On January 1, officers assigned to the Domestic Violence Unit, with assistance from the Prince George’s County Police Department, located and arrested Fernando Echemendia, age 24, of Fort Washington. Echemendia had active warrants charging him with failure to appear in court for violating a protective order and burglary. The protective order was issued in December following a burglary of the protected person’s home. Further, when the protective order was issued, Echemendia already had an active warrant for a previous violation of a protective order for an unrelated incident. Upon his arrest, Echemendia made statements that he would shoot and kill police officers during any potential future contact. Echemendia was charged with failure to appear in court. On January 4, a judge released Echemendia from the Charles County Detention Center on electronic monitoring. The investigation is ongoing.