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College student from Maryland killed in North Carolina days before graduation
A college student from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was shot and killed in North Carolina just days before his graduation. Police found North Carolina Central University student Myles Gresham shot to death in his car several miles away from campus at an apartment complex near where he lived in Durham Thursday.
2nd rabid raccoon recently found in College Park
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - For the second time in less than a month, a rabid raccoon was captured in College Park. Officials say the most recent raccoon that tested positive for rabies was spotted appearing ill and weak on April 23 in the 9500 block of 50th Place between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Joshua Marable Arrested For Armed Sneaker Robbery In Waldorf
Joshua Marable is behind bars following an investigation into an armed robbery after he accosted a person walking along the street in Waldorf last week. According to the Charles County Sheriff's Office, at around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, officers were called to the area of Lexington Drive and Lexington Place for the report of an armed robbery that had just taken place.
DC Native Brittany Young Dies Week After Maryland Crash
Brittany Young, 35, has been identified as the pedestrian who was hospitalized with traumatic injuries on Tuesday, April 23 in the unincorporated section of Bowie, police say. According to the Prince George's County Police Department, at approximately 9:15 p.m. on the night of the strike, officers were called to the area of Pleasant Prospect Road and Bishops Content Road to investigate a crash.
6 adults, 3 children displaced after fire spreads to 2 homes in Northeast DC
WASHINGTON - Nine people are without a home after an intense blaze broke out at a two-story house in Northeast D.C. Wednesday. According to D.C. Fire, 911 calls started coming in just after 4 p.m. about a house engulfed in flames in the 3700 block of 24th Street, NE. When...
Prince George’s Co. animal shelter resumes normal service, once again allowing owners to surrender pets
LARGO, Md. — As of Wednesday, Prince George’s County Animal Services and Adoption Facility (ASFAC) is allowing owners to surrender their pets if they can no longer take care of them. All adoption fees, including spay and neuter services, have also returned to normal. While the suspension was in place, these fees were waived.
Maryland law bans trash bags for carrying foster kids' belongings
A new Maryland law intends to bring more dignity to children in foster care by banning the use of trash bags to carry their belongings. Rob Scheer was raised in foster care, going from place to place with his stuff in a trash bag. “It happened to me again in...
Detectives investigating Waldorf homicide
A man was shot and killed Tuesday in Waldorf, according to the Charles sheriff’s office. On April 30 at 10:40 p.m., officers responded to the 4500 block of Ruston Place in Waldorf for the report of an injured man. When officers arrived, the man had been pronounced deceased by EMS. A preliminary investigation showed Kemo...
Man shot, critically hurt in broad daylight in Southeast DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was at the scene of a shooting in Southeast D.C. on Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened in the 1300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE just before 12:30 p.m. Police said a man was shot there – he was not conscious and not breathing by the […]
14- and 16-Year-Old Arrested For Schrom Hills Shootings
At a press conference at Schrom Hills Park on Monday, April 29, Greenbelt Chief of Police Richard Bowers announced the arrest of two teenaged suspects in connection with the shooting of five young people that occurred there on April 19, during an unsanctioned Senior Skip Day gathering that drew a flash mob of around 500 people to the park (see the April 25 issue).
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