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Firefighter Released From Hospital After Suffering Leg Injury Battling Maryland House Fire Firefighter Released From Hospital After Suffering Leg Injury Battling Maryland House Fire
Firefighter Released From Hospital After Suffering Leg Injury Battling Maryland House Fire The firefighter who was taken to the hospital with a leg injury while battling a Maryland blaze over the weekend has been released and is recovering at home, responders have announced. The fire broke out at a home on the 1200 block of Long Corner Road in Mt. Airy around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17, the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services said. Crews responded and found heavy flames inside a detached garage that had spread to the bushes behind it. An occupant evacuated the building prior to crews’ arrival and was taken to a local hospital to be treated for smoke inhalat…

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by Valerie Musson
Lifestyle
Third Time Is A Charm For Maryland Lottery Player Who Narrowly Missed Big Prizes Twice Third Time Is A Charm For Maryland Lottery Player Who Narrowly Missed Big Prizes Twice
Third Time Is A Charm For Maryland Lottery Player Who Narrowly Missed Big Prizes Twice It may have felt like "50 Years" for a Maryland Lottery player who finally cashed in big on a scratcher and claimed a six-figure prize after a series of unfortunate events. Montgomery County resident "Harry" has seen a lifetime worth of close calls playing various Lottery games, but he is feeling lucky after missing out on some huge wins.  "I love scratch-offs," he told Lottery officials, saying that he won $10,000 once, but his luck had since run dry. Until it didn't. Choosing to stay anonymous going only by the moniker "Harry's Happy Days," the winner said that he regularly frequen…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Undercover Officer Posing As 15-Year-Old Girl Solicited By Montgomery County Man Online: Police Undercover Officer Posing As 15-Year-Old Girl Solicited By Montgomery County Man Online: Police
Undercover Officer Posing As 15-Year-Old Girl Solicited By Montgomery County Man Online: Police A 51-year-old Mt. Airy man has been arrested after being accused of sexually soliciting a minor that he thought was a teenage girl, but was actually a police investigator authorities say. Todd Eugene Immel tried to talk to a girl he believed was 15 years old on Wednesday, Jan. 18, and asked her to meet with him after a sexually explicit conversation, according to a Montgomery County Police Department spokesperson. On Thursday, Jan. 19, Immel arrived to the agreed meeting point where Immel and the girl agreed to meet, where he was arrested by detectives behind the profile of the 15-year-old …

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
82-Year-Old Man Pinned By Lawn Mower, Killed In Frederick County: Police 82-Year-Old Man Pinned By Lawn Mower, Killed In Frederick County: Police
82-Year-Old Man Pinned By Lawn Mower, Killed In Frederick County: Police An 82-year-old man has died after being pinned by his own lawn mower, authorities said. Augustus Clemont Harris was found in the 5300 block of Sidney Road in Mt. Airy around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1, according to a Tweet from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.  At approx. 8:30 p.m., on June 1, FCSO deputies responded to a call for service of a vehicle incident at the 5300 block of Sidney Road in Mt. Airy. Upon arrival, deputies found Augustus Clemont Harris, age 82, dead, with his body pinned in his upside down zero-turn mower. pic.twitter.com/bSYrhOkabK — Frederick County She…

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by David Cifarelli