Recent Prince George's County News (29 & 30 Jul 2015)

• General 
• @WBJonline:  Take a look inside @MGMNatlHarbor’s planned hotel rooms bizj.us/1ijayupic.twitter.com/JYZhdph5FH
• @MELaurelLeader:  #Laurel Arts District Committee blazing the trail on Main Street@LaurelLeader fw.to/eVxLXkG
• @drgridlock:  WSSC closes Patuxent River recreational area after sewage spillwapo.st/1DTf302
• @WhipHoyer:  Pleased to announce the Prince George’s Co. Fire Dept. will receive $3.6 million in funding to hire firefighters. 1.usa.gov/1I4J4hF
• @WBJNeibs:  You need that thing your ordered online by close of business. That's very good news for the Prince George's economy.bizjournals.com/washington/bre…
• @PGCBlogging:  Central Avenue Corridor is going to have a bike/walking trail. Good news!buff.ly/1DSLbkG
• @RochelleReports:  State Sen. Jim Rosapepe says he’s drafting a bill to urge #MD public colleges to help prisoners get college training before their release.
• @WBJNeibs:  Here's your first look at the MGM National Harbor hotel roomsbizjournals.com/washington/mor…
• @CountyExecBaker:  This is what luxury in @PrinceGeorgesMD looks like! Thx @MGMNatlHarborfor $1.3 billion investment in our County .mgmresorts.investorroom.com/index.php?s=34…
• @pgpolitics:  @CountyExecBaker & 2 broken promises in 1 tweet--never allow gambling in PG county, no transit to MGM (that's TOD?) twitter.com/CountyExecBake…
• @PGSentinel:  Voting in the @HyattsvilleMD special election? Check out 3 of the candidates vying for the spot. #yourvote #Elections bit.ly/1H6pzBn
• @PGSentinel:  Congrats to @BowieState for making the top 25 HBCU list by@CollegeChoice1. See the story here: bit.ly/1fLaD5G #HBCU #HigherEd
• @PGSentinel:  Former board member Lyn Mundey is under investigation for alleged false#freelunch applications. #district7 #pgcps bit.ly/1LZDSjc
• @ChengBrittany:  Today's @thedbk front page: UMD gets $1.25 million grant, Campus Recreation's new name, Wojahn's platform and more pic.twitter.com/X1YEuH9v2B
• @PGSentinel:  PG County still looks for funding for the #PurpleLine after Montgomery pledges $40 Million. #MDOT #commute bit.ly/1U9rmic
• @PGSentinel:  .@CityofBowie Councilman Dennis Brady filed a complaint against Mayor Robinson’s campaign concerning contributions. bit.ly/1ODI5Xn
• @laurelleader:  Fine art is selling in Old Town: bsun.md/1JTO0ns
• @PGCBlogging:  PGCo did you know I was snubbed. Simply Mac, Royal Farms, Simply Fresh open in PGCo & more: pgcblog.com/?p=9357 pic.twitter.com/MCEggf1rnD
• @arelisrhdz:  New mini-Target in College Park hailed as a sign of what’s comingwapo.st/1KzJRus pic.twitter.com/B4HOAKnvFA
• @arelisrhdz:  Are you curious? Highway construction plans are now free and available online in Maryland wapo.st/1LQrSPi pic.twitter.com/9y3joon4ak
• @RethinkCP:  Planned $30 M Rt. 1 Reconstruction in College Park includes Improved bike/ped Access: goo.gl/IIV2nU via @Wash_cycle
• @RethinkCP:  Pr. George's Officials excited about Development Opportunities near College Park Metro Station: goo.gl/B7CSnw via @PGSentinel
• @PGSentinel: The @FTA_DOT officials say @wmata has a long way to go to improve safety, @MikeDSykes reports. #metrosafety #metro bit.ly/1LROXRF
• @PGSentinel:  The area around the College Park Metro station is changing as @wmatalooks for partners to develop the area. bit.ly/1JvYv4u
• @PGPDNews:  @ABC7Jennifer talks to our Aviation Unit about technology that helps track missing people. @ABC7News today at 5:43p pic.twitter.com/mgOntdFPTo
• @PGSentinel:  The @HyattsvilleMD treasurer is making headway on the city's backlog of audits, @CandaceRojo reports. #citygov #audit bit.ly/1OCIYPK
• @WashInformer:  . @CountyExecBaker giving an overview of economic growth in Prince George's County. #WIEditorialBoard
• @HyattsvllePatch:  Hyattsville Community Development Shares Parking Maps dlvr.it/Bgwt07
• @PGSentinel: Prince George's County and @CountyExecBaker will keep symbols of history intact. #MyPGC #history #ConfederateSymbols bit.ly/1IqF4Fg
• @PGSentinel: .@HyattsvilleMD City Council talks logistics for upcoming development,@CandaceRojo reports. bit.ly/1IqtolH
• @Tracktwentynine: Don't miss my latest post on @ggwash: @CountyExecBaker is right to move the Prince: George's county seat to Largo.greatergreaterwashington.org/post/27571/
• @MDPolicy: Special Blog Report: Tinkering with Maryland's Uber Regulations#constantcontact conta.cc/1MtLv0g
• @WBJonline: Firm behind iconic Las Vegas slogan tapped for MGM National Harbor marketing goo.gl/hFtfnF
• @PGCBlogging: PGCo Council passes bill stating 1/2 MGM Casino profits go to schools. Who's going to help me track this? http://buff.ly/1MAbsw0  
• @TraceeWilkinw: 
• BREAKING: I'm told #Laurel Hospital is downsizing staff and beds for the next year and will no longer be a full service hospital.
• BREAKING: I'm told Laurel was losing so much money that it no longer makes sense to operate as a full service hospital. @nbcwashington 
• @MaryLehman_D1: I fully support Planned Parenthood's valuable contraceptive and women's health screening & wellness programs. #StandwithPP
• Public Safety 
• General 
• @ggwash:  #AskGGW: How do you find crime reports for a neighborhood?:ggwash.org/27581
• @RiverdalePatch: Conviction in Case of Pregnant Woman Carjacked at Gunpoint ow.ly/Qj2pQ
• @nbcwashington:  Southern Avenue SE is blocked after a tractor-trailer smashed into a pole and crumpled nbc4dc.com/jO2hzPt pic.twitter.com/VZZoLFPJ10
• @ByLynhBui: Alleged strip search outside Laurel CVS violated man’s rights, lawsuit says. @DeNeenLBrown reports wpo.st/Z7wS0
• @scottbroom:  Laurel police spokesman @laurelpio: "We absolutely deny" strip search occurred as suit alleging civil rights violation is filed today@wusa9
• @ByLynhBui:  After @PGFDPIO rescues missing man stuck under a  tree, and @PGPDNews officer reunited a missing man w/ family wpo.st/v7wS0
• @postcrime:  Missing man reunited with family after finding himself in police officer’s yardwapo.st/1fM0BBl
• @postlocal:  Road worker in Laurel injured during nearby lightning strike wpo.st/49wS0
• @ABC7News:  UPDATE @PGFDPIO tweets person not hit by lightening; says lightning struck nearby, person suffered medical emergencytwitter.com/PGFDPIO/status…
• @RochelleReports:  Update: @PGFDNews says man in Laurel not directly hit. Lightening struck nearby & he suffered medical emergency, will be taken to hospital.
• @ByLynhBui:  .@PGFDPIO says man in Laurel suffered medical emergency after lightning struck nearby
• @arelisrhdz:  Drug crime is No. 1 reason offenders in Maryland are sentenced to prison from @OvettaWashPost wapo.st/1IstC0d pic.twitter.com/WX07ta4LlL
• @WashInformer:  Prince Georges is the safest it has been in 30 years. This administration is committed to public safety. - Rusher Baker
• @PGFDPIO: @GwynnParkHS is now a part of the PGFD & @pgcps High School Cadet Program. School is across street from new Brandywine Fire/EMS Station
• @PGPDNews: Suspect robbed bank. Could be linked to 2nd case. #WantedWednesdaygoo.gl/52wEX3 pic.twitter.com/d8yjgg4XML
• @villone_reports: @PrinceGeorgesMD celebrates the relocation of#BrandywineFireDepartment during a ribbon cutting…instagram.com/p/5uRecVvlgB/
• @HvilleTimes: Police identify 23 yr old Joshua Price in multiple #Hyattsville #RiverdalParkMD assaults hyattsvillelife.com/police-identif… pic.twitter.com/Ndjng24srA
  
• Sexual Assault
• @ABC7News:  A Suitland neighborhood is on edge, after a resident is brutally attacked during the day while napping on her couch: bit.ly/1KBiNsf
• @fox5newsdc:  Police canvass neighborhood for info after woman sexually assaulted by man while she was sleeping in apartment myfoxdc.com/story/29665453…
• @MeaganNBCDC:  PG Co.PD looking for man they say broke into apt in middle of day w gun& sexually assaulted a woman. Live w story @ 5 pic.twitter.com/NqzY6WQB4w
• @postcrime:  Police: Suitland woman assaulted after armed man broke into her apartmentwapo.st/1H3l6zf
• @PGPDNews:  7p Today: Detectives will canvass Suitland neighborhood in sex assault investigation. goo.gl/JPj8oB pic.twitter.com/WrVj0FXwov
• Gory Prince George's Toy, Jerome Michael, 18
• @ByLynhBui:  Man dead in homicide in Prince George’s County wapo.st/1LSHNg4
• @nbcwashington:  JUST IN: A man was fatally shot in Oxon Hill, Maryland, early this morning.nbc4dc.com/cAjtow6
• @NATASHACOPELAND:  Prince George's County Police investigating an overnight homicide in the 6300 blk of Livingston Rd, in Oxon Hill. pic.twitter.com/dk2EQTKn8U
• @Starbuck1004:  #BREAKING OVERNIGHT: @PGPDNews investigating homicide - 6300 blk of Livingston Rd (12:40PM). Man found shot, taken to hospital where he died
• @PGPDNews:  Circumstances leading up to this event are under investigation. Our detectives are on scene working to establish a motive and suspect info.
• @PGPDNews:  Officers found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
• @PGPDNews:  We are on scene of a homicide in the 6300 blk of Livingston Rd. The shooting occurred around 12:40 am.
• @PGPDNews:  Victim identified in Oxon Hill homicide. goo.gl/GZrPTe
• @WNEW:  Police searching for suspect after officers find 18-year-old man stabbed to death in roadway in Oxon Hill. cbsloc.al/1gqUgfD
• @postcrime:  Man dead in homicide in Prince George’s County wapo.st/1IN62gC
• @nbcwashington: A 14-year-old boy will be charged with stabbing an 18-year-old to death in Oxon Hill, Md. http://nbc4dc.com/6hcJ7td pic.twitter.com/wLd5UIH1HA
• @WNEW: JUST IN: 14-year-old arrested, charged as an adult with 1st-degree murder in deadly stabbing of teen in Oxon Hill. http://cbsloc.al/1gqUgfD
• @alanhenney: 14-year-old boy charged in murder of Oxon Hill teen examiner.com/article/14-yea… via @examinercom
• @ABC7News: Police have arrested a man involved in the Oxon Hill fatal stabbing last night/ early am: bit.ly/1LU8n8s pic.twitter.com/KNXrSTjGJN
• District VII Police Station 
• @PGCBlogging:  PGCo has a new police station in Ft. Washington/Accokeek but no money to staff it. Ummm, what? buff.ly/1ODT3vS pic.twitter.com/cRydkUW3pa
• @PGSentinel:  The @CountyExecBaker delays opening of District 7 police station until 2016.#budgetcuts @PGPDNews bit.ly/1U9qhqN
• @ObiePatterson:  DISTRICT 8 COUNCIL MEMBER OBIE PATTERSON LEADS COMMUNITY CALL FOR DISTRICT VII POLICE STATIONcontent.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDPGC… via @GovDelivery
• @ObiePatterson:  Press event Friday for Fort Washington Police District VII Station, we need staff and a timely opening! pic.twitter.com/swrGZfqfiO
• 2016 Election
• @ChrisVanHollen:  The #IranDeal is a historic agreement that should be supported by Congress. Here's why: vanhollen.house.gov/media-center/s…
• @rachelweinerwp: J.J. Abrams is a Donna Edwards supporter wapo.st/1SMGqjrpic.twitter.com/zqQHchdT6
• @jasoneducator: As #pgcounty Delegate, @PenaMelnykforMD has already helped affect change on #greatbychoice #pgcps #mentalhealth, earned @MarylandPTA award. 
• Council and planning Meetings
• @PGCCouncilMedia:  Largo Town Center Development Board meets Mon. August 10th @ 3pm – Rm. 2027 of the CAB, Upper Marlboro.
• @PGCCouncilMedia: CM Patterson, D8 – 5th Annual Senior Luau Picnic., Aug. 6th, 4-7pm, @ Oxon Hill Manor, Ft. Washington. See attached…pic.twitter.com/583msOnkL
• @PGCCouncilMedia: CM Davis, D6 – Presidents’ Advisory Committee Mtg., July 30th, 6:30pm, @ Inglewood Business Cntr., Largo. See flyer… pic.twitter.com/5JzhXoeg6k
• @PGPlanningBoard: TOMORROW: The next @PGPlanningBoard hearing will take place on Thursday, July 30, 2015. View the agenda here: tinyurl.com/ootgtat.