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Friday, February 7, 2014

Prince George's County Graduation Rate Rising

By Bridgett Lynn
Friday, Feb 7, 2014

New numbers show Prince George's County high school graduation rates are up and the dropout rate is down.

According to the Maryland State Department of Education, the county's four-year graduation rate increased 1.25 percent in 2013 from 2012. Now, 74 percent of its seniors are graduating.

During the same year, graduation for limited English students saw an increase of 5.5 percent. Hispanic and Latino students rose by 3.5 percent.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Man Charged With Murder Connected To Another Area Crime

By Bridgett Lynn
Thursday, Feb 6, 2014

A 27-year-old Gaithersburg man has been arrested for allegedly shooting a man and then trying to run him over in Northwest D.C. last weekend.

Police say Jonathan Blades was arrested Wednesday for the shooting and hit and run that took place around 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of 20th Street Northwest.

The victim knew Blade's fiancé and was talking to her after leaving a nearby club that night, News4's Prince George's County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports. Blades and the victim got into a fight, which led to the shooting.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Brian Mayhew Convicted in 2011 Double Murder

Bridgett Lynn
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2014

A man was convicted Wednesday in the 2011 shooting deaths of two men in Capitol Heights.

Prosecutors said Brian Mayhew shot and killed Anthony McKelvin and Sean Ellis at a construction site near Rollins Avenue in Seat Pleasant, Md. after stealing Ellis' watches and retrieving approximately $1,500 in cash.

Mayhew was found guilty of first-degree murder and related charges in the deaths of the men and is facing a maximum sentence of life without parole.

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