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Virginia teen arrested for falsely calling police
WASHINGTON — A teen is in custody for reportedly falsely calling police to an elementary school claiming there was a shooting. On April 24, officers responded to T. Clay Wood Elementary School in Nokesville, Prince William County, at 7:36 p.m. to investigate reports of shots fired. When officers arrived, they didn’t find any evidence that a shooting had occurred.
George Toman Killed Crashing In Montgomery County
Poolesville resident George Toman has been identified by the Montgomery County Department of Police as the man who was found dead at the scene of a crash that was reported on Thursday night, though his body was not found until the following morning. Police say that at approximately 10:30 p.m....
State Police investigate unidentified shooting on Interstate 83
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — Police say passengers of a Maryland-registered Dodge Durango are lucky to be alive after a bullet passed through the car’s rear window while a family of three sat inside. “One of those people was a one-and-half-year-old baby in the backseat in a car seat,...
Man Wanted For Stealing $7K In Items From Amazon Fresh On 36 Occasions In Maryland: Police
Recognize him? A brazen bandit who has targeted the same Amazon Fresh location in Montgomery County dozens of times in the past seven months is wanted by police.An alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police as they seek the public's assistance in identifying and locating a …
JUST IN: Construction deadline extended for downtown Herndon redevelopment
The Town of Herndon has granted Comstock a little more breathing room before the developer needs to move forward with its long-planned downtown overhaul. A two-year pause in construction that was set to expire today (Tuesday) has been extended to Aug. 15 under a revised comprehensive agreement, the town announced this morning.
A rough road: Students see bad choice consequences in mock crash
A statewide initiative to curb road fatalities continues to send a sobering message to Maryland’s newest drivers. What began nationwide decades ago as a lesson in the dangers of blending alcohol with driving now includes in its scenario the sad consequences of not wearing seatbelts or allowing diversions such as cellphones and conversations to take a driver’s attention away from the road. Public high schools in Calvert County have annually...
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