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Metro Bus Murder: Killer Convicted Of Wheaton Slaying Caught On Video Metro Bus Murder: Killer Convicted Of Wheaton Slaying Caught On Video
Metro Bus Murder: Killer Convicted Of Wheaton Slaying Caught On Video A 35-year-old Washington DC man has been convicted of killing a 29-year-old man on a transit bus in Maryland last year, authorities said. Tyrone Curtis was found guilty by a jury in Montgomery County Circuit Court of first-degree murder for the April 5, 2023 killing of Amonte Cunningham on Jan. 24, before before the Honorable Jeannie Cho, the State's Attorney's Office said. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 5, 2024. Curtis and Cunningham had been arguing on a Metro Transit bus in Wheaton around 12:25 p.m., officials said. Cunningham got off the bus when it stopped in fr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Terrifying Armed Robbery Spree Targets Mailmen Across DC, Maryland Terrifying Armed Robbery Spree Targets Mailmen Across DC, Maryland
Terrifying Armed Robbery Spree Targets Mailmen Across DC, Maryland Six United States Postal Service mail carries were robbed at gunpoint and assaulted in the spans of two days across Washington DC and Maryland, officials said. The suspects made off with "a wide variety of items that the postal service provides their carriers to do their jobs on a daily basis" along with personal property, according to USPIS spokesman Michael Martel. The suspects struck the mail carriers in most cases before they fled, Martel said. A motive was not clear. The first robbery happened around 12:55 p.m. Thursday, June 30 in Takoma Park. About half an hour later, a mail c…

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by Cecilia Levine