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Takoma Park PD officer charged with assault on DC officer

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Monday, February 8th, 2016, 9:13pm


WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- A Takoma Park police officer is accused of attacking a D.C. police officer after a fight at a Northwest D.C. club.

Officer Milton Flores has been suspended with pay after he was charged with assault on a police officer in the District of Columbia in connection to the incident.

Flores has been with the Takoma Park Police Department since August 2014.

In a statement, TPPD police chief Alan Goldberg said officers are held to a higher standard and the reputation of their peers is damaged when their actions cross the line. 

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FOUND: 14-year-old Takoma Park girl

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Thursday, January 7th, 2016, 7:22pm


TAKOMA PARK, Md. (WUSA9) -- Police have located a missing 14-year-old girl from Takoma Park.

Valeria Maria Lovo, 14, was last seen at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring on Wednesday, Takoma Park police said. She was dropped off at school in the morning and did not return home.

Thursday evening, police located Lovo in good health.  

Anyone who has information about Lovo's whereabouts is asked to contact the Takoma Park Police Department at 301-270-1100 and refer to case #16001051.


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Takoma Park woman killed in Mali hotel siege

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff
Saturday, November 21st, 2015, 6:54pm


An international development worker from Takoma Park, Md. was sole American killed during a siege on a luxury hotel in Mali, family members said in a statement. 

As first reported by our editorial partners at The Washington Post, Anita Datar was one of up to 27 people killed after extremists stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in downtown Bamako, which is Mali's capital.

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3 people shot at strip mall in Takoma Park

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Saturday, November 14th, 2015, 8:47am


TAKOMA PARK, Md. (WUSA9) -- Three people were shot at a strip mall in Takoma Park overnight Friday, according to police.

The triple shooting happened at the strip mall located on Riggs Road near Chillum Road in Takoma Park, Md.

The condition of the victims is unknown at this time.

No additional information has been released.

We will update this story when more information becomes available.

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Woman found dead near Takoma Park dumpster ID'd

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Wednesday, November 11th, 2015, 7:16pm


TAKOMA PARK, Md. (WUSA9) -- A woman found dead Tuesday morning near a dumpster outside a shopping center in Takoma Park has been identified.

Takoma Park police say the body of Elena Gugicheva was found at around 7:00 a.m. Tuesday by a maintenance employee disposing trash in the dumpster enclosure at the shopping center.

Gugicheva, 34, worked part-time as a Paralegal at the law offices of Carmyn Lombardo at Hampshire Park strip mall on New Hampshire Avenue, according to police.  

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Woman found dead near Takoma Park dumpster

Submitted by WUSA9 Web Staff
Wednesday, November 11th, 2015, 12:27am


TAKOMA PARK, Md. (WUSA9) -- A suspicious death in Takoma Park is being investigated Tuesday morning after a woman in her 30's was found dead near a dumpster, a WUSA9 crew at the scene said. 

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MISSING: 24-year-old Takoma Park man

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Friday, November 6th, 2015, 10:51am


TAKOMA PARK, Md. (WUSA9) -- Police are searching for a 24-year-old critical missing Takoma Park man who was last seen on Tuesday.

Abraham Berhanu Ayele was last seen around 9:30 a.m. at the Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park police said. He last spoke with his mother at 4:27 p.m. that day.

Ayele is described as a black man, 5'9" tall, weighing around 160 pounds. He has a thin build, a goatee, and was last seen wearing a blue winter coat with a hood, a red, yellow, and white striped shirt, gray sweat pants and gray Nike sneakers, according to authorities.

Anyone who has information about Ayele's whereabouts is asked to contact the Takoma Park Police Department at 301-270-1100 and refer to case #15056189.

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