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Blade Seized From 9-Year-Old Who Threatened Classmate At Waldorf Elementary School: Sheriff
A potentially tragic situation at a Charles County elementary school was avoided when administrators were able to take a blade from a child who had threatened to harm a fellow student. On Tuesday, Feb. 28, students at Diggs Elementary School in Waldorf notified school staff members that a 9-year-old student was in possession of a knife after making threats toward another member of his class. Administrators were able to quickly step in, and the School Resource Officer (SRO) assigned to the building was able to recover an X-Acto knife from the child, according to a spokesperson from the Charl…
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Student At Charles County HS Accused Of Groping, Inappropriate Touching Classmates: Sheriff
Investigators from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office are fearful there are more victims at Westlake High School after a male student allegedly groped a girl last week and is allegedly a repeat offender. On Monday, Feb. 27, school administrators at the high school were made aware that a student had allegedly inappropriately touched two female classmates earlier this year following an investigation into a similar case reported early last week. According to a Charles County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, in the latest incident, the student groped a student in a stairwell of the school. Aft…
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Motorcyclist Killed In Fiery Crash With School Bus In Prince George's County: Police
A motorcyclist was killed in a fiery crash involving a school bus carrying children on Wednesday afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the Prince George’s County Police Department. At approximately 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, officers from the Prince George’s County Police Department were called to a stretch of Brandywine Road in Brandywine, where there was a report of a crash involving a motorcycle and school bus that went up in flames. Officials say that the motorcyclist struck the front of the bus on Wednesday afternoon and was pronounced dead at the scene. No identifying infor…
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Empty Feral Cat Shelter Gives School Officials Scare In Charles County
School officials in Charles County got quite a scare on Tuesday morning when they spotted a suspicious package outside of the Berry Elementary and Mattawoman Middle School campus. Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were called to school grounds at approximately 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7 to investigate the package, which was located as students were arriving to class. As a precautionary measure on Tuesday morning, bus traffic heading to the elementary school was re-routed to Westlake High School, where they were later picked up by their parents amid the investigation into the …
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Pre-Planned Middle School Fight, Knife On Student Lead To Busy Day For Charles County Sheriff
Middle school students in Charles County kept the sheriff’s office busy on Monday as deputies responded to a pre-planned fight and busted a teen with a knife while on campus, authorities say. The long day for members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office began early on Monday, Feb. 6 at Davis Middle School, when administrators were advised that a student was in possession of a knife. Investigators were able to locate the student and seized the knife while the students were in the lunch room. According to the sheriff’s office, the student cannot be criminally charged due to his age under M…
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Police ID Body Found Outside Maryland Middle School, Death Ruled A Homicide
New details have been released by the Baltimore County Police Department as they continue to investigate after a woman's body was found behind Lansdowne Middle School earlier this week that was ruled a homicide by detectives. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, members of the Baltimore County Police Department were called, when the body of 37-year-old Audra Pineda was found behind the school as children were arriving to class. Original story - Body Found Behind Lansdowne Middle School On Thursday, Feb. 2, the agency announced that the death has been ruled a homicide and is being…
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Northwestern High School Locked Down Due To Incident On Football Field (
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Police say that a Prince George’s County high school was placed in lockdown on Wednesday afternoon following an incident on the football field. The Hyattsville Police Department issued an alert shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, advising the community that Northwestern High School was placed on lockdown as a precaution following an incident earlier in the afternoon. Northwestern High School is currently on lockdown as a precaution following an incident believed to have happened on the school field around 1pm. Police on scene. Please do not go to the school. Stand by for more…
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Body Found Behind Lansdowne Middle School
Police say that a woman’s body was found behind Lansdowne Middle School in Baltimore County on Tuesday morning as children were arriving to class. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, officers from the Baltimore County Police Department were called to the 2400 block of Lansdowne Road to investigate a reported dead body that was discovered in the area. No details of the death have been released by police investigators, who have called it “suspicious.” The body has since been taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Prin…
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High School Student Gunned Down Near Campus Shortly After Dismissal In Baltimore: Police
Officials say that a Forest Park High School student was shot and killed off-campus in Baltimore on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The Baltimore City Public School District confirmed in a tweet on Wednesday afternoon that the 15-year-old student was shot after school and away from campus shortly after dismissal. Today we learned about a fatal shooting involving a Forest Park HS student. The shooting took place after school, away from campus. Police are investigating. Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and school community. Counselors will be available tomorrow at the school. — Baltimore C…
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Maryland HS Employee Sent Naked Pictures To All Students: Officials
A school employee accidentally sent out sexually explicit pictures to all middle school students on a very unlucky Friday the 13th, the school confirms. The faculty member at Dr. Henry A. Wise Junior High School "inadvertently emailed a message" that contained the images to the students, with the school acting as quick as possible to retract the correspondence, announced school officials. Even with swift action, the photos of the unnamed employee still made their way to several students, who quickly shared the images to others. After the incident, the school asked all stu…
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Teacher Shot By Student In Virginia On Road To Recovery
The first grade teacher who was shot by one of her 6-year-old students in Virginia was on the road to recovery as of Monday, Jan. 9. Abby Zwerner, 25, was able to confiscate the gun from her first grade student at Richneck Elementary School last week when he pulled the trigger, a parent tells the Washington Post. Zwerner was in serious but stable condition, confirms Richneck Elementary School in a statement. "We are happy to learn today that she is in stable condition and is talking with family and friends," school officials state. Zwerner had reportedly yelled to the rest of …
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6-Year-Old Boy Shoots Teacher At Virginia School: What We Know
A 6-year-old Virginia boy was in police custody after he shot his teacher in a classroom, authorities said. The Richneck Elementary School teacher was in serious condition after being shot on Friday, Jan. 6 in a first grade classroom, Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said. “We did not have a situation where someone was going around the school shooting,” the chief said, noting the incident began as an "altercation" in the classroom. The boy had a handgun in the classroom and authorities were trying to figure out how he got it, Drew said. Police did not release further details in th…
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