Man gets 14 months for Key Bridge fatality
A Germantown man was sentenced to 14 months behind bars in connection with the hit-and-run death of a 23-year-old pedestrian on the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
According to prosecutors, on the night of Feb. 27, 2011, Eliester Pineda-Medrano was riding on his moped from Georgetown to his Arlington home when the scooter stalled. As Pineda-Medrano tried to push-start it, he was struck by a sport utility vehicle driven by 41-year-old Anthony L. Randolph.
Pineda-Medrano went flying into the windshield, causing the SUV’s air bag to deploy. Randolph — who had been drinking at a bar — stopped momentarily, then sped off.
Twenty minutes later, he was apprehended on Interstate 270 in Maryland.
Twin brothers sentenced for bank heist
Twin brothers were sentenced to eight years and one month behind bars for their roles in a Maryland bank robbery and another attempted heist at an ATM.
Darnell Davis, of Severn, and Ronnell Davis, of the District, were sentenced Monday in federal court in Greenbelt for the winter 2011 heists.
Prosecutors said the 26-year-old brothers worked with others to rob a Wells Fargo Bank in Landover on Jan. 11, 2011, making off with $90,000. They also tried to break into an ATM at a PNC Bank in Greenbelt on Feb. 8, 2011.
Dozens treated after school buses crash in P.G.
Dozens of students were treated for minor injuries after three school buses were involved in a crash in Upper Marlboro, according to Prince George’s County fire and emergency services.
Authorities said the low-speed, rear-end crash occurred on Croom Road at about 3:45 p.m. Monday while the three buses were stopped for traffic at Route 301. The buses had just left Frederick Douglass High School.
Officials said 75 students were examined at the scene and 34 were transported to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.
— Scott McCabe and Emily Babay
