Driver sought in fatal hit-and-run Prince George’s County police are searching for the driver of a hit-and-run accident that killed one pedestrian and critically injured another.
The vehicle was described as possibly a 1990 gold Honda Accord with significant front-end damage.
At around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, the car struck two people walking in the area of Walker Mill Road and Old Silver Hill Road in Capitol Heights, police said. When officers arrived, they found 28-year-old Krystal Diamond Brown and her 20-year-old brother lying unconscious in the road. Both people were taken to a hospital where Krystal Brown was pronounced dead. Her brother is in critical but stable condition.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 301-731-4422.
Md. man charged with attempted arson
Police said a Frederick man has been charged with attempted arson and reckless endangerment for allegedly pouring two gallons of gasoline in an apartment building Wednesday evening.
Demetrius Beynum, 32, was in a traffic accident near the building on the 900 block of Heather Ridge Drive earlier that day and his vehicle was towed, Frederick police said.
Beynum is accused of pouring gasoline on the complex’s second floor. The building was evacuated while authorities cleaned the gasoline.
Man gets probation for payment to tax collector
A Maryland men was sentenced to a year of probation and a $2,500 fine for paying a District tax collector to change a record, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. said.
Haadis Ketma, 45, paid a tax collector $4,000 in cash in January 2007 to erase a record of a tax liability of a business owned by Ketma’s brother. The new record would show that the business’ taxes were no longer outstanding.
Ketma pleaded guilty in August.
– Emily Babay and Scott McCabe
