting the ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  19 Nov 2009

Md. store owner recounts fatal shooting of robber

By store owner John Jang's account, there was no choice at all. A would-be robber was crawling through the opening in the bulletproof-glass window separating customer from clerk at a Food Zone convenience store in Fort Washington on Tuesday night. The ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  19 Nov 2009

D.C. man arrested in Charles County in connection to fatal shooting

Police in Charles County have arrested a D.C. man in connection with a fatal shooting during a drug robbery outside an Indian Head bar this month, authorities said Tuesday. Eugene A. Jackson, 29, was charged with first-degree murder and related counts ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009

Family, friendsmourn boy slainin D.C. apartment

Oscar Fuentes was every bit a kid's kid. This Story Family and friends mourn boy, 9, slain in D.C. apartment Death through a closed door Mourners hold vigil for child shot through apartment door 9-year-old killed in D.C. apartment shooting View All ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009
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Md. cyclist who was killed by police cruiser identified

Bladensburg police have identified the bicyclist killed when he was struck by a police cruiser Saturday as Rene Osmin Pineda-Paredas, 25, of the 5000 block of Tilden Road. Pineda-Paredas was pulling onto Annapolis Road from the Bladen Plaza Shopping ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  12 Nov 2009

Bar shooting victim was Fairfax man

Authorities in Charles County on Monday identified the man killed in a bar parking lot early Saturday as Victor S. Taylor, 24, of Fairfax, and backed off their initial characterization of the incident as a shooting stemming from an argument. Several ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

Bicyclist struck, killed by Bladensburg police vehicle

A bicyclist coming out of a shopping center died Saturday morning after he was struck by a Bladensburg police cruiser, authorities said Monday. The cyclist, who police have not identified, was pulling onto Annapolis Road from the Bladen Plaza Shopping ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

Pedestrian killed on Route 5 near Suitland

A District man was killed early Monday when he was struck by a car on Route 5 in the Suitland area, police said. Lawrence Bettis Jr., 37, of the 1600 block of Fort Davis Street SE was walking across Route 5 near Old Branch Avenue when he was struck by a ...

From MATT ZAPOTOSKY, The Washington Post,  9 Nov 2009

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