Retired MRPD Chief's Discussion

Effective immediately, the police department’s records office hours will be 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday only . Until further notice there will be no extended evening hours. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

The Mount Rainier Police Department’s weekly report is not intended to be a listing of every incident or call for service handled by the police department, but merely a general summary of incidents that may be of interest to the community. Some reports may be outside the date parameters due to extended investigations or other circumstances. Some cases are not included at all due to ongoing investigations. May 18 th : Queens Chapel Road and Buchanan Street : Hit and run collision – 11:20am. The owner of a 2012 Honda truck told officers that as he was turning off Buchanan Street onto Queens Chapel Road an unidentified vehicle struck his truck in the rear quarter panel and fled. The victim was not able to provide a description or a tag number for the striking vehicle. May 17 th : 3200 block of Queenstown Drive : Warrant service – 1:55am. Officers responded to assist Queenstown Security with a suspicious person. Further investigation revealed that the individual had an open arrest warran

Earlier this afternoon a citizen called in a complaint about a suspicious person pushing a small motorcycle down the street. Within a few moments officers were in the area and located the motorcycle, but unfortunately the suspicious person was nowhere to be found. About 45 minutes passed and while the officers were waiting for a tow truck for the bike the owner called Communications to report the bike stolen. I think he was pretty happy when we told him we had already recovered it! The owner came by and picked up his bike and was able to thank the citizen whose initial call resulted in a happy ending. The MRPD would also like to extend its thanks to our vigilant citizen - an excellent example of how citizens can help each other by being eyes and ears for the police. Thanks also to Sergeant First Class Steve Malley for his report.

The Mount Rainier Police Department’s weekly report is not intended to be a listing of every incident or call for service handled by the police department, but merely a general summary of incidents that may be of interest to the community. Some reports may be outside the date parameters due to extended investigations or other circumstances. Some cases are not included at all due to ongoing investigations. May 11 th : 3500 block of Shepherd Street : Trespassing/suspicious person – 7:45am. Officers responded for the report of a black male wearing a black jacket and gray jeans who was seen walking behind a neighbor’s house while putting on black gloves. When the officers arrived they found the juvenile walking in the 3600 block of Shepherd Street and stopped him for a field interview. During the interview he gave the officers conflicting information as to why he was trespassing on private property and they identified him as a person of interest in two other burglaries of vacant houses in

The Mount Rainier Police Department’s weekly report is not intended to be a listing of every incident or call for service handled by the police department, but merely a general summary of incidents that may be of interest to the community. Some reports may be outside the date parameters due to extended investigations or other circumstances. Some cases are not included at all due to ongoing investigations. May 4 th : 3200 block of Queens Chapel Road : Warrant service – 3:05am. Officers we called to check on a group of suspicious individuals wearing masks inside a minivan. The officers learned that the masks were small party masks that they received at a club they had just left. The officers also learned that one of the individuals had an open arrest warrant through Prince George’s County for failing to appear in court on a theft charge. He was arrested on the warrant and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville. 4000 block of 37 th Street : Trespassing – 4:20pm. Officers respon