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Alert Staffer Helps Avoid Lockdown At Maryland School For Nunchuck-Wielding Parent: Police Alert Staffer Helps Avoid Lockdown At Maryland School For Nunchuck-Wielding Parent: Police
Alert Staffer Helps Avoid Lockdown At Maryland School For Nunchuck-Wielding Parent: Police An irate parent caught filming students at a Maryland high school broke out a pair of nunchucks when approached by police and attempted to resist arrest, authorities said. The Hyattsville Police Department received a call from a staff member at Northwestern High School shortly before 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to alert officers of a suspicious man on school grounds who appeared to be recording students on the football field. An officer assigned to the building as a school resource officer and security responded to the area as the man began walking toward the front of the school, a s…

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Notre Dame Of Maryland University Going Co-Ed After 125 Years Notre Dame Of Maryland University Going Co-Ed After 125 Years
Notre Dame Of Maryland University Going Co-Ed After 125 Years A new day is coming for the Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU), which is planning to allow men into its undergraduate programs for the first time in 125 years. On Monday, Sept. 12, the NDMU Board of Trustees voted unanimously in Baltimore that the university become co-educational and enroll men beginning as soon as Fall 2023. Officials made the announcement after spending nearly a year reviewing enrollment trends of women’s colleges, as well as related undergraduate data both nationwide and across Maryland, authorities said. They noted that “by becoming co-ed, NDMU is honoring …

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Police Investigate At Maryland High School After Students Found With Weapons, Bullets (UPDATED) Police Investigate At Maryland High School After Students Found With Weapons, Bullets (UPDATED)
Police Investigate At Maryland High School After Students Found With Weapons, Bullets (Updated) Three teens are facing disciplinary action in Maryland after being busted with weapons at a Prince George’s County high school. The Hyattsville Police Department received an alert from a teacher at Northwestern High School at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13 regarding a student who appeared to have a weapon. Officers were called to the building to investigate, and they located three suspects - one of whom had brass knuckles and bullets, police said. Two of the three face school administrative actions, and one who is not a student at Northwestern will face charges, according t…

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Middle School Teacher, Wife Shot To Death In Virginia Home Middle School Teacher, Wife Shot To Death In Virginia Home
Middle School Teacher, Wife Shot To Death In Virginia Home A woman and her husband were both found dead inside their Culpeper home, police reported. Stacey Garrison, 40, and Daniel Garrison, 41, were found by police inside of a home on the 15000 block of Burgandine Avenue around 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, according to the Culpeper Police Department. Police said the duo had apparent gunshot wounds and law enforcement is not looking for any persons of interest. Daniel had been working as a science teacher at Auburn Middle School, according to InsideNOVA.com. The school, with the help of the greater Fauquier County Public School system…

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Student Brings Handgun To Baltimore's ConneXions School: Report Student Brings Handgun To Baltimore's ConneXions School: Report
Student Brings Handgun To Baltimore's ConneXions School: Report A student was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 8 after bringing a handgun to a Baltimore school, FOX is reporting. The student was busted and taken into custody by a school resource officer without incident after being caught carrying a handgun at approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon outside ConneXions middle school in West Baltimore, the outlet reported. This latest incident continues a troubling trend to start the Baltimore school year, following a fatal shooting at the Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School last week and a second incident on Wednesday, Sept. 7 that saw a teen stu…

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Four Students Charged in Connection with Altercations at High School Football Game Four Students Charged in Connection with Altercations at High School Football Game
Four Students Charged in Connection with Altercations at High School Football Game Several teens are facing charges in Charles County after multiple fights broke out at a high school football game, the sheriff's office announced. It took officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office pepper spray to disperse a crowd at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2, when multiple fights were started at a North Point High School football game in Waldorf. Investigators said that the altercations took place in different locations near the restrooms at the school and in the parking lot. Officers, who were working secondary employment as security, utilized pepper spray to dispe…

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NY Student Among Two Dead In Mass Shooting At Virginia College Party: Report NY Student Among Two Dead In Mass Shooting At Virginia College Party: Report
NY Student Among Two Dead In Mass Shooting At Virginia College Party: Report A pre-nursing major and 25-year-old male were identified as the two people killed at party that left five others wounded near Old Dominion in Virginia on Labor Day Weekend, various news reports say. Angelia Aracelis McKnight, a second-year student from New York, and Zabre Miller, 25, both died in the incident on the 5000 block of Killam Avenue around midnight Sunday, Sept. 4, according to NBC News and Norfolk State University. Norfolk Police have informed us that several NSU students have been the victims of a shooting at an isolated off-campus location near 50th Street and Hampton Blvd…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Balding Middle-Aged Man Flashes Female UMD Students On Shuttle Bus: Police Balding Middle-Aged Man Flashes Female UMD Students On Shuttle Bus: Police
Balding Middle-Aged Man Flashes Female UMD Students On Shuttle Bus: Police Police are searching for a balding, middle-aged man who they say exposed himself to a group of females on a University of Maryland shuttle bus Friday, Sept. 2, campus police said. A female student told police she and her two friends got on Shuttle-UM 104 at the Wind Tunnel building around 5:30 p.m., when a male attempted to engage with one of her friends in the group, UMD police said. The group got up and relocated to a different area of the bus, but the male got up and sat near one of the females — and exposed himself, police said. The group got off the bus at the College Park Metro and co…

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Fatal Mervo High School Shooting: What We Know Fatal Mervo High School Shooting: What We Know
Fatal Mervo High School Shooting: What We Know A student has been fatally shot in the head in a parking lot of a Baltimore High School as the first week of school comes to a close, authorities say. The victim was shot in the head after a heated argument around 3 p.m., Friday, Sept. 2 in the parking lot of Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School, confirm Baltimore Police. BALTIMORE CITY *SHOOTING* TO THE REAR OF 3500 HILLEN RD - MERVO HIGH SCHOOL - 1 GSW TO HEAD - HOMICIDE REQUESTED - SUSPECT IN CUSTODY #BREAKING — Baltimore Metro News (@BaltMetroNews) September 2, 2022 Baltimore City Public Schools issued a statement confirmi…

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Former Volunteer HS Track Coach In Maryland Indicted For Sexually Abusing Student: Sheriff Former Volunteer HS Track Coach In Maryland Indicted For Sexually Abusing Student: Sheriff
Former Volunteer HS Track Coach In Maryland Indicted For Sexually Abusing Student: Sheriff A former volunteer high school track coach in Maryland is facing charges for allegedly sexually abusing a student, authorities announced. North Carolina resident Jason Michael Roberts, 32, a former coach at Westlake High School in Charles County, has been indicted by a grand jury that charged him with sexual abuse of a minor, according to the sheriff’s office. In June 2022, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of possible misconduct between a former Westlake High School volunteer track coach and a former student, investigators said. Upon receiving the notification of the inve…

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VIDEO: School Rolls Our Red Carpet For Daughter Of Firefighter Killed In Maryland Rowhouse Fire VIDEO: School Rolls Our Red Carpet For Daughter Of Firefighter Killed In Maryland Rowhouse Fire
Video: School Rolls Our Red Carpet For Daughter Of Firefighter Killed In Maryland Rowhouse Fire A fallen Baltimore City Firefighter's stepdaughter was given a red carpet entrance into her first day of school, as pictured on video by officials. Mila, the stepdaughter of Kelsey Sadler, was given the welcome start to the school year by her extended fire department family that has come together to support the loved ones of Sadler after her passing, according to Baltimore City Fire officials. This morning was the first day of school for Kelsey Sadler’s stepdaughter, Mila. Kelsey was killed in the line of duty in January. Members stepped up to ensure that Mila received a welcomed start …

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All Clear: Police, Feds Investigate New Bomb Threat At Howard University All Clear: Police, Feds Investigate New Bomb Threat At Howard University
All Clear: Police, Feds Investigate New Bomb Threat At Howard University Howard University in D.C. received another bomb threat on Friday, August 26, officials said. At around 2:30 a.m., the school community was alerted about the threat that targeted the East and West towers, according to the Howard University Department of Public Safety. This threat came to school after another recent threat was made directed at Cook Hall, a freshman dormitory, authorities said. Howard University law enforcement said this threat made to the towers was the eighth bomb threat this year. The university did a campus sweep to ensure the safety of the community and allegedly had le…

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