Police Make Quick Arrest in Homicide on Oak Glen Way

Prince George’s County, Maryland…The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has made a quick arrest in connection with a homicide that occurred in Forestville, Maryland.


On October 19, 2010 at approximately 8:41 p.m., patrol officers responded to the 2200 block of Oak Glen Way for the report of an unknown trouble. When patrol officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from trauma to his body. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The victim has been identified as 49 year-old Marcel Lamarr Wise of the 1100 block of Waterford Drive in District Heights, Maryland.

Patrol officers located 31 year-old Jermain Lydell Mitchell on the scene and homicide detectives identified him as the suspect in the case. Homicide detectives have also established that this murder is the result of a personal dispute between the victim and suspect. Mitchell has been charged with 1st Degree Murder and remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections on a No Bond status.

Anyone with additional information about this case is asked to call the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit at (301) 772-4925.