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Knife-Wielding Man In Paintball Mask, Makeshift Armor Taken Into Custody After Standoff: Police Knife-Wielding Man In Paintball Mask, Makeshift Armor Taken Into Custody After Standoff: Police
Knife-Wielding Man In Paintball Mask, Makeshift Armor Taken Into Custody After Standoff: Police A tense standoff in Germantown came to a peaceful conclusion Sunday morning as officers with the Montgomery County Police skillfully de-escalated a domestic situation involving a 49-year-old man donning improvised armor while wielding a butcher knife. It all started around 7:19 a.m. when officers from the 5th District responded to the 12300 block of Silvergate Way following a call to the Emergency Communications Center.  A woman told dispatchers her husband, identified as Marques Buford, wouldn’t let her leave their apartment and the situation escalated when Buford allegedly made threa…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Teen Who Enlisted 12-Year-Old PA Boy To Make School Bomb Threats Charged In Maryland: Police Teen Who Enlisted 12-Year-Old PA Boy To Make School Bomb Threats Charged In Maryland: Police
Teen Who Enlisted 12-Year-Old PA Boy To Make School Bomb Threats Charged In Maryland: Police Two minors who conspired to make bomb threats targeting Montgomery County schools have been identified as those responsible for causing multiple scares in the community earlier this year. A 15-year-old Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School student is facing multiple charges, and his 12-year-old cohort from Pennsylvania - who will not be charged due to his age - have been accused of making multiple bomb threats that caused chaos in May. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, a threat made on Thursday, May 16 led to a lockdown at the teen's school, as well as the deploy…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
SWAT Team Captures Harford Mall Shooter 53 Miles Away At Anne Arundel Hotel: Sheriff SWAT Team Captures Harford Mall Shooter 53 Miles Away At Anne Arundel Hotel: Sheriff
SWAT Team Captures Harford Mall Shooter 53 Miles Away At Anne Arundel Hotel: Sheriff The 35-year-old man wanted in a shooting last month at the Harford Mall was captured with help from members of a SWAT team 53 miles away from the incident in Anne Arundel County, police said. Wesley Larry Lyons, 35 of Edgewood, was arrested just after 1 p.m. Sunday, June 30 by members of the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s SWAT Team, the Harford County Sheriff's Office announced. Bel Air Police Department Lyons opened fire, striking a 42-year-old Edgewood man three times in the leg and hand at the Harford Mall around 4 p.m. on June 2, as previously reported by Daily Voice.&nb…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Victim, Officer Involved In Fatal Maryland Shooting Identified By AG Victim, Officer Involved In Fatal Maryland Shooting Identified By AG
Victim, Officer Involved In Fatal Maryland Shooting Identified By AG New details have been released by the Maryland Attorney General's Office as the probe into a fatal officer-involved shooting during a standoff in Montgomery County continues. Shortly before midnight on May 29, officers were called to a home in the 3300 block of Hampton Point Drive in Fairland, where there was a reported dispute involving 28-year-old Forestville resident Bishop Jones-Daniels. According to the AG's Independent Investigations Division (IID), the 911 caller advised that Jones-Daniels was inside the home assaulting his mother and was armed with a gun. There were also repor…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Officers Shoot, Kill Armed Man Firing Shots Inside Maryland Apartment: Police Officers Shoot, Kill Armed Man Firing Shots Inside Maryland Apartment: Police
Officers Shoot, Kill Armed Man Firing Shots Inside Maryland Apartment: Police A police standoff left one man dead after he was shot by SWAT officers in a Montgomery County apartment.  The Montgomery County Department of Police received a distress call from the victim's mother at approximately 11:40 p.m. on Wednesday night, alerting them to an incident in the 3300 block of Hampton Point Drive. Google Maps street view When officers arrived, gunshots could be heard coming from the apartment, leading to deadly encounter. Montgomery County Police initiated an emergency response (ERT), and SWAT responded to the location, while officers negotiated with the man until…

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by Zak Failla