🌱 Patch AM: How a Route 301 crash led to charges for a local officer

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Route 301 crash led to charges for a local officer

Also on today's calendar: Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Upper Marlboro and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: I am on a seafood diet. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Increasingly windy, with a high of 50 and low of 30 degrees.
• Monday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 46, low: 26.
• Tuesday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 53 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• PG Officer Indicted in Fatal Crash (southernmarylandchronicle.com) — A Prince George’s County police corporal from Upper Marlboro has been indicted on multiple charges in connection with a fatal 2025 crash on Route 301, with the case moving through the county courts in Upper Marlboro. The article also highlights broader concerns about impaired driving and safety on Route 301 across Southern Maryland.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Upper Marlboro

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 31

• Feast & Fettle Brings a New Standard of Home Dining to Upper Marlboro
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Tuesday January 13

• Adopt Dogs and Cats for the New Year (Arrive by 6PM)
  Prince George's County Animal Services Facility & Adoption Center , 3750 Brown Station Rd , Upper Marlboro
  11:00 am
• Boys’ Basketball @ Potomac HS
  Potomac High School , 5211 Boydell Ave , Oxon Hill
  5:30 pm
• Girls’ Basketball vs Potomac HS
  Frederick Douglass High School , 8000 Croom Rd , Upper Marlboro
  6:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Wrestling vs St. James HS
  Frederick Douglass High School , 8000 Croom Rd , Upper Marlboro
  5:30 pm

Thursday January 15

• Boys’ Basketball vs CMIT South
  Frederick Douglass High School , 8000 Croom Rd , Upper Marlboro
  5:30 pm
• Girls’ Basketball @ CMIT South
  CMIT Academy , 6201 Frost Pl , Laurel
  6:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• Swimming vs Gwynn Park, Friendly, Oxon Hill & IHS Largo
  SAARC , 13601 Missouri Avenue , Brandywine
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday January 11

• Montpelier Farm Fall Festival
  Montpelier Farms , 1720 Crain Hwy , Upper Marlboro
  10:00 am

Monday January 12

• Ready 2 Read Storytime: Ages 23
  Large Meeting Room B Laurel -
  10:30 am
• Game On: Virtual Reality
  Large Meeting Room B Laurel -
  3:30 pm
• Manga and Anime Club
  LK Program Room Largo-Kettering -
  4:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Film Discussion: "Fargo" (R)
  Small Meeting Room (209) South Bowie -
  1:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I just saw what may be a husky puppy roaming back and forth between New orchard drive, harry s.
  Truman drive, and Woodlawn blvd. It was going house to house and crossing the streets. It wouldn’t come to me. Please grab your puppy, I don’t want… (Nextdoor Arena Dr - Lottsford Rd)
• If you are looking for a contractor and run into Majestic Construction by VJ Lindsey, RUN as fast as you can!
  He works the DMV area, he will take your money. His work is mediocre at best, did not finish the job, will charge for phone calls, will not show when… (Nextdoor Mount Calvert)

• Guru Schools posted a job opening for Need submission details for Product Manager Mid Level, Marlborough, MA in Upper Marlboro. Apply here.
• Prince George's Community College posted a job opening for Adjunct Faculty, Physical Education in Upper Marlboro. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Upper Marlboro here.

🗞 Nearby News

Forestville

• Off-Duty Prince George's Cop Indicted In DUI Crash That Killed County Court Bailiff (UPDATED) (dailyvoice.com)
• Sierra Canyon honors JuJu Watkins, then the boys' team beats Notre Dame (latimes.com)

District Heights

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-- The Patch AM Team

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