Prince George’s County police officers work around the clock to protect and serve county citizens. Good police work is done daily but often without widespread recognition. We would like to introduce the Police Officers of the Month for November 2012.
District I Police Officer of the Month
November 2012
Police Officer Patrick Biggs
On November 11, 2012, Police Officer Patrick Biggs was engaged in the department’s “Take 30 for Traffic” enforcement strategy in the Chillum area. He made a traffic stop on a gold Toyota in the 800 Block of Ray Road in Hyattsville. Police Officer Biggs discovered that the driver’s license was suspended and he also had an open warrant for failing to appear in court for an earlier traffic charge. The police officer arrested the driver and recovered more than a pound of marijuana, as well as other drugs and drug paraphernalia. The street value for the recovered drugs is more than $10,000.
Police Officer Patrick Biggs
District II Police Officer of the Month
November 2012
Police Officer Stephen Rice
On November 18, 2012, Police Officer Stephen Rice was dispatched to the 9400 block of Largo Drive West in Largo for a fight call. Upon arrival, Police Officer Rice heard a single gunshot coming from the area of Zachary Street. He went to investigate and spotted a Buick Le Sabre driving away from the area. Police Officer Rice suspected that the car’s passengers may be connected to the gunshot sound. He then spotted the same car stopped on Lottsford Road. He saw one of the passengers running back toward the car from a nearby wooded area. Police Officer Rice turned on his lights and sirens to conduct a traffic stop. Once back up arrived, police officers searched the woods and recovered a handgun. Three of the passengers told police officers the gun belonged to the male suspect who had been spotted running back to the car. That suspect was arrested. Thanks to Police Officer Rice’s good police instincts, he arrested an armed suspect and took a gun off the streets of Prince George’s County.
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Police Officer Stephen Rice
District III Police Officer of the Month
November 2012
Police Officer Timothy Hancock
Police Officer Terrell Brooks
Police Officer Thomas Anderson
On November 1, 2012, Police Officers Timothy Hancock, Terrell Brooks and Thomas Anderson spotted two suspicious people walking on Burnside Road wearing face masks. The police officers conducted an investigatory stop at which time one admitted he was carrying a BB gun. During a pat down, police officers found a wallet with an ID not belonging to the suspect. The police officers called for robbery detectives who went to the address listed on the recovered driver’s license. It was learned that the driver’s license owner was working at the 7-11 at Belle Haven Drive and Sheriff Road. At the same time, a call came in for an armed robbery at the same 7-11. The two suspects were positively identified in connection with the robbery. They were both arrested.
Police Officer Terrell Brooks
Police Officer Thomas Anderson
Police Officer Timothy Hancock
District IV Police Officer of the Month
November 2012
Police Officer Christopher Rothenberger
Police Officer Christopher Rothenberger stopped several suspicious people loitering behind the Comfort Inn in the 6300 block of Oxon Hill Road. The suspects tried to hide, but Police Officer Rothenberger stopped them for further investigation. During the stop, a bag of marijuana was found on one of the suspects as well has several hundred dollars in cash. Police Officer Rothenberger learned that the suspect was staying at the motel with his girlfriend. The police officer was given consent to search the motel room where he found two guns, crack cocaine, more marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Police Officer Rothenberger then returned to the original location where he first spotted the suspects and found Ecstasy and more marijuana. Thanks to Police Officer Rothenberger’s diligence, a considerable amount of drugs and two handguns are off county streets.
Police Officer Christopher Rothenberger
District V Police Officer of the Month
November 2012
Police Officer First Class Jonothon Osborne
On November 20, 2012, Police Officer First Class Jonothon Osborne was on patrol in Clinton when he saw a Chevrolet Tahoe in the 8900 block of Woodyard Road. Police Officer First Class Osborne conducted a traffic stop, during which he recovered multiple baggies of suspected marijuana and other drug paraphernalia. Police Officer First Class Osborne’s sound police techniques took drugs off the streets.
Police Officer First Class Jonothon Osborne
District VI Police Officer of the Month
November 2012
Police Officer Michael Velasquez
On November 27, 2012, Police Officer Michael Velasquez stopped a car for an equipment violation in the 3400 block of Powder Mill Road in Beltsville. The police officer was taking part in the “Take 30 for Traffic” initiative at the time. While speaking to the driver, Police Officer Velasquez smelled a strong odor of marijuana. The driver admitted that he had been smoking inside the car about an hour before the stop. Police Officer Velasquez was given consent to search the car, where he recovered 69 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The driver was arrested along with one of the passengers who had an open warrant for driving an uninsured vehicle.
Police Officer Michael Velasquez
