[RP TownTalk] warning

[Alan K. Thompson]

Audrey,

I'm working with the Police Department on this to figure out what we
can do.  Thanks for letting everyone here on TownTalk know.

Alan

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:18 AM,  <ABragg7393 at aol.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> My neighbor told me that a friend of his from Hyattsville was assaulted on
> the Bike Trail, under the E-W Highway bridge on Monday at around 7:30 p.m.
> Nothing was stolen from him, but he was beaten so bad he had to spend the
> night in the hospital.  He says it was a gang of 5 males.  The victim was a
> middle aged man, just out for a bike ride.
> I know many of you walk, bike and run that trail and I thought you should
> know about this.  Also, our police department does not have jurisdiction for
> the park, so it may not be patrolled as well as the rest of the town.
> This was an attack of vicious  rage.  It worries me that this is going on so
> close to my home.
> The other night I got out of my car around 9 p.m. in front of my house and a
> man approached me speaking a language I did not understand.  He was a
> stranger to my neighborhood and I found this unsettling.
> When he saw my friend get out of the car on the otherside, he turned and
> walked away.
> Please be careful.
> If any of the town officials read this, is there someway we can partner with
> the Park Police so that our officers do have some control?
> My neighbor said he went to our police but the dispatcher told him we didn't
> have jurisdiction in the park.
>
> Audrey
>
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