PGPD Arrests Suspect in Armed Carjacking; Warrant Also Obtained Charging Suspect With Earlier Shooting

 The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged a suspect with an armed carjacking that occurred on Thursday. The suspect is 18-year-old Kairee Hicks of Bowie.

 

On April 16, 2026, at approximately 12:40 pm, officers responded to the 1900 block of Grand Way Boulevard in the unincorporated section of Bowie. The victim, an adult female, had just been carjacked. During the carjacking, the suspect displayed a handgun. The victim was not injured. The suspect fled in her 2014 Lexus sedan.

 

Through an extensive investigative effort, detectives located the victim’s car on Friday in the Lanham area. When officers attempted a traffic stop, the driver, Hicks, fled, leading to a brief pursuit that ended in a crash. Hicks then fled on foot but was apprehended following a coordinated search. During his arrest, officers recovered a loaded handgun with an obliterated serial number. Additional evidence linking him to the carjacking was recovered during the investigation.

 

In connection with the carjacking, Hicks is charged with multiple offenses, including armed carjacking, carjacking, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, illegal possession of a handgun and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number among additional charges.

 

Gun Crimes Unit detectives have also obtained an arrest warrant charging Hicks with an earlier shooting. In this case, Hicks shot and seriously wounded a man in the 7100 block of Martin Luther King Junior Highway on April 10, 2026. The preliminary investigation revealed Hicks shot the victim during a dispute.  

 

If you have information on the carjacking or Hicks and would like to speak to a Carjacking Interdiction Unit detective, please call 301-516-3788. 

 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers online at www.pgcrimesolvers.com, the “P3 Tips” mobile app (search “P3 Tips” in the Apple Store or Google Play to download the app onto your mobile device), or call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). You can remain anonymous. Please refer to case number 26-0020084.

 

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PGPD Investigating Fatal Collision in Landover

4/14/26 UPDATE: The deceased driver in Saturday’s fatal collision has been identified as 39-year-old Margaret Tim-Bryant of Washington, D.C.

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash in Landover on Saturday. The name of the deceased driver, an adult female, will be released once her family is located and notified. 

On April 11, 2026, at approximately 12:40 am, officers responded to a single-vehicle crash in the area of Landover Road and Martin Luther King Junior Highway. The driver was transported to a hospital where she died of her injuries. Her passenger, an adult male, suffered injuries that are preliminarily not considered life-threatening.

 

The preliminary investigation revealed the driver was traveling northbound on Landover Road approaching the exit for Martin Luther King Junior Highway, when for reasons now under investigation, her car veered off the roadway and struck a tree.  

 

If you have information on this collision and would like to speak to an investigator, please call the Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit at 301-731-4422.

 

Anyone with information may also contact Crime Solvers online at www.pgcrimesolvers.com, the “P3 Tips” mobile app (search “P3 Tips” in the Apple Store or Google Play to download the app onto your mobile device), or call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). You can remain anonymous. Please refer to case number 26-0018993.

 

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PGPD Investigating Fatal Shooting in Temple Hills

The Homicide Unit is actively investigating a recent fatal shooting in Temple Hills. The victim is 39-year-old Darian Ragland of Brandywine. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case.

 

On April 10, 2026, at approximately 4:35 pm, officers responded to the 4700 block of Branch Avenue where they located the victim inside of his car suffering from a gunshot wound(s). He died at the scene.

 

Detectives are working to determine a motive and identify a suspect(s).

 

If you have information and would like to speak to a Homicide Unit detective, please call 301-516-2512. 

 

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Solvers online at www.pgcrimesolvers.com, the “P3 Tips” mobile app (search “P3 Tips” in the Apple Store or Google Play to download the app onto your mobile device),

or call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). You can remain anonymous. Please refer to case number 26-0018909.

 

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Missing Teenager Found

4/77/26 UPDATE: Jamiya Dority has been located safely and in good health. Thank you for sharing.

Jamiya Dority

The Prince George’s County Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in finding a missing teenager. She is identified as 16-year-old Jamiya Dority. Jamiya was last seen on April 4, 2026, at approximately 7:30 pm in the 4400 block of Rena Road in Suitland.

Jamiya is approximately 5'0" tall and 152 pounds. She was last seen wearing a white crop top and black pants. 

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Missing Persons Section at 301-772-8970.