Brad Bell

2 weeks ago | wjla.com | Brad Bell

Ground has been broken for a new “Civic Plaza" in Prince George’s County, Maryland, which will be the first construction in the long-planned Blue Line Corridor Project. The project has been years in the making. It aims to create a new downtown in the Largo and Capitol Heights area of Prince George's County around the final stops on Metro's Blue Line. The new plaza will be built right next to the Prince George's County Administration Building at 1301 McCormick Drive in Largo.

3 weeks ago | wjla.com | Brad Bell

BOWIE, Md. (7News) — At the huge new United Furniture Warehouse store in Bowie, Maryland, on Thursday morning, the general manager paced the showroom floor, making a phone call after another, as he and his buyers tried to understand what the new tariffs announced by President Trump would mean to their business. The store is a division of local retail giant Regency Furniture.

3 weeks ago | wjla.com | Brad Bell

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — This story began Oct. 19, 2016, the day Allyssa Banks was murdered and her boyfriend was shot and injured as they returned from a date near her home in Largo, Maryland. Banks, we reported then, was a young woman on her way. She was 18, had just graduated from Largo High School as class president and was a member of an honor society. She was a full-time college student but also took EMT classes at night. She was her mother’s pride and joy. “Allyssa was a star.

3 weeks ago | foxbaltimore.com | Brad Bell

This story began Oct. 19, 2016, the day Allyssa Banks was murdered and her boyfriend was shot and injured as they returned from a date near her home in Largo, Maryland. Banks, we reported then, was a young woman on her way. She was 18, had just graduated from Largo High School as class president and was a member of an honor society. She was a full-time college student but also took EMT classes at night. She was her mother's pride and joy. "Allyssa was a star. She was a star in everybody's eyes.

3 weeks ago | wjla.com | Brad Bell

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — His name is Wilmer Echenique-Navarro, a Venezuelan national, who, according to sources, is a confirmed member of the Tren de Aragua gang who confessed to a murder. Last week, 7News reported he had been arrested by ICE. They had to track him down on the streets because he was released by Prince George’s County Corrections officials, who ignored an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer after the murder charge against him was dropped.