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Teen In Custody After Armed Robbery At Maryland High School Stadium: Police Teen In Custody After Armed Robbery At Maryland High School Stadium: Police
Teen In Custody After Armed Robbery At Maryland High School Stadium: Police An armed robbery at a Maryland high school stadium prompted a police response and briefly put the building in a secure status before a teen suspect was taken into custody, authorities say. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, to Albert Einstein High School in the 11100 block of Newport Mill Road in Kensington to investigate a reported robbery. As a precaution, officials say the school was placed in a temporary secure status following the report. That status was lifted by 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. No injuries wer…

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Teens Charged As Adults After Loaded Gun Found In Banned Backpack At Maryland HS: Police Teens Charged As Adults After Loaded Gun Found In Banned Backpack At Maryland HS: Police
Teens Charged As Adults After Loaded Gun Found In Banned Backpack At Maryland HS: Police Two 10th-grade boys will be charged as adults after a loaded gun was found hidden inside a banned bookbag at Wise High School in Upper Marlboro, according to Prince George’s County Police. The incident happened around 1:55 p.m. Thursday, May 1, when school security officers saw one student hand off a black bookbag to another student in a hallway.  Only clear backpacks are allowed on campus, police said. Security searched the bag and found a loaded firearm inside. Both students ran from the building before they could be detained. The two suspects — a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old — ar…

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Parents Charged After Gun Fires In Third Grader’s Backpack, Sheriff Says Parents Charged After Gun Fires In Third Grader’s Backpack, Sheriff Says
Parents Charged After Gun Fires In Third Grader’s Backpack, Sheriff Says A Virginia third grader brought a loaded handgun to school — and it went off inside his backpack, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said.  Now, his parents are the ones facing charges. The gun went off inside a classroom at Lee Hill Elementary School around 10:50 a.m. on Monday, April 7, according to investigators.  There were no injuries, and the student did not appear to have intended to harm anyone, officials said. Deputies say the 8-year-old had found the unsecured firearm at home, stuffed it into his backpack, and accidentally pulled the trigger while reaching into t…

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Suspicious Person Walking Halls Of Frederick County High School Arrested For Assaulting Staffer Suspicious Person Walking Halls Of Frederick County High School Arrested For Assaulting Staffer
Suspicious Person Walking Halls Of Frederick County High School Arrested For Assaulting Staffer It only took a week for members of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office to apprehend a person wanted for assaulting a staff member while trespassing at an area high school, authorities announced. At approximately 11 a.m. on Sept. 17, a questionable man entered Urbana High School through an exterior door, and was walking the halls until a staff member spotted him and attempted to take him outside of the building. As the staffer was closing the door behind the man, investigators say that he was assaulted, at which point the suspect fled the campus.  On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the sheriff's …

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