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HS Principals Put Football Teams In Penalty Box After Friday Night Lights Melee In Maryland HS Principals Put Football Teams In Penalty Box After Friday Night Lights Melee In Maryland
HS Principals Put Football Teams In Penalty Box After Friday Night Lights Melee In Maryland The game will not go on for a pair of high school football teams in Maryland after a benches-clearing brawl broke out late in Friday night’s game. Gaithersburg High School Principal Cary Dimmick and Northwest High School Principal Scott Smith sent out a joint letter on Saturday, Sept. 17 announcing that the football programs at both schools will be suspended amid the investigation into the violent fight. Earlier story - Game Over: Violent Bench Clearing Brawl Forces Refs To Call HS Football Matchup In Maryland “This disrespectful and dangerous behavior is not what we model and communicate…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
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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by Zak Failla
News
Supreme Court Allows Grand Jury Probe In Loudoun County School Sexual Assaults Supreme Court Allows Grand Jury Probe In Loudoun County School Sexual Assaults
Supreme Court Allows Grand Jury Probe In Loudoun County School Sexual Assaults The Supreme Court of Virginia has rejected an attempt by the Loudoun County School Board to shut down a Grand Jury investigation connected to the handling of two sexual assaults, confirms officials.  The court's decision will allow an investigation to continue into the handling of the sexual assaults in the two Loudoun County schools last year, states Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares.  "The Loudoun County School Board has tried to block our Grand Jury investigation on what happened last year in the sexual assaults that made national headlines last year for all the wrong reasons", sa…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Multiple Students Arrested After Bringing Guns To Maryland High School Multiple Students Arrested After Bringing Guns To Maryland High School
Multiple Students Arrested After Bringing Guns To Maryland High School Two teenagers were arrested on the same day after bringing guns to Suitland High School, authorities say. Police first arrived at the high school to serve an arrest warrant for a 16-year-old boy who had been wanted for a District Heights carjacking in late June, officials said. A school resource officer located the student around 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 29, and found a gun in the teen's waistband, according to Prince George's County police. Several hours later around 2 p.m., officers were alerted that a second teen was potentially armed with a gun, police said. Christopher Harris, 18, was loc…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Summer School Student Charged For Stealing Phone, Brandishing Weapon At Maryland HS: Sheriff Summer School Student Charged For Stealing Phone, Brandishing Weapon At Maryland HS: Sheriff
Summer School Student Charged For Stealing Phone, Brandishing Weapon At Maryland HS: Sheriff A pair of summer school students are unlikely to have a “Breakfast Club” moment in Maryland after one teen stole his victim's phone and allegedly threatened him with a weapon when he was confronted, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office announced. The victim and suspect were involved in an altercation at approximately 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4 in a stairwell inside Westlake High School, during which the victim’s phone fell out of his pocket, authorities said. It is alleged that the suspect teen grabbed the phone and proceeded to flee, according to officials. His victim followed on his he…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Maryland Middle School Issues 'Shelter In Place Order:' Police Maryland Middle School Issues 'Shelter In Place Order:' Police
Maryland Middle School Issues 'Shelter In Place Order:' Police Officials at a Maryland school district issued a “shelter in place order” on Wednesday, July 6, police said. The Montgomery County Department of Police issued an alert shortly before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 6 advising that Takoma Park Middle School was the subject of a potential threat that is being investigated. During the shelter in place order, summer school programs were set to continue normally, but all exterior doors were locked as a precaution, according to the department. The nature of the threat was not disclosed by police investigators. Takoma Park Middle School received …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Student Brings Gun To Middle School Prompting Lockdown In Prince George's Student Brings Gun To Middle School Prompting Lockdown In Prince George's
Student Brings Gun To Middle School Prompting Lockdown In Prince George's A Fort Washington Middle School was placed on lockdown when a student brought a gun to school on Tuesday, June 21, authorities said. The Isaac J. Gourdine Middle School student, 13, showed the non-serialized ghost gun to a peer who reported it around 8:15 a.m., Prince George's Count Police said. The gun was recovered from the student's waistband. Charges were pending. The weapon was recovered and no injuries were reported. The incident is currently under investigation.

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by Annie DeVoe