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Teen Dead After Escalator Fight Leads To Fatal Shooting On Metro Train Platform In MD Teen Dead After Escalator Fight Leads To Fatal Shooting On Metro Train Platform In MD
Teen Dead After Escalator Fight Leads To Fatal Shooting On Metro Train Platform In MD New details have been released by police in Montgomery County after a fatal shooting inside the Wheaton Metro Station overnight left a teen dead. Tennyson Vaughn Leslie, Jr., 18, of Greenbelt, has been identified as the person who was struck and killed shortly before 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 18 at the station on Georgia Avenue. Police say that Leslie was found by responding officers suffering from a gunshot wound. He was treated at the scene before being taken to a local hospital in critical condition, where he later died on Thursday night. The initial investigation determined that Leslie …

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by Zak Failla
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MD Woman Who Stole Elderly Residents' Heirlooms Gets Prison Time For Nursing Home Scheme MD Woman Who Stole Elderly Residents' Heirlooms Gets Prison Time For Nursing Home Scheme
MD Woman Who Stole Elderly Residents' Heirlooms Gets Prison Time For Nursing Home Scheme A Germantown woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for her role in a nursing home theft scheme, officials announced on Thursday, March 2. Maritza Ramirez, 57, was sentenced in Montgomery County after she pleaded guilty to stealing and pawning off items from residents at Marian Assisted Living on Georgia Avenue, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. An investigation into Ramirez began in March 2022 after one victim's family discovered that several pieces of jewelry and a cell phone had gone missing from a secured bedroom at the assisted living facility. In…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Massive Montgomery County Apartment Fire Displaces Nearly Two Dozen Adults, Children Massive Montgomery County Apartment Fire Displaces Nearly Two Dozen Adults, Children
Massive Montgomery County Apartment Fire Displaces Nearly Two Dozen Adults, Children Nearly two dozen people are displaced after a massive garden apartment fire in Montgomery County, authorities say. The two-alarm blaze was reported around 11 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the apartment building in the 2370 block of Glenmont Circle near Georgia Avenue, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue. ICYMI (~11p 10/5) 2-Alarm, 2370 Glenmont Circle, near Georgia Av, Georgian Woods, 3-sty garden apt; origin & cause, building exterior (couch) rapidly grew, spread to utility closet, to common causeway for HVAC thru out bldg, quickly extending (vertically) into interior; pic.…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Officer Kills One Of Three Suspects After DC Shooting: Police Officer Kills One Of Three Suspects After DC Shooting: Police
Officer Kills One Of Three Suspects After DC Shooting: Police An officer shot and killed one of three suspects that were fleeing the scene of a shooting, officials said. At around 4 p.m. on July 31, law enforcement arrived at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Longfellow Street, where they found two men suffering apparent gunshot wounds, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. While they were treated for non-life threatening injuries, officers received a report of a white sedan nearby, with three armed suspects and weapons inside the car, police reported.  Upon officers locating the sedan at the intersection of 2nd Street a…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Fatal Motorcycle Crash, Police Directing Wrong-Way Traffic Makes Chaotic Night On ICC: Reports Fatal Motorcycle Crash, Police Directing Wrong-Way Traffic Makes Chaotic Night On ICC: Reports
Fatal Motorcycle Crash, Police Directing Wrong-Way Traffic Makes Chaotic Night On ICC: Reports Police directed drivers in the opposite direction after a motorcyclist struck the back of a police cruiser and died on the Intercounty Connector (ICC) Thursday, July 14, WUSA9 reports. The Montgomery County police officer was heading west in his marked patrol car when he was struck by a motorcyclist traveling at a "high rate of speed" around 7:30 p.m., MoCo Police Spokeswoman Shiera Goff said. The motorcyclist was ejected from his bike and pronounced dead on scene, while the officer was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The ICC was closed between Georgia Avenue…

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by Cecilia Levine