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Touchdown Reunion: Teacher, Former Student Win Ravens Season Tickets In Maryland Lottery Touchdown Reunion: Teacher, Former Student Win Ravens Season Tickets In Maryland Lottery
Touchdown Reunion: Teacher, Former Student Win Ravens Season Tickets In Maryland Lottery A former teacher and his middle school student reunited in the most unexpected way—winning identical prizes in the Maryland Lottery’s Ravens Second-Chance Promotion. John Kirby of Brooklyn Park and Alex Wroblewski of Baltimore were both selected as winners of 2025 Ravens season tickets, Lottery officials anounced. When Kirby saw the announcement, he recognized his former Francis Scott Key Middle School teacher’s name and couldn’t believe the coincidence. “I hadn’t talked to him since the early 2000s,” Kirby said. “He was strict, but we learned and got stuff done.” The duo met up at Lottery…

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Police & Fire
Prosecutors Detail Events That Ended With Death Of Dad Defending Son During Maryland Dispute Prosecutors Detail Events That Ended With Death Of Dad Defending Son During Maryland Dispute
Prosecutors Detail Events That Ended With Death Of Dad Defending Son During Maryland Dispute A 27-year-old man will spend years in jail for his role in an altercation that resulted in the death of an Anne Arundel County father who was defending his son last year. Glen Burnie resident Trevor Garrett Taylor was sentenced on Friday to three years in jail for manslaughter following the grisly attack of Christopher Wright outside his Brooklyn Park home that resulted in his death. According to the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office, in May 2023, police were called to the 300 block of West Arundel Road in Brooklyn Park, where they found Wright suffering from a head injury.…

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Business
Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Check Cash Depot Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Check Cash Depot
Winning $1M 'Mega Millions' Ticket Sold At Maryland Check Cash Depot A winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million was sold at a Maryland business for Tuesday's drawing. There were two big winners in Maryland on Oct. 15 - a million-dollar ticket sold in Brooklyn Park, as well as a $10,000 prize in Silver Spring - that remain unclaimed the day after the fortuitous drawing, officials said. The winning numbers were: 22-34-44-54-62 with a Mega Ball of 03 and a Megaplier of 3X. According to Lottery officials, the $1 million ticket was sold at the Check Cash Depot on 16th Avenue, which matched the first five balls, but not the Mega Ball, which was still go…

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News
18-Year-Old Man Killed, Teenager Critically Injured In Maryland Crash: Police 18-Year-Old Man Killed, Teenager Critically Injured In Maryland Crash: Police
18-Year-Old Man Killed, Teenager Critically Injured In Maryland Crash: Police An 18-year-old was killed and a teenager suffered life-threatening injuries after losing control of a 2011 Infiniti and crashing into a tree in Anne Arundel County, police confirmed. Anthony Wayne Hinton III, of Glen Burnie, has been identified as the driver who was killed early on Wednesday morning in Brooklyn Park. Investigators say that at around 12:30 a.m. on June 26, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to the 4200 block of Ritchie Highway to investigate a reported crash with two victims. The initial investigation determined that Hinton was driving north o…

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Metro Mechanic Is Newly Minted Millionaire After Massive Maryland Lottery Scratcher Win Metro Mechanic Is Newly Minted Millionaire After Massive Maryland Lottery Scratcher Win
Metro Mechanic Is Newly Minted Millionaire After Massive Maryland Lottery Scratcher Win A million-dollar jackpot on a Maryland Lottery scratch-off ticket is going to buy a lot of gas for a Metro mechanic who turned $20 into a seven-figure cash windfall. The Brooklyn Park resident said that what started as a short trip out to get gas at Red Sea Petroleum on West Patapsco Avenue in Baltimore led to a trip to a burger joint, and subsequently the discovery of a $1,000,000 winning Gold Rush 777 ticket, authorities say. After filling up, the Anne Arundel County native said that he had an extra $20 to spare, and he spotted the instant ticket, which is new and gold in color, which app…

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Man Who Shot Stepson During Deadly Parking Spot Dispute At Maryland Home Gets Prison Time Man Who Shot Stepson During Deadly Parking Spot Dispute At Maryland Home Gets Prison Time
Man Who Shot Stepson During Deadly Parking Spot Dispute At Maryland Home Gets Prison Time The 71-year-old man who shot and killed his stepson during a deadly dispute over a parking spot in Anne Arundel County will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. George Albert Summers has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the February 2023 fatal shooting of Sharod Moore, 48, following an argument over parking at their Brooklyn Park home, the state's attorney's office announced on Monday. "This is sadly another case where a verbal dispute turned deadly because of easy access to a firearm, the opposite of what was needed in this heated situation," Anne Arundel County State's Att…

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