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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Prince George's Headlines: Targeted Shooting Fatality, Teacher Charged with Sex Abuse, Hair Weave Heist

Top stories this week in Prince George's County.

  Among stories that received attention this week in Prince George's County were:  a Green Party candidate struck in a hit-and-run, an officer to serve 30 days in the UMD beating case, and a woman released from jail by mistake. Here are those articles and others.  Lanham Man Dies in Targeted Shooting Prince George's County police are investigating the fatal shooting of a Lanham man in his rental home Wednesday afternoon. According to police, it was not a random crime, but detectives are working on identifying a motive and suspects. No Criminal Wrongdoing Found in Case of Officer Who Hit Handcuffed Man The State's Attorney for Prince George's County announced this week that it had found "no apparent criminal wrongdoing" from an August case …

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No Criminal Wrongdoing Found in Case of Officer Who Hit Handcuffed Man, Report: Video Depicts Laurel Police Hitting Handcuffed Man, Police Nab Suspected Burglars At Pawn Shop (in Hyattsville Patch), and 2 more ›

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Police Searching for Driver in Fatal Hit-and-Run

Police said Henry Smith, 71, of Laurel, was killed when a car struck him on I-295 early Saturday morning.

Maryland State Police are searching for the driver in a fatal hit-and-run that occurred on I-295 early Saturday morning. According to a release, Henry Smith, 71, of Laurel was killed when he was struck by a car shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday on I-295 near the Baltimore Beltway. Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy performed Saturday confirmed his death was the result of being struck by a vehicle. Police said shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday they received a call for a person walking in the roadway on northbound I-295 near I-695. A trooper responded to the area and found the victim lying in the fast lane of I-295, just south of I-695. There is no information on the vehicle the struck Smith, according to the release. Troopers …

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