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Police & Fire
Three More Frat Boys In MD Targeting Man For Sexual Preferences Charged For Hate Crime: Police
There have now been 15 arrested reported in connection to an off-campus assault and hate crime reported near Salisbury University that resulted in a frat suffering sanctions. Three more teens have been identified and will face charges for their role in an assault after an incident last month when members and associates of a frat used a social media account to lure their victim to an area residence and targeted him "due to his sexual preference." The latest to be charged: Sean Antone, 19, of West Friendship; Benjamin Brandenburg, 18, of Glyndon; Logan Clark, 19, of Sever…
News
Reward Offered For Info About Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Outside Maryland School, Synagogue
The community is coming together in an effort to track down the suspects involved in a series of anti-Semitic incidents over the summer in Montgomery County. A $7,000 reward has been donated by local community organizations as they seek the public's assistance in identifying, arresting, and prosecuting whomever is responsible for vandalism found in the Bethesda area in August. The first incident was reported on Sunday, Aug. 11 at Bethesda Elementary School in the 7600 block of Arlington Road that was quickly scrubbed clean by crews the following day. "Free Gaza" and "Israel Rapes" were amo…
Police & Fire
Frat Boys In Maryland Targeting Man For Sexual Preferences Arrested For Hate Crime: Police
Several suspects linked to a frat in Maryland are facing charges for an off-campus assault and hate crime near Salisbury University, authorities announced. Some parents are less than proud after seven men were arrested and charged for an incident last month when they used a social media account to lure their victim to an area residence and targeted him "due to his sexual preference." According to the Salisbury Police Department, on Thursday, Oct. 31, the agency was contacted by University Police regarding an assault in an off-campus apartment complex in the 1400 block of University Te…
Police & Fire
Shotgun-Wielding Man Shouting Racial Slurs At Shoppers In Maryland Arrested, Sheriff Says
A shotgun-wielding man shouting racial slurs at a pair of shoppers at an area business during an altercation is facing serious charges in Charles County, according to the sheriff's office. Waldorf resident Harold Andrew Howard, 53, was arrested on Sunday afternoon after directing a diatribe at two people inside a White Plains business before allegedly threatening them with the shotgun. Shortly after 4 p.m. on Oct. 20, an officer parked in his patrol car in the parking lot of the business was approached by a man who ran up stating that another shopper just pointed a shotgun at them, accordin…
Police & Fire
Hate Crime Under Investigation After Rabbi Assaulted On Maryland Sidewalk: Police
A hate crime is under investigation in Montgomery County after a rabbi was attacked by a 47-year-old man with a wooden stake near several places of worship. Junior Michael Reese, who has no fixed address, will face charges following an incident in Silver Spring early on Monday morning, officials say. Members of the Montgomery County Department of Police were called shortly before 10 a.m. on Oct. 14 to the 1400 block of Arcola Avenue, not far from the Silver Spring Jewish Center and Ohr Hatorah to investigate a reported assault. 1400 block of Arcola Avenue in Silver Spring Google Ma…
Schools
Several Maryland Schools Vandalized With Anti-Semitic, Anti
-lgbtq
+ Graffiti
Days before classes are set to resume, a new batch of hateful graffiti was found at Montgomery County Schools over the weekend. Officials are speaking out after several schools were vandalized with "politically-charged" graffiti, anti-Semitic imagery - including swastikas - and anti-LGBTQ+ language," Superintendent Thomas Taylor confirmed. According to reports, the imagery was found at these schools: Winston Churchill High School; Thomas S. Wootton High School; Strathmore Elementary School; Fallsmead Elementary School. "Principals are reaching out to their communities to report thes…
Schools
Community Helps Scrub Anti-Semitic Graffiti From Maryland Elementary School Sign
A Maryland community came together to help clean up hateful graffiti that was found spray painted outside a Montgomery County elementary school. Anti-semitic imagery was found on a sign at the Bethesda Elementary School on Arlington Road, though crews and neighbors were quick to clear the paint on Sunday morning. Many thanks to @2dCommander, @mcpnews, @BethesdaUP, Dr. Taylor & Marcus Jones at @MCPS, and @CentralFarmMKTs Bethesda team as well as local residents for the response & efforts today to clean up deeply offensive graffiti today.“Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can d…
Police & Fire
Racially-Charged Road Rage Incident Lands Armed Maryland Man Behind Bars: Police
A road rage incident resulted in a hate crime when a man began using racially-offensive language and assaulted a 24-year-old Black man in Anne Arundel County, police say. Keith Paul Kelly, 63, has been accused of a hate crime following an incident that turned ugly and resulted in him assaulting and pointing a weapon at his victim in Brooklyn during the Wednesday afternoon commute. Police say that at approximately 4:50 p.m. on June 12, officers were called to the area of Marshall Road and 8th Avenue to investigate a reported assault. According to the initial investigation, Kelly used racial…
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