Crime & Safety

PGPD Officer Passes Away

PGPD Corp. Stacey Gist died Sunday after a battle with an illness.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD -- A Prince George's County police officer has died after a battle with an illness, the department announced Monday evening.

PGPD Corp. Stacey Gist of the Internal Affairs Division died after a "courageous battle with illness," PGPD tweeted.

"It is so difficult to imagine this smile missing from our lives," the tweet added. "Our prayers are with his family."

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