PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM

Submitted by Anonymous on Friday, January 14th, 9:42 am

One of Five Major School Districts to Share in $3 Million Walmart Foundation Grant

and Benefit from Hunger, Nutrition and Education Experts

Washington, DC (January 13, 2011) – Four leading hunger, nutrition and education nonprofit organizations have selected Prince George’s County Public Schools, Maryland as a grant recipient for Breakfast in the Classroom, a new project funded by the Walmart Foundation. Through the $3 million initiative, the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC), National Association of Elementary School Principals Foundation, National Education Association Health Information Network, and School Nutrition Foundation – collectively known as Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom – aim to increase breakfast consumption among schoolchildren and spark the academic and nutritional gains associated with the morning meal.

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Man Found Shot In Head In Greenbelt Apartment Building

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff

Thursday, January 13th, 2011, 2:58pm

GREENBELT, Md. (WUSA) -- Greenbelt police say a man was shot in the head at an appartment building on Cherrywood Lane.

Around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday police were called to an apartment building in the 5900 block of Cherrywood Lane in the city of Greenbelt for the report of a shooting.

Officers found a male in the building with a single gunshot wound to the head. The male was taken to an area trauma center where he is still alive and being treated.

Detectives are searching the neighborhood

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Prince George's Police Try New Tactic To Prevent More Violence

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Thursday, January 13th, 2011, 1:48am

Prince George's Police Try New Tactic To Prevent More Violence

PALMER PARK, MD (WUSA) Prince Georges County Police turned to what they called saturation patrols Wednesday, in an attempt to deal with a 2011 homicide rate that now averages one a day.

Sheriffs deputies, Maryland State Police troopers, and officers from local police departrments in the county joined county police to put more than 60 additional officers in neighborhoods that have seen those murders since the beginning of the year.

"What they're going to be doing is as much as they can to really get into the community, make their presence known, talk to people, see if anybody out there knows, or may be connected to any of these crimes. Their high visibility is going to help

prevent future crime from occuring, let ctiizens of Prince Georges County know that we're out there, " said Cpl. Evan Baxter of the Prince Georges County Police.

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Maryland Named #1 Public School System by Education Week

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 12th, 8:53 am

Rockville, MD – Today Maryland Congressman Chris Van Hollen issued the following statement congratulating the State of Maryland on being named the #1 Public School System by Education Week:

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Lanham Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 12th, 10:44 am

Greenbelt, Maryland - George Gregory Allen, age 30, of Lanham, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to the armed robbery of a Hyattsville store

The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Theresa R. Stoop of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - Baltimore Field Division; and Interim Chief Mark Magaw of the Prince George’s County Police Department.

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Man Sentenced For Impersonating ICE Officer

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011, 12:20am

Man Sentenced For Impersonating ICE Officer

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors say a Germantown man has been sentenced for impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer as part of a fraud scheme.

Twenty-nine-year-old Robert Fred Mejia was also ordered to pay $595,500 in restitution.

According to his plea agreement, Mejia and a conspirator charged more than 50 people $5,000 or more for immigration services they did not provide. As part of the scheme, Mejia would meet with people seeking immigration assistance and dress as an ICE employee.

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Fire Fatality Sparks Community-Based Campaign

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, January 10th, 10:33 am

For the Prince George’s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department this tragic incident was the first fire of calendar year 2011, the first fire fatality and the first civilian death experienced by a recently appointed Acting Chief of the Department.

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