“The Internal Affairs Division immediately opened an investigation into the officer’s social media usage. During an initial review of his social media platforms, a second social media post was discovered causing more concern,” the department said.
#Breaking: This @PGPDNews Officer is suspended for violating department social media policies. Interim Chief Hector Velez says, “I fully support an officer’s first amendment rights, however these posts are in violation of the department’s social media policy.” @nbcwashingtonhttps://t.co/RJSRB5G0mxpic.twitter.com/0Za7glEYax Tracee Wilkins (@TraceeWilkins) January 12, 2021
“I fully support an officer’s first amendment rights, however these posts are in violation of the department’s social media policy… I don’t condone any inflammatory posts by any officer that would tarnish the reputation of the men and women who do this work admirably each day, or cause the community to lose trust in us,” Velez said.
December 18, 2020
U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel today sentenced Donnell Duane Berry, age 44, of Forestville, Maryland, to 151 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a 2019 bank robbery. Berry committed this crime while on supervised release for a previous federal conviction.
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C. Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office; and Interim Chief Hector Velez of the Prince George’s County Police Department.
According to his guilty plea, on September 4, 2019, Berry and two other individuals committed the robbery of a bank in Lanham, Maryland. Berry, who had previously committed a robbery at this same location, wrote the demand note and provided it to his co-defendant, who entered the bank and provided the demand note to the teller, while Berry and the third individual waited in the getaw