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Police shooting of man in Silver Spring barricade justified
Montgomery County police officer Edward Cochran shot Jean Carlos Natera-Perez, 30, after Natera-Perez assaulted his ex-girlfriend and held his 3-year-old son hostage.
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Maryland officer pleads guilty to falsifying $27K overtime
Citing a Howard County police release, news outlets report 41-year-old Clate Moton-Jackson pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count Monday, agreeing to pay $15,000 in restitution and leave his position.
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VOTER VOICES: Sizing up Hogan, Jealous in ‘bellwether’ Howard Co.
In the second chapter of WTOP’s Voter Voices series, Howard County voters speak about their concerns, priorities and what’s on their mind as the governor’s race fast approaches.
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Howard Co. Council approves funds to buy, raze 19 buildings in flood-prone Ellicott City
“Anything that can be done to open up the channel, and remove obstructions from the waterway, would provide the most expedient and cost-effective means of addressing the issue” of flooding, said Councilman Greg Fox, in voting for the plan.
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Vote due on historic Ellicott City flood control plan
The Howard County Council is scheduled to vote on a bill Monday night — part of a $50 million, five-year-plan that includes purchasing and razing 19 buildings, in hopes of taming flood waters that have increased after recent storm events.
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Small town welcomed Syrian immigrants, who’re paying it back
When floods again ripped through here in May, killing a Maryland National Guardsman, closing businesses up and down its historic district and producing images of destruction recalling the floods of 2016, a Syrian immigrant vowed to do anything he could to help a community that had become his own.
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Md. ex-NSA worker sentenced for taking secret documents home
A former National Security Agency employee has been sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison for taking top secret U.S. defense materials back to his Maryland home.
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8 injured after deck collapses in Ellicott City
Of the 20 people on the deck when it collapsed, only eight were transported for treatment of their injuries — three to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore and the remainder to the hospital.
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Ashburn, Ellicott City high on ‘best places to live’ list
Money Magazine’s annual list of The Best Places to Live in America ranks Ashburn, Virginia, and Ellicott City, Maryland, in the top five.
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Former Md. correctional officer sentenced in bribery case
The state prosecutor announced Friday that Warren Wright, a former officer at the Jessup Correctional Institution, was sentenced to 20 years with all but three years suspended.
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Gas explosion leaves $300k in Howard Co. home damage
Everyone is safe after a gas leak caused a Howard County home to explode on Friday night. County emergency personnel got the fire under control quickly, but the damage is expected to be close to $300,000.
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Changes over time in Ellicott City spur aggressive plan to reduce flood risk
Howard County councilman Jon Weinstein’s presentation to county council regarding the recently announced 5-year Ellicott City Flood Mitigation Plan included a brief history lesson on combination of factors that have made Main Street so susceptible to flooding.
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Trial begins for Md. man charged with murdering pregnant girlfriend
Prosecutors will seek life in prison with no chance of parole for a Maryland man — Tyler Tessier — charged with murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Laura Wallen.
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New Fairfax Co. fire chief must deal with harassment, bullying allegations
Chief John Butler was formally sworn in as chief of the county’s Fire and Rescue Department on Tuesday. He replaces Richard Bowers, who retired in the wake of complaints about sexual harassment in the department.
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Recently adopted dog apparently killed owner outside Columbia home
A pit bull adopted weeks ago was standing over the 64-year-old victim when a relative found her Monday evening, the Howard County police said.
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