Police Blotter
WASHINGTON D.C. – These are excerpts from the Washington D.C. Police Department's daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol.
POSTED January 4, 2009 | 12:05 AM
DC: Prince George's Co.Area man charged in New Year’s Eve shooting : Juan Mauricio Cruz, 22, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the New Year’s Eve shooting death of Jairon Jeremia Osorio, Prince George’s County police said.
Osorio was found shot to death on the 1200 block of Tahona Drive in Langley Park. An off-duty county police officer spotted Cruz running from the area where the shots were fired. The officer pursued Cruz and saw him toss a handgun under a parked car.
The shooting is suspected of being gang-related, police said. Cruz was being held late Friday without bail.
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DC: Alexandria City
Passenger dies in alcohol-related crash: A 21-year-old Alexandria man was killed in a car crash at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday.
Joshua S. Buker, of 5802 Flaxton Place in Alexandria, was pronounced dead on the scene after the 1991 Dodge two-door he was in struck a tree and a power pole off the south side of Fleet Drive, according to police.
Detectives determined that Buker was not wearing his seatbelt. Speed and alcohol were factors in the crash, according to police.
Steven Kowalik, 22, the driver of the vehicle, was charged with driving while intoxicated and transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. — David Sherfinski
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DC: Alexandria City
Boy dies after New Year’s Day fire: District of Columbia police said an 11-year-old boy who was gravely injured in a fire that killed five people New Year’s Day has died.
Fire officials said the boy suffered from severe smoke inhalation and had been on life support since Thursday. He died Friday.
The electrical fire began in the basement ceiling and raced through the two-story home in northeast Washington. The blaze killed a girl, her parents and two others. — David Sherfinski, AP contributed to this report
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DC: Prince George's Co.
Area man charged in New Year’s Eve slaying : Juan Mauricio Cruz, 22, was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the New Year’s Eve shooting death of Jairon Jeremia Osorio, Prince George’s County police said.
Osorio was found shot to death on the 1200 block of Tahona Drive in Langley Park. An off-duty county police officer spotted Cruz running from the area where the shots were fired. The officer pursued Cruz and saw him toss a handgun under a parked car.
The shooting is suspected of being gang-related, police said. Cruz was being held late Friday without bail. — Freeman Klopott
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DC: Prince George's Co.
Teens hurt in ravine crash: Two teenage boys were seriously injured early Sunday morning after their pickup truck fell down a 100-foot ravine in Davidsonville, according to Anne Arundel County fire and rescue officials. A 17-year-old was able to walk to a home near the 1400 block of Lavall Drive to call for help, and was transported to a shock trauma unit. An 18-year-old needed the assistance of emergency crews and a rescue basket to remove him from the ravine, where he’d been thrown from the truck and sustained life-threatening injuries. He was flown to a shock trauma unit.
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DC: Prince George's Co.
Residents flee Montgomery blaze: Two residents escaped from a two-alarm house fire on the 700 block of Shetland Street in Rockville on Saturday afternoon that caused $300,000 in damage to the property, according to Montgomery County fire officials. A passerby first noticed the blaze on the front of the home, and within moments it had spread to the entire front side, officials said. House alarms did not immediately detect the flames because they started in the home’s exterior walls. Fire officials took about 20 minutes to fight the blaze. There were no reported injuries.
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DC: Prince George's Co.
Maryland boy dies after being hit by tree branch: A two-year-old has died after being struck by a tree branch while playing in the backyard of his family’s home. Quinn Seacrest, of the 9800 block of Connecticut Avenue, died New Year’s Day from injuries sustained in the Dec. 31 accident. A memorial service is scheduled for Monday at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Georgetown.
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DC: Prince George's Co.
Car hits pedestrian in Chinatown: A pedestrian is listed in serious condition after being hit by a car Sunday afternoon near the busy Chinatown intersection of Seventh and H streets Northwest, according to District police officials. The accident happened at about 2 p.m., and the driver remained at the scene. Police called for a major crash investigation. The victim, an adult male, was taken to a nearby hospital, police said.
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DC: Prince George's Co.
Man shot to death in Southeast: An unidentified adult male was shot in the head and killed at about 3 a.m. Sunday morning, according to District police. Investigators say the homicide occurred near the 1600 block of Independence Avenue Southeast.
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POSTED January 1, 2009 | 12:05 AM
DC: Prince George's Co.Suitland football coach killed in car crash: A Suitland athletic director and football coach was killed in a car crash early Wednesday.
Nick Lynch, 43, was traveling south on Branch Avenue when his car was struck by a northbound vehicle.
Lynch had coached the football team for more than a decade and helped lead the team to state championships in 2004 and 2006.
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