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$1 Million Powerball Winner Sold At This Maryland Supermarket $1 Million Powerball Winner Sold At This Maryland Supermarket
$1 Million Powerball Winner Sold At This Maryland Supermarket A Powerball ticket from the Saturday, Oct. 29 drawing good for $1 million was sold in Maryland. Three Maryland tickets also won $50,000 third-tier prizes The numbers to match were 19, 31, 40, 46 and 57; the Powerball was 23 and the Power Play multiplier was x3.  The $1 million winning ticket in Maryland was sold at Giant #310 located at 15520 Annapolis Road in Bowie (Prince George’s County). Three $50,000 winning tickets were also sold in Maryland for Saturday’s drawing, along with 84,260 others that won prizes ranging from $4 to $100. Check your tickets for a third-tier win if y…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Maryland Dollar General Store Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Maryland Dollar General Store
Police Charge 11-Year-Old Boy With Arson For Fire That Destroyed Maryland Dollar General Store An unexpected suspect has been identified as the person who caused millions of dollars in damage to a Maryland store last week. The Maryland Fire Marshal announced on Monday, Sept. 12 that an 11-year-old has been charged in connection to the fire at Dollar General on South Main Street in Carroll County that caused $2.5 million in damage and destroyed the building. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, first responders in Hampstead were dispatched to the Dollar General Store on South Main Street for a reported building fire. The fire was upgraded to a two-alarm blaze shortly after firs…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Maryland Dollar Store: Fire Marshal Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Maryland Dollar Store: Fire Marshal
Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Maryland Dollar Store: Fire Marshal State officials have located a couple who are being interviewed after a fire caused $2.5 million in damage to a Maryland dollar store over the holiday weekend, authorities said. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, first responders in Hampstead were dispatched to the Dollar General Store on South Main Street for a reported building fire. The fire was upgraded to a two-alarm blaze shortly after first responders arrived, bringing firefighters from Carroll, Baltimore counties, and nearby Pennsylvania to the scene. It took a team of more than 100 firefighters approximately an hour to co…

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by Zak Failla
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State Police ID Woman Killed In Early Morning Two-Car Maryland Head-On Crash State Police ID Woman Killed In Early Morning Two-Car Maryland Head-On Crash
State Police ID Woman Killed In Early Morning Two-Car Maryland Head-On Crash A 70-year-old Maryland woman was killed, and a man was airlifted to an area hospital after a violent two-vehicle head-on crash in Carroll County, state police said. Lineboro resident Sharon Hilditch was driving a 2013 Mazda Miata at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27 on Route 30 near the southern circle in Hampstead when she was struck head-on by local resident Arthur Williams, Jr., 65, who was operating a 2019 Toyota Tacoma. Hilditch was pronounced dead at the scene, while Williams was airlifted to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for treatment of injuries sustained in the…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Arsonist Apprehended After Setting Four Maryland Fires In Eight Hours: Officials Arsonist Apprehended After Setting Four Maryland Fires In Eight Hours: Officials
Arsonist Apprehended After Setting Four Maryland Fires In Eight Hours: Officials A serial arsonist is in custody after admitting to setting multiple fires over the course of just a few hours in Maryland, authorities said. In Carroll County, Wesley England, 33, was arrested and faces multiple charges after admitting to setting four fires in less than eight hours in Hampstead on Wednesday, June 29, the sheriff’s office announced. The investigation into the fires led members of the Hampstead Police and investigators with the Deputy State Fire Marshal to identify Wesley as a suspect, and he was arrested minutes after he was found walking from the last of the fires he allege…

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by Zak Failla