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Golf For Good: Local Tournament Raises Funds & Awareness
May 16,2012 at 4:59 PM EST

According to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, every 14 minutes someone in the United States commits suicide.
Help raise awareness to this growing issue, and reach out to those affected by suicide at The AFSP National Capital Chapter 's Second Annual Charity Golf...more Tournament on May 23rd.
Last year, the organization was able to raise $18,000, which benefitted the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and their dedication to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy programs.
The 18-hole golf tournament is located at one of the area’s nicest courses at Andrews Airforce Base in Md., and features a fully catered barbeque lunch and refreshments.
The tournament also incorporates contests and prizes including restaurant gift certificates, and paid vacations to Chicago, Florida, and San Francisco, as well as trophies for winning foursomes.  
“In the time it takes us to complete our Golf Tournament, 20 more
Capitol Hill, Georgetown, Chantilly, Penn Quarter, Springfield, Alexandria, Brightwood, Arlington, Fairfax, Falls Church, Leesburg, Manassas, McLean, Reston, Vienna, Herndon, Annandale, Sterling, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Gaithersburg, Olney, Potomac, Rockville, Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Wheaton, Anacostia, Germantown, Centreville, Prince William County, Ashburn, Bowie, Charles County, College Park, Forestville, Fort Washington, Greenbelt, Landover, Laurel, Oxon Hill, Suitland, Upper Marlboro, Frederick County, Adams Morgan, Brookland, Chinatown, Columbia Heights, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, Friendship Heights, U Street, Poolesville

13 Taken To Hospital After Tour Bus Crashes On Beltway
May 16,2012 at 3:14 PM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) - Prince George's County Fire Department Spokesperson Mark Brady says three tour buses, including one with middle school students from Dallastown, Pa. headed to D.C. for sightseeing, were involved in collisions on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway in Greenbelt on...more Wednesday morning.

Brady says that the Beltway traffic slowed down before the BW Parkway and a box truck hit the back of a bus, causing damage to the engine and disabling the bus.  

Brady also says two separate crashes involving the two other buses happened on the Beltway near Kenilworth Avenue.

Eight passengers/students from the first collision complained about neck and back pain, according to Brady, and four students and one adult from the second collision complained of illness or injury. He says no injuries were reported on the third bus.

In total, more than 80 passengers were evaluated at the scene but only 13 were taken to hospitals for minor injuries or
Greenbelt

Campus Correspondent Report: Eleanor Roosevelt Takes Down Bowie
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May 5,2012 at 12:21 AM EST

Story by Isaac Ferebee, Eleanor Roosevelt Campus Correspondent

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -- Eleanor Roosevelt (17-1) handed Bowie (15-2) its second loss of the season on Friday in a 9-1 ball game with credit to pitcher Bobby Browning. The senior pitched a complete game with seven...more strikeouts, one walk, gave up four hits and zero earned runs. 

"My curveball was my best pitch today ... I don't like being pulled out, plus going the distance is a confidence booster," said Browning. 

The Raiders shot out of the gate fast, with Bowie going three up three down at the top of the first inning. At the bottom of the first, the Raiders went to work quickly with a leadoff double to left from senior center fielder Avery Lomax. The Raiders then earned two runs off of a two-out triple to right from junior Isaiah Lopez.

"I felt that I needed to drive the ball well because runs were important," said Lopez, Roosevelt's third baseman. 

The Raiders' bats went
Greenbelt

Fatal Motorcycle Crash Tied Up Morning Commute
May 4,2012 at 1:41 PM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -- A motorcycle driver died after crashing in Greenbelt, emergency officials said. 

The crash happened at around 6:39 a.m., on the Outer Loop ramp and Kenilworth Avenue.

Officials say the female driver hit the guardrail of the ramp and was thrown from...more her motorcycle. 

Crews are still investigating the cause of the crash.

Outer Loop Ramp to Kenilworth Avenue was closed for about 2 and a half hours after the crash, causing major delays to the morning commute.
Greenbelt

Former Nat'l Archives Employee Sentenced For Thefts
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May 4,2012 at 1:41 PM EST


WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge in Maryland has sentenced a former government employee to 18 months in prison for stealing thousands of recordings from the National Archive and selling many on eBay.

Leslie Charles Waffen was sentenced Thursday in Greenbelt, Md. Waffen spent...more more than 40 years working for the National Archives and Records Administration, the country's most important repository of historical records. He pleaded guilty to theft of government property in October.

The man who noticed the theft and helped capture the thief is a retired radio engineer from Connecticut, J. David Goldin. Goldin spotted on eBay a record he'd donated to the archive in the 1970s, setting off an investigation.
Greenbelt

Driver In BW Pkwy Crash Pleads Guilty
Apr 27,2012 at 4:34 PM EST


GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) - A driver whose crash on the BW Parkway last July resulted in the death of a passenger has pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter and to driving a vehicle on a federal park highway after his license was revoked.

The guilty plea of Jade Clayton...more Jackson, age 25, of Burtonsville, was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Chief Teresa Chambers of the U.S. Park Police.

According to his plea agreement, Jackson was driving on the Baltimore Washington Parkway on July 7, 2011 with three passengers. Another driver called 911 after seeing Jackson swerve and drive out of control. While on the phone with 911, the motorist saw Jackson's car accelerate, hit a guard rail, swerve across the road, lose control and crash into trees. The rear driver's side passenger in the car was killed and the other two passengers were seriously injured.

A toxicology report showed that Jackson's
Greenbelt

Md. Man Get 12 Years In Prison For Selling Crack
Apr 13,2012 at 11:20 AM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) - A Frederick, Md. man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling crack.

Twenty-eight-year-old John Hamilton Kaine will serve prison time followed by three years of supervised release for distributing cocaine base. He got a longer sentence because the...more judge found out Kaine had three previous drug convictions.

According to his plea agreement, on April 1, 2011 Montgomery County police officers in Germantown saw Kaine engage in two drug transactions. Kaine got into a car and drove away, but the officers stopped the car.  He tried to flee, throwing away a plastic bag containing 30 wrapped pieces of crack (totaling 12.67 grams). Kaine was arrested and the plastic bag filled with crack was recovered.
Greenbelt, Frederick County

Former Corrections Officer Pleads Not Guilty In Ronnie White Death

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -- A former corrections officer at the Prince George's County Detention Center has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the in-custody death of a pretrial detainee, Ronnie White, on June 29, 2008.

Anthony McIntosh was arraigned on Thursday morning in U.S....more District Court in Greenbelt, Md. 

His trial is scheduled for January 8, 2013.

He has been released under the supervision of U.S. Pretrial Services.

READ: Charging Documents

McIntosh was arrested in New York City in January. McIntosh is charged with a federal civil rights violation for deprivation of rights under color of law in connection with the death of White. The indictment alleges McIntosh discovered White in his cell, unresponsive and in apparent need of emergency medical care, and that McIntosh walked away without providing medical care or notifying PGDOC personnel of the emergency, thereby acting with deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of
Greenbelt, Upper Marlboro

Man Sentenced For PCP Trafficking Scheme
Mar 28,2012 at 7:08 PM EST
A man was sentenced Wednesday for
conspiring to distribute and possessing with intent to distribute
phencyclidine (PCP).

Twin Brothers Sentenced For Bank Robbery
Mar 19,2012 at 10:09 PM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -  Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced twin brothers Darnell and Ronnell Davis, both age 26 of Severn, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., respectively, each to 97 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery and...more attempted bank larceny in connection with the attempted theft of an ATM machine. The Davises were ordered to pay restitution of $118,000 and to forfeit a 2007 Dodge Challenger and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Chief Mark A. Magaw of the Prince George's County Police Department.

  PHOTOS: DC AREA MUG SHOTS 

 

According to their plea agreements, on January 11, 2011, Darnell and Ronnell Davis, Cortez Maurice Mallory and others participated in the robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank,
Greenbelt

Twin Brothers Sentenced For Bank Robbery
Mar 19,2012 at 5:29 PM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -  Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced twin brothers Darnell and Ronnell Davis, both age 26 of Severn, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., respectively, each to 97 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery and...more attempted bank larceny in connection with the attempted theft of an ATM machine. The Davises were ordered to pay restitution of $118,000 and to forfeit a 2007 Dodge Challenger and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Chief Mark A. Magaw of the Prince George's County Police Department.

  PHOTOS: DC AREA MUG SHOTS 

 

According to their plea agreements, on January 11, 2011, Darnell and Ronnell Davis, Cortez Maurice Mallory and others participated in the robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank,
Greenbelt

Twin Brothers Sentenced For Bank Robbery
Mar 19,2012 at 5:39 PM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -  Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced twin brothers Darnell and Ronnell Davis, both age 26 of Severn, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., respectively, each to 97 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery and...more attempted bank larceny in connection with the attempted theft of an ATM machine. The Davises were ordered to pay restitution of $118,000 and to forfeit a 2007 Dodge Challenger and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Chief Mark A. Magaw of the Prince George's County Police Department.

  PHOTOS: DC AREA MUG SHOTS 

 

According to their plea agreements, on January 11, 2011, Darnell and Ronnell Davis, Cortez Maurice Mallory and others participated in the robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank,
Greenbelt

Truck Driver Pleads Guilty To Ramming Cars While Fleeing Police
Mar 19,2012 at 5:49 PM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -  - Michael A. Jasper, age 40, of Hanover, Maryland, pleaded guilty Friday to assault resulting in serious bodily injury in connection with injuries that Jasper caused to motorists whom he rammed while driving his company's truck on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway as he...more fled from police.

The plea agreement was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Chief Teresa Chambers of the U.S. Park Police; Chief Mark A. Magaw of the Prince George's County Police Department; and Anne Arundel County Police Chief James Teare, Sr.

  PHOTOS: DC AREA MUG SHOTS 

According to his plea, on March 31, 2010, while working for a moving company on a job in New Carrollton, Jasper was involved in an assault.  He jumped into the company truck and fled. Prince George's County Police attempted to stop the truck, but Jasper led police on a chase from country roads to the Capital Beltway and the Baltimore-Washington
Greenbelt

Twin Brothers Sentenced For Bank Robbery
Mar 19,2012 at 4:48 PM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -  Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced twin brothers Darnell and Ronnell Davis, both age 26 of Severn, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., respectively, each to 97 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery and...more attempted bank larceny in connection with the attempted theft of an ATM machine. The Davises were ordered to pay restitution of $118,000 and to forfeit a 2007 Dodge Challenger and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Chief Mark A. Magaw of the Prince George's County Police Department.

According to their plea agreements, on January 11, 2011, Darnell and Ronnell Davis, Cortez Maurice Mallory and others participated in the robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., d/b/a Wachovia Bank, in the 7700 block of
Greenbelt

Twin Brothers Sentenced For Bank Robbery
Mar 19,2012 at 4:58 PM EST

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -  Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced twin brothers Darnell and Ronnell Davis, both age 26 of Severn, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., respectively, each to 97 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for bank robbery and...more attempted bank larceny in connection with the attempted theft of an ATM machine. The Davises were ordered to pay restitution of $118,000 and to forfeit a 2007 Dodge Challenger and a 2007 Cadillac Escalade.

The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Chief Mark A. Magaw of the Prince George's County Police Department.

According to their plea agreements, on January 11, 2011, Darnell and Ronnell Davis, Cortez Maurice Mallory and others participated in the robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., d/b/a Wachovia Bank, in the 7700 block of
Greenbelt