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Andover Place, 3400 block, armed robbery, 5:58 pm

2010-04-18T17:58:00.003-04:00

Gazette, Thursday, April 22, 2010

Men posing as utility workers rob two homes in Suitland area
Police urging caution by residents

by Andrea Noble | Staff Writer

Police are urging residents to use caution after two men — posing as utility workers — forced their way into Suitland-area homes and robbed residents.

The homes, in the 1700 block of Addison Road South in Forestville and the 3400 block of Andover Place in Suitland, were targeted in April by men who approached the homes and said they were from a local utility company doing work in the neighborhood, Prince George's County police said.

In both incidents, the men requested residents sign a form so they could complete work, and once the residents opened their doors, the men pulled out weapons and robbed the residents.

Residents were robbed the morning of April 2 and the evening of April 18, respectively.

The suspects are described as black males, about 25 to 35 years old and having short hair. One of the men also had close-cut beard, police said. The men were last seen wearing white construction hard hats, reflective vests over black sweatshirts, blue jeans and brown work boots and driving a mid-sized U-Haul box truck.

Anyone with information about either of these robberies can call the Prince George's County Police Department's Robbery Unit at 301-772-4905.

Police Department
Prince George's County, Maryland

PRESS INFORMATION OFFICE
7600 Barlowe Road, Palmer Park, Maryland 20785 / Phone 301-772-4710 / Fax 301-772-4948

April 21, 2010

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PRESS RELEASE

PGPD Urges Caution after Residential Robberies

Prince George’s County, Maryland… The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Robbery Unit is urging citizens to use caution after two related residential robberies in which the suspects posed as local utility workers in the Forestville and Suitland areas.

The robberies occurred on the morning of April 2, 2010 in the 1700 block of Addison Road South in Forestville and on the evening of April 18, 2010 in the 3400 block of Andover Place in Suitland. In both incidents, the suspects knocked on the door and indicated that they were from a local utility company performing work in the area and were in need of a signature on a form. When the victims opened the door, the suspects then produced weapons and robbed the occupants of the home of their valuables.

Both suspects are described as black males approximately 25-35 years old with short hair. They were last seen wearing white construction hard hats, reflective vests over black sweatshirts, blue jeans and brown work boots. One suspect had a close-cut beard. The suspects were also seen driving a mid-sized U-Haul box truck.

The Prince George’s County Police Department is offering the following safety tips:

Keep your door locked when answering a knock
Demand workers to show photo identification
Call the person’s place of business to verify their identity and reason for being at your home
Call 911 to report any suspicious persons in your neighborhood
Check your surroundings before entering or exiting your home or vehicle
Never let anyone you do not know into your home
Follow all the above guidelines for any solicitor at your door

Anyone with information about the suspects is urged to call the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Robbery Unit at 301-772-4905. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477) or text “PGPD plus your message” to CRIMES (274637) on your cell phone or go to www.pgpolice.org and submit a tip online.

Bonita Street, 3400 block, unspecified crime reported, 6:10 pm

2010-02-04T18:10:00.000-05:00

Andover Place, 3400 block, animal incident

2010-01-15T18:33:00.000-05:00

SUITLAND, Andover Pl ., 3400 block, May 9. A resident's wife called him and said a "raccoon or an opossum" had broken into their bedroom, and that she was "terrified" to go back into their house. The resident reported the situation to animal control and said he may need to rent a trap for the invading animal. An animal control officer investigated and found a gray squirrel had entered the house. The officer returned the animal to the wild.

Aberdeen Street, 3406, foreclosure sale to be held 22 Jan 2010, 10:32 am

2010-01-07T18:12:00.004-05:00

Andover Place, 3300 block, unspecified crime reported, 5:13 pm

2009-12-18T17:13:00.000-05:00

Aberdeen Street, 3400 block, theft from vehicle, 10:04 am

2009-10-11T10:04:00.001-04:00

Lassie Avenue, 3300 block, arrest in connection with a robbery, 9:49 pm

2009-10-03T21:49:00.005-04:00

Andover Place, 3309, home sale reported

2009-07-23T18:25:00.003-04:00

ANDOVER PL ., 3309-Marian L. and Louis H. Cannon to Kamil Alamin, $275,000.

Weltham Street, 3400 block, residential break-in, 6:45 pm

2009-06-18T18:45:00.002-04:00

Aberdeen Street, 3300block, residential break-in, 6:35 pm

2008-12-15T18:35:00.003-05:00

Weltham Street, 3400 block,robbery, 10:38 pm

2008-09-26T22:38:00.000-04:00

Bonita Street, 3400 block, theft, 9:36 am

2008-09-25T09:36:00.006-04:00

Bonita Street, 3406, Boxing school

2008-08-21T17:52:00.011-04:00

Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
Old School settles in at Hillcrest home
by Terron Hampton | Staff Writer

Buddy Harrison has proclaimed to be a man of faith, and he said his beliefs set into motion a series of events that found a new home for his boxing gym, Old School Boxing.

In late June Harrison said he took his car to Sam's Car Wash on Branch Avenue in Hillcrest Heights and decided that he would take a walk southbound. As he strolled along, his thoughts were of his boxing gym, and of finding it a new location.

"I just closed my eyes and asked God for a sign and, no lie, I looked up to my left across the street and a big 'For Lease' sign was there," Harrison said of an office space located at 3405 Bonita Street in Hillcrest Heights which sits above Riggs Seafood. "I called the number on it and the guy met me at the location 45 minutes later."

After Harrison was shown several spaces within the building, he settled on an area with windows facing toward Branch Ave. The space was previously used as seven separate offices. Old School Boxing moved in Aug. 1.

The demand for the new gym, though largely unspoken, came from several different problems with the former location on Old Alex Ferry Road in Clinton. The old gym was a converted garage in the back of a building. A number of other businesses joined Old School in the converted garages and the area was prone to problems with clutter. The location also had climate control problems.

"It would get so cold down there because we had no heat," said Harrison, who said he used a space heater in the winter that cost him more than $400 per month to run.

The former site had about 1,700 square feet of space while the new location has approximately 3,000 square feet, Harrison said.

Ultimately, the new location proved more convenient.

"So many kids couldn't get there to the other spot," said Harrison, who as a resident of the District, has persuaded a number of at-risk youth in his neighborhood to start training at his gym. "Now they can ride the Metro and get out and walk to the gym from the Branch Avenue Station."

Many of the children among Old School's 83 members would often have serious issues trying to use public transportation to travel to Clinton. A number of the young boxers' parents cannot afford cars, Harrison said.

In virtually every way, the new location is an upgrade. Although it comes with a $2,000-a-month rent, the new facility has superior climate control. Previously, a tiny room served as the bathroom. Now, one of the stalls in the men's bathroom is nearly bigger than the entire restroom at the Old Alex Ferry road location.

Included with the package was a parking lot which can hold approximately 70 cars.

The gym has many new items, including a boxing ring without a wood foundation, which provides for easier maintenance and a lower cost overall. Everything at the old facility was sold, Harrison said.

The only holdovers from the old gym include the trainers – Tim Valentine, Doug Avery, Marvin Thomas and Jerry Jones – and a few artifacts.

In its new location, Old School Boxing already has fans in the surrounding neighborhood.

"We both have always followed boxing," said Reggie Johnson, who lives several houses down the street from the gym with his wife, Cathy. "A lot of young kids can really use it. It can keep them out of trouble and off of the streets. I'm glad they're here."

"There is some interest amongst the kids in the neighborhood," Cathy Johnson added. "A lot of people have come up to me and asked about it."

Harrison said that he plans to have a boxing card in September held in the adjacent parking lot.

E-mail Terron Hampton at thampton@gazette.net.

Aberdeen Street, 3400 block, vehicle stolen, 8:18 am

2008-06-27T08:18:00.003-04:00

Aberdeen Street, 3400 block, assault, 6:01 pm

2008-06-03T18:01:00.004-04:00

Andover Place, 3400 block, theft, 2:08 pm

2008-05-29T14:08:00.003-04:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block, theft, 6:20 pm

2008-04-18T18:20:00.002-04:00

Andover Place, 3400, home sale reported

2008-03-27T18:27:00.002-04:00

ANDOVER PL ., 3400-Wells Fargo to Sheila and Phillip T. Seldon, $260,000

Bonita Street, 3400 block, residential break-in, 6:52 pm

2008-01-25T18:52:00.004-05:00

Lassie Avenue, 3100 block, residence was entered, 2:33 pm

2008-01-10T14:33:00.005-05:00

Bonita Street, 3400 block, assault, 6:37 pm

2007-12-28T18:37:00.001-05:00

Bonita Street, 3400 block, assault, 12:01 pm

2007-12-26T12:01:00.003-05:00

Lassie Avenue, 3208, home sale reported

2007-10-04T20:33:00.005-04:00

LASSIE AVE ., 3208-Louise L. Tyler to Dorine M. Adams, $325,000.

Lassie Avenue, 3200 block, residence was entered, 1:31 pm

2007-09-24T13:31:00.002-04:00

Weltham Street, 3400 block, residential break-in, 5:42 pm

2007-09-01T17:42:00.002-04:00

Bonita Street, 3400 block, residential break-in, 2:44 pm

2007-08-30T14:44:00.002-04:00

Aberdeen Street, 3415, home sale reported

2007-08-02T19:04:00.002-04:00

ABERDEEN ST ., 3415-Mariame L. and Moctar Toumbou to Milagro A. Gomez, $337,000.

Andover Place, 3300 block, vehicle stolen, 7:02 am

2007-07-25T07:02:00.003-04:00

Bonita Street & Branch Avenue road work begins

2007-07-22T15:40:00.010-04:00

DR. G'S TIPS
Washington Post, The (DC) - Sunday, July 22, 2007

Branch Avenue Work

Maryland's State Highway Administration is installing a median to restrict left turns onto Branch Avenue from 32nd Avenue and Bonita Street in Hillcrest Heights. The safety improvements should be complete by mid-fall, but, in the meantime, expect delays through this heavily traveled area. There will be single-lane closures on Branch Avenue between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays.

Bonita Street, 3408, home sale reported

2007-06-21T15:42:00.003-04:00

BONITA ST ., 3408-Department of Housing and Urban Development to Eugene Stewart, $305,000.

Andover Place, 3401, home sale reported

2007-06-14T18:30:00.003-04:00

ANDOVER PL ., 3401-Cedro Limited to Linda Malloy and William Barnes, $325,000.

Andover Place, 3300 block, vehicle stolen, 9:29 am

2007-05-24T09:29:00.000-04:00

Bonita Street, 3419, home sale reported

2007-02-08T15:46:00.000-05:00

BONITA ST ., 3419-Maurice T. Hines to Sherray and Eathel Bent, $345,000.

Andover Place, 3400 block, residential break-in, 3:14 am

2007-02-04T03:14:00.002-05:00

Bonita Street, 3400 block, residential break-in, 6:52 pm

2007-01-25T18:52:00.000-05:00

Aberdeen Street, 3415, home sale reported

2007-01-04T19:05:00.002-05:00

ABERDEEN ST ., 3415-Carl N. Sampsell to Mariame L. and Moctar Toumbou, $325,000.

Scottish Avenue, 3200 block, theft, 12:52 am

2006-12-25T00:52:00.001-05:00

Bonita Street, 3421, home sale reported

2006-10-26T17:53:00.001-04:00

BONITA ST ., 3421 -- Tarnya R. Chappelle to Cardell Doggett and Anthony Carter, $342,500

Bonita Street, 3421, home sale reported

2006-10-26T17:50:00.001-04:00

BONITA ST ., 3421 -- Tarnya R. Chappelle to Cardell Doggett and Anthony Carter, $342,500

Andover Place, 3400, home sale reported

2006-10-19T18:36:00.003-04:00

ANDOVER PL ., 3400 -- Joy Crim to Charles Carrol, $320,000.

Bonita Street & Old Silver Hill Road, stolen vehicle recovered, 10:22 am

2006-08-24T10:22:00.003-04:00

Lassie Avenue, 3200 block, vehicle stolen, 9:04 am

2006-08-24T09:04:00.003-04:00

Bonits Street, 3400 block, arrest in connection with assault, 5:13 pm

2006-08-19T17:13:00.002-04:00

Aberdeen Street, 3409, home sale reported

2006-08-17T19:06:00.004-04:00

ABERDEEN ST ., 3409 -- William F. and William F. McKay Jr. to Edward M. Johnson Sr., $315,000

Weltham Street, 3400 block,residential break-in, 10:25 pm

2006-08-15T22:25:00.000-04:00

Weltham Street, 3411, home sale reported

2006-07-19T19:06:00.001-04:00

WELTHAM ST., 3411-Elizabeth Brown to Obelinda M. and Patrick H. Goldson, $310,000.

Lassie Avenue, 3108, home sale reported

2006-06-22T20:38:00.001-04:00

LASSIE AVE ., 3108-Rogers Howard to Oscar A. Rivera, $309,000.

Aberdeen Street, 3400 block, residential break-in, 3:29 pm

2006-06-18T15:29:00.000-04:00

Lassie Avenue, 3200 block, vehicle stolen, 8:47 pm

2006-05-12T20:47:00.005-04:00

Andover Place, 3300 block, vehicle stolen, 8:40 am

2006-05-01T08:40:00.002-04:00

Bonita Street, 3410, home sale reported

2006-03-30T17:53:00.003-05:00

BONITA ST ., 3410-Randolph M. Newman to Karen E. and Jimmie Hartridge, $310,000.

Andover Place, 3300 block, residential break-in

2006-02-27T14:47:00.002-05:00

Lassie Avenue, 3100 block, vehicle stolen, 9:25 pm

2006-01-01T21:25:00.002-05:00

Bonita Street, 3406, home sale reported

2005-12-15T17:53:00.001-05:00

Aberdeen Street, 3400 block, vehicle stolen, 2:40 pm

2005-12-13T14:40:00.001-05:00

Weltham Street & Scottish Avenue, stolen vehicle recovered, 9:07 am

2005-12-05T09:07:00.001-05:00

Andover Place, 3406, home sale reported

2005-10-06T18:40:00.003-04:00

ANDOVER PL ., 3406-Maurice T. Hines to Calvin E. Johnson, $275,000

Andover Place, 3400, home sale reported

2005-08-04T18:42:00.003-04:00

ANDOVER PL ., 3400-Mary B. Smith to Joy Crim, $227,000

Scottish Avenue, 3100 block, theft, 11:43 am

2005-08-01T11:42:00.003-04:00

Derelict trailer abandoned in Scottish Avenue roadway

2005-06-12T00:00:00.002-04:00

Andover Place, 3300 block, theft from vehicle, 12:47 am

2005-06-08T00:47:00.002-04:00

Theft from vehicle

2005-06-08T00:47:00.000-04:00

Andover Place, 3400 block (51590052).

Theft

2005-06-07T23:03:00.000-04:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block (51580639).

Weltham Street, 3400 block,robbery, 9:28 pm

2005-06-01T21:28:00.001-04:00

Virginia Sampsell Arrington

2005-05-15T13:34:00.001-04:00

CELEBRATIONS
Winston-Salem Journal (NC) - Sunday, May 15, 2005

Southern-Arrington

KING

Virginia Sampsell Arrington of King and Tom Vaughn Southern of Walkertown were married at 7 p.m. May 4 in King Moravian Church. The Rev. Jimmie Newsom Jr. officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Elsie Turner Sampsell of Fleischman's Village , Md., and the late Carl Nichols Sampsell. She is a retired fifth-grade teacher from Mount Olive Elementary School in King.

The groom is the son of the late Everette and Mattie V. Southern. He is pastor of Forsyth Park Baptist Church and a former mayor of Walkertown.

The bride was escorted by her son, Christopher Arrington.

Theft from vehicle

2005-05-09T14:24:00.000-04:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block (51290815).

Robbery

2005-05-06T22:32:00.000-04:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block (51261587).

Stolen vehicle

2005-04-17T10:35:00.000-04:00

Lassie Avenue & Bonita Street (51070466).

Aberdeen Street, 3307, home sale reported

2005-04-14T19:07:00.000-04:00

ABERDEEN ST ., 3307-Alfred O. Ellis to Martina Morales and David McAndrew, $149,900.

Aberdeen Street, 3408, home sale reported

2005-04-07T19:08:00.003-04:00

ABERDEEN ST ., 3408-Theresa and Wilmer Conerly Jr. to Decarlos L. Torrence, $190,000.

Stolen vehicle

2005-04-07T07:55:00.000-04:00

Lassie Avenue, 3100 block (50970346)

Andover Place, 3400 block, theft from vehicle, 7:07 am

2005-04-01T07:07:00.002-05:00

Theft from vehicle

2005-04-01T07:07:00.000-05:00

Andover Place, 3400 block (50910264).

Robbery (business)

2005-03-23T15:24:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3500 block (50820759).

Theft

2005-03-17T14:17:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block, case 50760906

Theft from vehicle

2005-03-11T12:22:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road & Branch Avenue

Scottish Avenue and Curtis Drive, arrest connected to a theft, 11:14 pm

2005-03-09T23:14:00.001-05:00

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Assault with weapon

2005-03-08T01:59:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block.

Stolen vehicle

2005-02-28T10:27:00.000-05:00

Aberdeen Street and Scottish Avenue (50590384).

Lassie Avenue, 3100 block, robbery, 7:47 pm

2005-01-31T19:47:00.001-05:00

Stolen vehicle

2005-01-29T12:02:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block (50290556).

Theft from vehicle

2005-01-25T09:08:00.000-05:00

Weltham Street, 3400 block.

Assault

2005-01-20T19:54:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road (50200993).

Stolen vehicle

2005-01-16T10:29:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block (50160466).

Theft from vehicle

2005-01-08T20:16:00.000-05:00

Lassie Avenue, 3200 block (50081134).

History

2005-01-01T00:00:00.000-05:00

Excerpts from "The Silver Hill - Morningside Neighborhood" at the website of Steve DePalma of the Harvard Medical School. Not dated, but probably written in the early 1970's. The same site has articles on Hillcrest Heights, Iverson Mall, and other nearby areas.

The old road leading out of the District of Columbia into the Silver Hill-Morningside Neighborhood led to the tiny village of Silver Hill, located a mile or so from the County's border with the nation's capital. Travelers during the Civil War period who used this road (first known as Naylor Road or Walker Road because it led to the Naylor and Walker farms) would have found a tavern at Silver Hill where the road branched. One segment trended northeast to Suitland and was known for a long time as the Silver Hill-Suitland Road (now Silver Hill Road). Another segment continued southward and branched again, toward Oxon Hill and toward Camp Springs. Sometimes this segment was called Oxon Hill Road, and later part of old Branch Avenue, but today it is part of St. Barnabas Road (Rt. 414).
. . .

Maps of the early 1900's indicate few changes in the type of settlement until transfers of land took place in the 1930's for the sale of building lots. One parcel on which lots were offered for sale was within the old village site of Silver Hill. This small subdivision was given the name of Silver Hill Park. Another small subdivision, fronting on St. Barnabas Road, was called Swanland Heights; the plat for this small cluster of 20 lots was filed in 1938 by a member of the Swann family, prominent landowners in this section of the County. Still another was Fleischman's Village; it occupied part of a large tract fronting on Old Branch Avenue (just south of Suitland Parkway) which had been purchased by the Fleischman family in the 1930's, and in the following decade approximately 70 lots were available in this subdivision. Later, in the 1960's, some of the remaining ground was utilized for apartment construction.
. . .

The past ten years have been marked by fewer increases in single-family home construction and by the introduction of apartment development, with the latter rendered feasible by the installation of sewer lines along Henson Branch, the construction of new Branch Avenue (Rt. 5), and the opening of the Capital Beltway in 1964. Multi-family development includes the large Carriage Hill apartment complex near the intersection of new Branch Avenue and Suitland Parkway, three garden apartment complexes on Silver Hill Road (east of new Branch Avenue), two apartment complexes near the Suitland Parkway interchange with the Capital Beltway, and a grouping of townhouses near the Auth Road crossing of the Beltway. Multi-family units now considerably outnumber the single-family type, accounting for 60 percent of the total number of dwelling units.

Aberdeen Street, 3400 block, theft from vehicle, 2:22 pm

2004-12-17T14:22:00.004-05:00

Aberdeen Street, 3400 block, theft from vehicle

2004-12-17T14:22:00.000-05:00

Bonita Street & Old Silver Hill Road, theft from vehicle

2004-12-15T17:19:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block, theft from vehicle

2004-12-15T16:46:00.000-05:00

Aberdeen Street, 3400 block, robbery, 10:23 pm

2004-12-10T22:23:00.006-05:00

Aberdeen Street, 3300 block, robbery

2004-12-10T22:23:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block, theft

2004-11-18T12:41:00.000-05:00

Old Silver Hill Road, 3600 block, theft from vehicle

2004-11-08T09:20:00.000-05:00

Andover Place, 3400 block, theft from vehicle, 12:17 pm

2004-11-04T12:17:00.002-05:00

Lassie Avenue, 3200 block, theft from vehicle, 9:35 pm

2004-11-03T21:35:00.001-05:00

Andover Place, 3311, home sale reported

2004-09-16T18:49:00.003-04:00

ANDOVER PL ., 3311-James and Betty J. McKenna to Althea V. and Brian M. Carter, $142,900

Bonita Street, 3415, home sale reported

2004-09-16T17:53:00.000-04:00

BONITA ST ., 3415-John D. and Schyrle Y. Gudger to Demisha and Daymon Williams, $175,000

Lassie Avenue, 3200 block, theft from vehicle, 1:25 am

2004-09-09T01:25:00.004-04:00

Lassie Avenue, 3100 block, residence was entered, 12:58 pm

2004-08-25T12:58:00.005-04:00