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Baltimore City, Poly Football Players Suspended, Teams Forfeit Playoffs Over Fights
One of Maryland’s hottest football rivalries got a little too heated, and the season will be over early for both teams after a massive brawl broke out in their latest game. Fights that started at the end of the matchup between Baltimore City College and Baltimore Polytechnic Institute at Johns Hopkins University led to a suspension for some players on both squads, effectively ending their seasons and barring them from postseason play. City technically won the game 24-16, but both teams were ultimately the losers when the swift punishment was handed down from above. The brawl broke out amid…
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Baltimore City Schools Employee Accused Of Assaulting Stepdaughter: Reports
A Baltimore City Public Schools Police officer is in hot trouble with the law after allegedly abusing and assaulting a family member, according to multiple reports. Gerard Owens, 48, has reportedly been charged with second-degree child abuse and second-degree assault following an incident that was reported over the weekend in the 3200 block of Northway Drive. Owens is accused of choking his stepdaughter and verbally abusing her during the altercation. He is now on paid leave with Baltimore City Public Schools, according to WJZ. The alleged incident happened late on Friday, Oct. 28 into S…
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Teen Student At Maryland Middle School Busted With Marijuana, Bullet, Sheriff Says
It was neither a trick nor a treat for a middle school student in Maryland who was busted with marijuana and a bullet during classes on Halloween, officials announced. Shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, an administrator at the Benjamin Stoddert Middle School in Charles County was notified that a student smelled like marijuana, according to the sheriff’s office. The administrator was able to make contact with the student, according to a spokesperson from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, and it was determined he was in possession of colorfully-decorated bags of marijuana, a light…
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DWI Bus Driver Slapped With 18 Safety Violations In Pumpkin Patch Field Trip Crash
What started off as a fun holiday outing for a group of students in Virginia led to a host of charges for their bus driver, who is in hot trouble with the law for allegedly driving drunk and crashing on the way back from a pumpkin patch, police say. Maryland resident Troy Reynolds, 48, was charged with driving while intoxicated and nine counts of gross, wanton, or reckless care for a child after crashing a school bus carrying 44 children and four adults back to Murch Elementary School in Washington, DC following a field trip to Cox Farms in Centreville. Original Story: DC Students' Fi…
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DC Students' Field Trip To VA Pumpkin Patch Ends In DWI School Bus Crash: Report
A fun day at the pumpkin patch for Washington DC students was spoiled by their DWI driver who crashed on the return trip on Thursday, Oct. 27, NBC Washington reports. Ben Murch Elementary School students were heading back from Cox Farms when the driver crashed, coming to a stop on Conference Center Drive in Chantilly sometime in the afternoon, the outlet said. Statement from Chancellor Lewis Ferebee regarding an isolated traffic incident while students from Murch Elementary were traveling back to school following a field trip in Fairfax County Virginia: pic.twitter.com/5NNRhdLZBi — Chanc…
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Girl Busted With Fancy Stun Gun, Bag Of Weed In Maryland High School, Sheriff Says
Authorities say that a Maryland high school student had more than books and folders in her backpack on Thursday morning when she was busted by an administrator with a big bag of weed and a zebra-printed stun gun. In Charles County, at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27, an administrator at Westlake High School said that a crackling noise could be heard coming from the purse of a student in the cafeteria during lunch. The student was briefly questioned, according to a spokesperson from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, and when she opened her purse the administrator was met by…
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Maryland Elementary School Calls Classes Early Due To Fumes From Overnight Farm Fire
A Maryland elementary school was forced to close early on Thursday morning due to an overnight fire. Baltimore County Public School officials announced that Sparks Elementary School on Belfast Road had to close at 10:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27 due to fumes from an overnight fire at a nearby farm close to I-83. At 12:36 AM @HerefordFire was alerted to an outside fire on Cold Bottom Rd near I-83. A pile of hale bales was found on fire.The fire is under control but is not out. There will be smoke in the area and near I-83 throughout the day. The fire is being monitored by farm personnel.…
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Maryland Student Test Scores Alarm Educators, Majority Fall Below Basic Achievement In Math
Maryland student scores followed a national declining trend on the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), continuing a downward trend that began in 2013 and worsened during the pandemic. The NAEP is a biennial assessment of fourth and eight graders for the subjects of reading and math. It measures achievement at four levels: below basic, basic, proficient, and advanced. Testing results showed that a majority of Maryland fourth and eighth graders were not proficient in math or reading. The assessment showed that 75% of Maryland eight grade students and 69% of fourth grade s…
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Longtime Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Former Student In Maryland, Police Say
A teacher in Maryland has been charged for allegedly sexually abusing a teenage student for several years by a teacher at Largo High School in Marlboro, authorities announced. Lonnie Elias, Jr., 44, is facing multiple charges following his arrest on Friday, Oct. 21 for allegedly sexually abusing a minor, officials said. In late September, the Prince George’s County Police Special Crimes Division Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit (CVAA) was notified by a woman that she was allegedly sexually abused by Elias between 2015 and 2017 while she was a student at the high school. According to p…
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Maryland Man Sentenced To Max Prison Term For Shooting Victim Seven Times In Broad Daylight
A Maryland man received the maximum possible sentence for his role in a brazen midday shooting in. Baltimore in May 2021, the state's attorney announced. Andre Preston was sentenced to 75 years in prison with the first 10 to be served without the possibility of parole for the fatal shooting of Gary Wilson in the Rosemont neighborhood last year. Specifically, Preston was found guilty in April of: Second-degree murder; Use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence; Disqualified person in possession of a regulated firearm. Police responded to calls about gunshots in the 3000 bl…
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Alert Issued For Flasher Wanted For Exposing Himself To Students On University Of Maryland Bus
The University of Maryland Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a man wanted for an indecent exposure incident on a shuttle bus. An alert was issued by police in College Park as they attempt to track down a man (pictured above) who has been identified as a suspect for allegedly exposing himself on Friday, Sept. 2, on a Shuttle-UM bus. A female student reported to police that she and two friends got on the Shuttle-UM 104 bus at the Wind Tunnel Building on the day of the incident. As the bus was traveling towards the College Park Metro, an unknown attempted…
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Loaded Gun Confiscated From 12-Year-Old At Maryland Middle School: Police
A loaded handgun was confiscated from a 12-year-old student on Wednesday afternoon at a Maryland middle school, according to authorities. Officials said that a loaded .25 caliber handgun was discovered by a staff member at the Booker T. Washington Middle School at around noon on Wednesday, Oct. 19 who then alerted the Baltimore City Police Department. It was the fourth handgun recovered from students so far in the early school year, according to Cylde Boatwright, the CEO of the Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police, who shared a photo of the handgun and bullets through social media. The…
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