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Sixth Suspect Arrested In Connection With Toddler’s Murder Near Maryland Apartment: Police Sixth Suspect Arrested In Connection With Toddler’s Murder Near Maryland Apartment: Police
Sixth Suspect Arrested In Connection With Toddler’s Murder Near Maryland Apartment: Police Half a dozen suspects have now been arrested in connection with the shootout that claimed the life of a toddler and left his mother hospitalized last month. A 17-year-old Beltsville male was arrested and charged as an adult with first-degree murder and other offenses, Prince George’s County Police said Wednesday, March 13. The arrest marks the sixth in the murder of Jeremy Poou-Caceres, who was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at a hospital following the exchange of gunfire near an apartment complex on the 1400 block of Kanawha Street in Langley on Thursday, Feb. 8. Israel F…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland Middle School Investigated: Sheriff Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland Middle School Investigated: Sheriff
Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland Middle School Investigated: Sheriff A middle school student inside a Maryland middle school saw something, said something, and could have potentially helped avoid a tragic situation. In Charles County, on Thursday, Dec. 1, officials said that during lunch hour, a student at Milton Somers Middle School made statements in front of several other teens about bringing a gun to school and causing harm to others. According to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, one of the students that overheard the comments reported it to a school administrator, who notified the School Resource Offer, who launched an investigation into the matter.…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Two Teens Being Tried As Adults For Illegal Gun Possession In Maryland: State Police Two Teens Being Tried As Adults For Illegal Gun Possession In Maryland: State Police
Two Teens Being Tried As Adults For Illegal Gun Possession In Maryland: State Police Two teens are being charged as adults after being busted with illegal weapons by a Maryland State Police trooper looking to offer a helping hand with a disabled vehicle on Thursday night, officials say. Kamari Dameone Smith 17, of District Heights, and Marquis Raynell Middleton, 16, of Clinton, are being charged as adults with possession of a firearm as a minor and other related gun charges, according to the police. Shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20, a state police trooper from the Forestville Barrack stopped to check on a disabled vehicle parked on northbound Route 4, near th…

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by Zak Failla
News
Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP
Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP A Harrisburg, PA judge has ordered two former judges to pay $200 million to the families of children sent to prison as part of their kickback scheme, the Associated Press reports.   Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, both former judges in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, were found guilty in 2009 for charges in connection with a scheme that involved them using their positions to shutter county-run juvenile detention center, siphoning children from the juvenile court to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care, according to court records.  Childr…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Suspended HS Student In Maryland Busted Holding Brass Knuckles With A Blade: Sheriff Suspended HS Student In Maryland Busted Holding Brass Knuckles With A Blade: Sheriff
Suspended HS Student In Maryland Busted Holding Brass Knuckles With A Blade: Sheriff A suspended student in Maryland who was playing hoops on school grounds was busted with an illegal weapon after being asked to leave the area, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office announced. At approximately 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15, a student from McDonough High School in Pomfret who had previously been suspended showed up to school and was asked to leave. The student complied, according to Diane Richardson of the Charles County Sheriff’s Media Relations Office; however, he then proceeded to walk over to the Robert D. Stethem Educational Center, where he was spotted inside the gym pl…

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by Zak Failla