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A Prince George’s County police officer faces criminal charges for allegedly assaulting a handcuffed man during a traffic stop. Cpl. Clarence Black was indicted Tuesday on two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of misconduct in office, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said in a statement.  Black stopped an African American man who was driving on...

Prince George’s County settled a major lawsuit filed by county police officers who alleged racial discrimination and retaliation.

Prince George’s County has settled a lawsuit brought by officers of color who alleged racial discrimination, retaliation and unfair promotion practices within the Prince George’s County Police Department.  A settlement was reached this past weekend after a 2 1/2 year battle and more than $17 million in taxpayer dollars spent by County Executive Angela Alsobrooks’ administration.  Most of the...

A Prince George’s County police officer was indicted Tuesday after allegedly assaulting a Black 17-year-old boy he took into custody last fall.

A Prince George’s County police officer was indicted Tuesday after allegedly assaulting a Black 17-year-old boy he took into custody last fall.  Cpl. Darryl Wormuth was indicted on a first-degree assault charge. He also is charged with second-degree assault and misconduct in office, the department said Wednesday. He was suspended without pay. Wormuth, who has been with the department...

The shooting happened during a series of fights at Ritchie Station on Saturday. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A 13-year-old boy died and a 12-year-old boy is charged with murder after what police believe was a clash Saturday between two groups of young people at a shopping center in Prince George’s County. King Douglas, of Upper Marlboro, died, police said Monday.  The 12-year-old suspect, a D.C. resident, was arrested and charged as a juvenile with first-degree murder....

Editor’s Note (April 19, 2021, 1 p.m. ET): Police identified the victim and charged a suspect. Go here for updates. One juvenile died and another was taken to a hospital with serious injuries after a clash Saturday night at a shopping center off the Capital Beltway in Prince George’s County.  The name of the person who died was not...

One person is dead and another is seriously hurt after police received reports of disorderly young people at a shopping center in Forestville, Maryland. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A special police officer and “female victim” had shots fired at them early Tuesday on the D.C.-Maryland border after the female reported being a victim of a sexual assault, police say.  The shots were fired in the 5300 block of Sheriff Road in Fairmount Heights, Prince George’s County police said. Officers responded at about 2:15 a.m.  The victim, whose...

A newly unedited report on the police department details oversight failures, allegations of racism and reveals why the ex-chief left as the county counters with its own report. News4’s Tracee Wilkins reports.

A newly unredacted report that’s part of a federal lawsuit filed by Black and Latino officers against the Prince George’s County Police Department details a lack of oversight within the department, possibly explaining why some officers of color have filed lawsuits seeking justice.  Former police chief Hank Stawinski said he tried to resign from the department in December 2018,...

A man was found with a gunshot wound after an SUV crashed into the side of a home in the Landover area on Monday.  The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.  Chopper4 footage shows the white SUV hit the side of the home, damaging the siding.  Prince George’s County police and firefighters were called to East...

A man was shot and killed inside a convenience store in Fort Washington on Monday in what detectives believe was an attempted robbery.  John Woo Young Jang died after he was shot at his workplace, Food Zone. He lived in Laurel and was 66, Prince George’s County police said Tuesday.  Officers responded to the store in the 12500 block...

A now-former police officer convicted of sexually assaulting a fellow Prince George’s County officer was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in prison.  A county judge sentenced Richard Tallant to 10 years and suspended all but seven years. Tallant, 46, was suspended after the police department learned in April 2019 of his attack on a female officer more than two years…

A 48-year-old woman was found dead in her home on Saturday in Langley Park and her boyfriend was charged, police say.  Gumercinda Juarez-Vasquez was found suffering from trauma in the 1400 block of Kanawha Street, Prince George’s County police said. Officers responded at about 5:10 a.m. and pronounced her dead.  Marciano Lucas Ramos, 24, was arrested and charged with...

A man apparently having a mental health crisis stole a police cruiser and struck his sister, who tried to help him, police say. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

Two people are dead in Lanham after a man opened fire on police officers early Tuesday, killed a family member who was trying to help him and then was shot by officers, police say. News4’s Justin Finch reports.

A man and woman have died after a police encounter early Tuesday in Lanham, Maryland. News4’s Justin Finch has early info on what happened.

The man got behind the wheel of a police Department cruiser and fatally struck a relative, Interim Chief of Police Hector Velez said.