Parking officer accused of using fake handicap passes
A parking officer in Alexandria has been arrested and accused of using fake handicap parking passes. Gail Yvette Jones, 41, has been charged with forgery and obtaining a document under false pretenses. Investigators said they believe Jones began making phony handicap parking passes as soon as she was hired in December 2007. Fellow parking officers discovered the fraudulent passes, many of which were used a block away from police headquarters, police said.
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— Elinor Flynn
Mark Anthony McRae Sr., 48, pleaded to child sex abuse and second-degree rape. In January, prosecutors said, McCrae picked up the girl from her mother’s house and took the girl to a hotel where he sexually assaulted her.
Someone nearby heard the screams and yells and knocked on the door. McCrae answered the door naked and the person who knocked called police, prosecutors said.
McCrae was sentenced to 45 years, all but 15 years suspended.
— Scott McCabe
Marshals track fugitive in Texas
A 24-year-old Chillum man was arrested in Texas after police received a videotape of an adult male sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy, Prince George’s County police said.
Police said they received the tape earlier this month and said they were able to identify the suspect and the child after an “extensive investigation.” After police obtained a warrant for the arrest of Maynor Otoniel Quintanill Leon, U.S. marshals tracked him down in Houston on Tuesday. He is awaiting extradition back to Prince George’s County on charges of second-degree sexual offense and child abuse.
— Scott McCabe
Police ID man killed in Rockville crash
Police have identified the man who was killed in a three-car crash in Rockville.
Police said Qihong Sun, 34, was wearing his seat belt when the car crashed Wednesday night, but he died instantly. Sun was a passenger in a car traveling on Crabbs Branch Road that cross into the opposite lane and struck another car that was rear-ended by another car.
— Elinor Flynn
