P.G. detective faces DUI charge
A Prince George’s County police detective is facing DUI and other charges after he rolled an unmarked police cruiser over on Central Avenue, authorities said.
Darin Rush has been suspended from the police department since a week after he rolled the car over in January, officials said. The crash sent Rush to the hospital, and police said they waited for him to be ready to return to duty before suspending him with pay. The case is scheduled for trial April 19.
Rush was off duty during the incident, police said, and as a result the public was not immediately made aware of the situation. Police are conducting an internal affairs investigation that’s separate from the criminal investigation.
The police car was badly damaged in the crash. No one, other than Rush, was injured.
Pr. William police probe 4-year-old’s death
Prince William County police say they’re investigating the death of a 4-year-old boy in Woodbridge. Christian Simpkins was found dead in a bathtub Wednesday night in an apartment on the 1800 block of Cedar Cove Way, police said.
Slain man found in Montgomery County woods
Montgomery County police are trying to identify a man who was found in the woods near the Howard County line, his body riddled with bullets. A hiker discovered the body on the property of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.
Truck driver dies in airport loading accident
A 29-year-old truck driver was crushed to death by a metal pallet while loading a trailer at Washington Dulles International Airport. Christopher T. Young, of Herndon, died Wednesday afternoon in a cargo bay stationed away from the airport terminal, officials said. He worked for a private trucking company, Total Truck of Gaithersburg. Authorities say they have determined the death was an accident.
– Compiled by Freeman Klopott
