Retired MRPD Chief's Discussion

3800 block of 30th Street : At about 5:20 pm officers responded for a father/son domestic dispute. Their investigation revealed that the son had earlier told his father that he had been accepted into college and apparently did not get the response he wanted. The son became violent and because of similar past behavior the father tried to leave the house until the son calmed down. As the father tried to drive away the son jumped onto the hood of his car and smashed in the windshield. The son was arrested and charged with domestic assault and destruction of property and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville. Monthly joint task force operation : Between the hours of 6 pm and 2 am officers from the Mount Rainier Police, Maryland-National Capital Park Police, and the Hyattsville City Police conducted a joint high visibility saturation patrol operation concentrating on various hot spot locations across the three jurisdictions. The focus of this month’s operation was on vehicular traf

Heat and humidity are in the forecast for the upcoming days in Prince George’s County and the men and women of your Fire/EMS Department want you to stay informed and take precautions to stay safe and healthy. Temperatures in the nineties, combined with high humidity may create a dangerous situation for children, the elderly, and those who suffer from chronic heart or lung conditions. The National Weather Service is forecasting temperatures will hit the nineties on Thursday and last throughout the weekend. Your best protection is to stay well hydrated. Sweat, or water, allows heat to evaporate from your skin’s surface. If you become dehydrated, it is more difficult for your body to maintain an acceptable temperature. The best thing to drink is water. Gatorade or other sports drinks are also good. Avoid drinks containing alcohol or caffeine. Limit heavy exertion when high levels of heat and humidity are present. High humidity levels make it more difficult for your body to dissipate heat.

3600 block of Perry Street : At about 10:10 pm officers responded for the report of a residential burglary. Their investigation revealed that the homeowner left for work at about 8 am returning to find the home in disarray. Sometime while the homeowner was away, person(s) unknown entered the home through an open kitchen window and stole several items of personal property. The officers were able to identify and recover latent fingerprint evidence which is being sent to RAFIS for analysis.

Tuesday June 23rd : 3400 block of Rhode Island Avenue : At about 7:45 am officers on patrol observed a subject consuming an alcoholic beverage in public. He was issued a criminal citation for the violation and sent on his way. 3300 block of Rhode Island Avenue : At about 6:50 pm officers took a theft report at Party Time Liquors. Their investigation revealed that two individuals entered the store, one of whom stayed by the counter attempting to distract the store employees while the other took two bottles of liquor from a display rack. When the employee told the individuals to leave the store they fled on foot taking the goods with them without paying. No direction of travel was observed and it is unknown whether they may have made good their escape in a waiting vehicle. A check of the area for the three proved negative. Suspect #1 : Black male, 17-20 years of age, 5’6” tall, about 150 lbs, wearing a red/black shirt and blue jeans. Suspect #2 : Black male, 17-20 years of age, 5’8” Tall

Monday June 22nd : 3200 block of Rhode Island Avenue: At about 7:30 am officers took a report of a motor vehicle theft. The victim/owner told the officers that sometime during the overnight hours person(s) unknown stole his gold 2000 Dodge van with Maryland tags 31291M7. A check of the area for witnesses and/or evidence proved negative. 3300 block of Buchanan Street : At about 8:25 am officers took a report of a vandalism to auto. The victim/owner of a white 1996 Chrysler Concorde told the officers that sometime during the overnight hours person(s) unknown damaged the car’s driver side door. No evidence was found that would indicate those responsible were able to get into the car and nothing was discovered missing. No additional evidence or witnesses were found. 2500 block of Queens Chapel Road : At about 10:10 am officers stopped a vehicle that was not displaying any registration plates. An MVA/NCIC check revealed that the vehicle was not reported stolen and not currently registered.

Friday June 19th : 4000 block of 34th Street : At about 9:15am officers took a report of a stolen auto. The victim/owner told the officers that he parked and locked his burgundy colored 2004 Jeep Liberty (Maryland tag 545M727) by his residence on June 18th at about 9:30 pm. When he returned for his Jeep this morning he discovered that it had been stolen. This vehicle was later reported to be involved in several armed robberies in the District I area. Saturday June 20th : 4200 block of 30th Street : At about 6:30am officers received a call for a stolen auto. The victims/owners told the officers that their 1998 Jeep Cherokee was parked and locked by their residence on June 19th at about 9:30 pm. When they returned this morning they discovered that their Jeep had been stolen. 2300 block of Varnum Street : At about 8:00 am officers received a call to respond to the police station to take a robbery report. The victims (two) told the officers that at about 2 am this morning today they were w

The FDA and CDC are warning consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due to the risk of contamination with E.coli, a bacterium that causes food borne illness. The FDA advises that if consumers have any prepackaged, refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough products in their home that they throw them away. Cooking the dough is not recommended because consumers might get the bacteria on their hands and on other cooking surfaces. Individuals who have recently eaten prepackaged, refrigerated Toll House cookie dough and have experienced any of these symptoms should contact their doctor or health care provider immediately. Any such illnesses should be reported to state or local health authorities. The FDA reminds consumers they should not eat any raw food products that are intended for cooking or baking before consumption. Consumers should use safe food-handling practices when preparing such products, including following package directio

One Municipal Place : At about 3:25 pm officers on patrol observed an individual consuming an alcoholic beverage in a public place. He was issued a criminal citation for the violation and sent on his way. 3300 block of Rhode Island Avenue (traffic circle) : At about 8:30 pm officers investigated a motor vehicle crash involving two cars. Their investigation determined revealed that the car traveling northbound on Rhode Island Avenue entered the circle and failed to yield the right of way to a car already in the circle. The driver of the striking vehicle was issued three Maryland State citations. Both vehicles were drivable after the crash and there were no injuries or damage to City property.

Brazilian scientists have identified a new strain of the H1N1 virus after examining samples from a patient in Sao Paulo, their institute said on Tuesday. The variant has been called A/Sao Paulo/1454/H1N1 by the Adolfo Lutz Bacteriological Institute, which compared it with samples of the A(H1N1) swine flu from California. The genetic sequence of the new sub-type of the H1N1 virus was isolated by a virology team lead by one of its researchers, Terezinha Maria de Paiva, the institute said in a statement. The mutation is comprised of alterations in the Hemagglutinin protein which allows the virus to infect new hosts, it said. It was not yet known whether the new strain was more aggressive than the current A(H1N1) virus which has been declared pandemic by the World Health Organization. The genetic make-up of the H1N1 virus and its subvariants are important for scientists. Pharmaceutical companies are working to mass produce a vaccine against the current A(H1N1) flu. There are fears though t

3700 block of Rhode Island Avenue : At about 7:30 pm officers took a report of a lost wallet. The owner told the officers that she lost her wallet while at Saint James Church but could not remember if she was inside or outside on the Church grounds when her wallet was lost. She was provided a case number for verification purposes. 3400 block of Newton Street : At about 11 pm officers responded for the report of an intoxicated male attempting to take his own life. When the officers arrived the found the man in an extremely intoxicated state and suffering from non-life threatening self inflicted wounds to his hands and chest. He told the officers that he had a drinking problem and did not feel well about himself. Due to the man’s behavior and self- inflicted injuries he was taken into protective custody and transported to Washington Adventist Hospital for psychological evaluation and treatment.

Tuesday June 16 : Chillum Road at Queens Chapel Road : At about 1:50 pm officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle was found to have a suspended registration with an MVA pick-up order for the tags. The tags were seized pursuant to the pick-up order, the vehicle was impounded, and the driver was issued the appropriate Maryland state citations. One Municipal Place : At about 5:20 pm power shift officers stopped a vehicle because the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The driver’s vehicle was found to have a suspended registration with an MVA pick-up order on the tags. The tags were seized pursuant to the pick-up order, the vehicle was impounded, and the driver was issued the appropriate Maryland state citations. 3300 block of Rhode Island Avenue : At about 10:30 pm officers on patrol apprehended an individual who had stolen two one-liter bottles of Vodka from Party Time Liquors. The individual was charged with misdemeanor theft via a criminal citation and released wi

Monday June 15 : 4300 block of 31st Street : At about 3 pm officers took a report of an attempted vehicle theft. The victim/owner told the officers that person(s) unknown damaged the ignition on his 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 P/U truck. He said that he believed that he had left the truck unlocked when he parked it by his residence. The officers verified that there was no forced entry into the vehicle. 2900 block of Arundel Road : At about 4:20 pm officers took a report of a stolen vehicle. The victim told the officers that sometime prior to his call to the police person(s) unknown stole his burgundy colored 2005 Dodge Durango with Maryland tags 13463M1. A canvass of the area for evidence/witnesses was negative. 3700 block of 35th Street : At about 8:15 pm an MRPD officer suffered a dog bite while handling a call for service. The officer was bitten on his right triceps when the dog jumped over a fence and attacked him. The owner of the dog was not present at the time of the incident, but the o

Friday June 12th : 3300 block of Shepherd Street : At about 8 pm officers responded for an assault in progress. When the officers arrived they saw a man running from the scene of the assault and watched him run into 3300 Shepherd Street. The officers made note of this individual and proceeded to contact and interview the victim of the assault. The victim told the officers that he and his domestic partner had been drinking during the course of the day and at one point they began to argue. The argument escalated to a physical altercation with the victim suffering injuries to his face. The victim’s domestic partner was identified as the man who ran from the scene when the officers arrived. The officers located him inside the address into which he ran and arrested him. He was charged with second degree assault and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville. Saturday June 13th : 2500 block of Arundel Road : At about 7 am officers took a report of a theft from auto. Their investigation r

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the new H1N1 virus has caused the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years. The declaration will trigger heightened health measures in the WHO's 193 member states as authorities brace for the worldwide spread of the virus that has so far caused mainly mild illness. " Phase 6 doesn't mean anything concerning severity, it is concerning geographic spread... Pandemic means global, but it doesn't have any connotation of severity or mildness ," WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said. One health source said the experts are also expected to recommend finishing production currently underway of seasonal flu vaccine for the northern hemisphere next winter. There have been 27,737 infections reported in 74 countries as of June 11th, including 141 deaths, according to the WHO's latest tally of laboratory confirmed cases; but the real number of people with the disease is likely to run into at least hundreds of thousands, as m

Saturday June 6th : 2400 block of Chillum Road : At about 1 pm officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Further inquiry revealed that the driver had an open arrest warrant though the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear in court. He was issued the appropriate traffic citations, arrested on the warrant and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville. 3000 block of Queens Chapel Road : At about 11:30 pm officers took a report of damaged property. The resident told the officers that fire/rescue personnel had to forcibly enter his apartment because a smoke alarm was sounding. The resident had left a hotdog cooking on the stove while he went out causing the alarm to sound. No one was injured. Sunday June 7th : 2700 block of Queens Chapel Road : At about 12:30 am officers observed a man sleeping in the hallway of the apartment building. When they checked his welfare they found that he did not live in the building and he was not currently wanted. He was

During the evening hours officers from the Mount Rainier Police, Maryland-National Capital Park Police, Metro Transit Police and Hyattsville City Police conducted a joint high-visibility saturation patrol. Eleven officers participated in the operation and the results are as follows: · 21 vehicles stopped; · 2 vehicles searched; · 11 Maryland state citations issued; · 4 equipment repair orders issued; · 4 written warnings issued; · 4 arrests were made: 1 open warrant, 1 on-view arrest for selling w/o a license at the Prince George’s Plaza Metro Station (juvenile), 1 criminal citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, and one criminal citation for theft of vehicle tags. · 1 vehicle impounded. · 10 field observation reports completed. The areas of concentration for this month’s sweep were: · Metro trains operating between the Prince George’s Plaza Metro Station and the West Hyattsville Metro Station; · East West Highway between Queens Chapel Road and Toledo Road · Ager Roa

Nothing significant to report.

Monday June 8 : 2300 block of Varnum Street (7-11) : At about 6 am officers responded for a theft. The store clerk told the officers that several individuals came into the store and brought numerous items up to the checkout counter. Once the items were rung up and bagged the individuals grabbed the bags and fled the store without paying. None of the individuals said anything to the clerk as they were at the counter or when entering or leaving the store. The individuals were seen getting into a green BMW 360 with DC tags BE4404. The vehicle fled in an unknown direction. Attempts to make contact with registered owner of the vehicle have been negative. The store’s video tapes were obtained to assist investigators with identifying the perpetrators. The investigation will continue by MRPD officers and PGPD detectives. Tuesday June 9 : 3800 block of 33rd Street : At about 4:20 pm officers took a report of fraud/identity theft. The victim told the officers that she had requested a copy of her

Nothing significant to report.

Chillum Road at Queenstown Drive : At about 7 am officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. The officers discovered that the driver had an open warrant through the Prince George's County Sheriff’s Department. He was arrested on the warrant and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville. His vehicle was impounded. 4000 block of 34th Street : At about 8:05 am officers responded for the report of a commercial burglary. When the officers arrived they spoke with the owner of Oscar’s Florist who told them that sometime between close of business on the 1st and the time he called someone broke the front door glass, entered the store and stole various items of property. The shop was processed for evidence with negative results. One Municipal Place : At about 9 am officers on foot patrol observed an individual consuming an alcoholic beverage in public. He was issued a criminal citation for the violation (his 10th) and sent on his way. 3400 block of Shepherd Street : At about 12:

3800 block of 34th Street : At about 5:20 pm officers on foot patrol stopped an individual for drinking an alcoholic beverage in public. He was issued a criminal citation for the violation and sent on his way without incident. 34th Street at Rainier Avenue : At about 8:40 pm officers stopped a vehicle for running a stop sign. Further investigation revealed that the driver had a suspended license. He was cited for the two violations and his vehicle was impounded. 3300 block of Chauncey Place : At about 11:55 pm power shift officers observed a subject sitting in a vehicle who had previously fled from them. Officers stopped him because they knew from past experience that he did not have a valid driver’s license. He was found to not only have a suspended license but two open warrants through the Prince George’s County Sheriff's Department for contempt of court. He was arrested pursuant to the open warrants and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville. His vehicle was impounded.

May 29th : 2900 block of Arundel Road : At about 8:45 am officers took a report of a vandalism to auto. The victim told the officers that he parked his car outside his residence and that sometime during the previous night person(s) unknown damaged the front tag assembly. Those responsible left the front tag and its bracket on the ground in front of the vehicle. A check of area for evidence and witnesses was negative. 4100 block of 30th Street : At about 8:45 am officers took a report of a vandalism to auto. The officers’ investigation revealed that person(s) unknown entered the victim’s car that was parked in his driveway and ransacked its interior. Nothing was taken and the damage to the vehicle was minimal. 3700 block of Rhode Island Avenue : At about 10 am officers responded for the report of a suspicious vehicle. The officers met with a woman who told them that a dark complexioned black male with shoulder length dreads driving a blue vehicle with DC tags pulled up beside her and