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DC Man Sentenced For Homeless Shelter, Metro Assaults On Same Day DC Man Sentenced For Homeless Shelter, Metro Assaults On Same Day
DC Man Sentenced For Homeless Shelter, Metro Assaults On Same Day A violent string of crimes all committed in one day in Washington, DC will land a District man behind bars for more than six years. Roscoe Rosborough, 32, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for a pair of assaults in both Northeast and Northwest DC hours apart earlier this year. According to court documents, shortly before 5 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 17, Rosborough walked into a homeless shelter - where he was not a resident - and demanded to use a bathroom. When rebuffed and refused, he continued his way into the shelter, where he ran into an actual resident walking to the cafeteria…

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by Zak Failla
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Firebug Accused Of Sparking Blaze At Maryland Homeless Shelter While Roommate Was Asleep Firebug Accused Of Sparking Blaze At Maryland Homeless Shelter While Roommate Was Asleep
Firebug Accused Of Sparking Blaze At Maryland Homeless Shelter While Roommate Was Asleep Authorities announced that a man who was staying at a Maryland homeless shelter has been apprehended after setting fire to his room while his roommate was asleep to “make the shelter safer,” according to state officials. Keith Wayne Bergdoll, 31, has been charged by the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal for allegedly setting his bunk bed on fire at the Union Rescue Mission in Allegany County in an ill-advised and misguided move, officials say. According to investigators, they learned that Bergdoll set the fire while his roommate was asleep in the top bunk and walked away. He repor…

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by Zak Failla