- PG PD Press Release J's Cafe Killing Jan 28,2007 (f)
On January 28, 2007, at approximately 3:00 a.m., two large groups of people began fighting in the parking lot outside of J’s Sports Café located in the 12600 block of Laurel-Bowie Road . Off-duty Prince George ’s County police officers, who were working secondary employment in the area, observed the fight. As they approached the crowd, the officers heard a gunshot. The crowd immediately dispersed and fled. The officers observed the victim lying on the ground and rendered aid.
in Public bookmarks - PG school board did not vote to sell Springhill Lake E.S. (p)(f)
Since the Prince George's Board of Education's Jan. 11 workshop, a lot of confusion and misinterpretation of my vote to send a letter to AIMCO (Apartment Investment and Management Co.) has been swirling. Jan 18, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Pizzeria could replace J's Cafe in Crystal Plaza (f)
South Laurel residents say they are keeping an eye on J’s Sport Café, the former violence-prone nightclub, as its owner announces plans to remake it into a pizzeria. July 21, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Pizzeria could replace troubled J's Cafe (f)
South Laurel residents say they are keeping an eye on J’s Sport Café, the former violence-prone nightclub, as its owner announces plans to remake it into a pizzeria. July 26, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Plan afoot to upgrade Laurel Mall in ’07 (p)(f)
Plans to transform the 27-year-old Laurel Mall into a dynamic, mixed-use town center should come into focus in 2007, beginning with a presentation by the mall’s owner expected sometime this month. Jan 4, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Planners envision greener Route 1 (p)(f)
At Route 1 and Muirkirk Road, big changes are in store, said Kevin Fisher, a consultant hired by the commission. Fisher noted that the Intercounty Connector is to have its eastern terminus at Route 1 just north of Muirkirk. He also said if the Metro subway system's Green Line is extended northward from Greenbelt, as state officials have discussed, it could have a station across Muirkirk Road from the current MARC commuter train station, making the Route 1-Muirkirk Road area into a major transportation hub.
in Public bookmarks - Police encourage neighborhood watch programs (p)(f)
Laurel police say the city’s small contingent of Neighborhood Watch groups has shown some success in combating crime but police are not pushing to expand the program to other areas. Theresa Kelliher, Laurel’s community policing officer, said that Neighborhood Watch programs can’t be forced. Jan 25, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Prince George’s Ballot Preview (p)(f)
Here is a preliminary list of candidates who have filed to run in the Sept. 12 primary election. July 6, 2006
in Public bookmarks - Prince George’s County, nightclubs come to terms (f)
The two-month-old standoff between the Prince George’s County government and nine nightclubs that officials blamed for high crime effectively ended Friday when both parties agreed to drop their legal challenges. June 11, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Proposed ICC Route Crucial to Konterra ‘Mini-City’ / Muirkirk Area Map (p)(f)
Billed as a future mini-city the size of Reston, the 2,000-acre development site near Laurel has spent two decades stalled at the intersection of commerce and politics. Success has always banked on economic factors and on key decisions made by local and state politicians. Muirkirk Area Map Sep 26, 2006
in Public bookmarks - Remaking Laurel Mall (f)
By the end of next year, visitors to Laurel Mall could be enjoying a new 16- screen theater with stadium seating, a two-story bookstore, restaurants with sidewalk dining and a new anchor store at the newly made-over mall. Feb 1, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Residents Fume Over Expense Accounts (p)(f)
Officials in Prince George's continue to hear from angry constituents concerned that public officials have charged thousands of dollars to their county-issued credit cards to pay for personal expenses, violating county policy. Nov 30, 2006
in Public bookmarks - Residents want two sports bars closed (f)
J’s Sports Café in South Laurel and Sunrise Restaurant and Sports Bar in Beltsville already face hearings before the Board of License Commissioners on Wednesday where commissioners may decide to fine the clubs or suspend or revoke their liquor licenses as a result of recent violence near the two establishments. If the bars retain their licenses, residents will be able to argue at protest hearings on May 2 why the bars’ licenses should not be renewed. Mar 2, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Second Shooting Death at J's Cafe (f)
Hartley Lee of the 8800 block of Hunting Lane in Laurel shot dead Apr 18 outside J’s Sports Café at Crystal Plaza, just under a year after a 35-year-old basketball coach was gunned down in the strip mall’s parking lot. April 19, 2006
in Public bookmarks - Shooting Death at J's Sports Cafe Jan 28, 2007 (f)
Feb 1, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Shooting Death Outside J's Sports Cafe Jan 28, 2007 (f)
An hour later outside J's Sports Cafe in the 12600 block of Laurel Bowie Road in Laurel, a man was shot during an argument. The victim was identified as Travis Lashawn Robinson, 29, of Suitland, Md. Jan 29, 2007
in Public bookmarks - Shooting sparks anti-club sentiments (p)(f)
A shooting near the Club Amazon restaurant in Laurel in the wee hours of Saturday morning underscores safety concerns about reopening a nightclub there, opponents of the club say. [This article Also INCORRECTLY states that county police found no connection with Amazon - see the April 27, 2006 Laurel Leader article]
in Public bookmarks - South Laurel Civic Federation forms (p)(f)
To better keep up with development proposals in the South Laurel area, a number of homeowner associations are banding together to form a South Laurel Civic Federation. The nascent group met Thursday, May 18, to hear details about a proposed townhouse project that would be built on part of a Prince George's County commuter parking lot at Route 197 and Briarcroft Lane. 05/25/06 Laurel Leader
in Public bookmarks - South Laurel luxury townhouses OK'd (p)(f)
in Public bookmarks - Strip club abandoned, restaurant planned (p)(f)
Plans for an exotic dance club in the Club Amazon building at Route 1 and Contee Road have been scrapped by the building’s leaseholders, who now say they will open a family restaurant at the site. Jan 26, 2006
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