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Several Maryland Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-LGBTQ+ Graffiti Several Maryland Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-LGBTQ+ Graffiti
Several Maryland Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti-lgbtq+ Graffiti Days before classes are set to resume, a new batch of hateful graffiti was found at Montgomery County Schools over the weekend. Officials are speaking out after several schools were vandalized with "politically-charged" graffiti, anti-Semitic imagery - including swastikas - and anti-LGBTQ+ language," Superintendent Thomas Taylor confirmed. According to reports, the imagery was found at these schools:  Winston Churchill High School; Thomas S. Wootton High School; Strathmore Elementary School; Fallsmead Elementary School. "Principals are reaching out to their communities to report thes…
First-Grade Teacher In Maryland Arrested In Connection To Fentanyl-Related Death: Police First-Grade Teacher In Maryland Arrested In Connection To Fentanyl-Related Death: Police
First-Grade Teacher In Maryland Arrested In Connection To Fentanyl-Related Death: Police A first-grade teacher in Maryland has been arrested in connection to the fentanyl-related death of a District resident earlier this year, police in Montgomery County announced. Sarah Katherine Magid, an educator with the county's public schools, was arrested on Monday following a search and seizure warrant by the DEA and local police at her Burtonsville home following an investigation into a March 2024 overdose. An autopsy later determined that the DC man's cause of death was fentanyl toxicity. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, following the man's death, it was deter…
Student Stabbed At Maryland School For Second Time In Two Days Student Stabbed At Maryland School For Second Time In Two Days
Student Stabbed At Maryland School For Second Time In Two Days Authorities are investigating after school officials confirmed that a student was stabbed at Accokeek Academy in Prince George's County on Friday morning. The stabbing was reported at approximately 9 a.m. at the school on Berry Road, when a student suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police. PGPD detectives are on scene at Accokeek Academy in Accokeek. At approx 8:45 am, we were notified of an incident involving several students. Prelim: a fight broke outside of the building during which one student stabbed another student. — PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) December 16, 2022 The …