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Prisoners uninjured when van doors fly open on interstate
The van was traveling from the Montgomery County Correctional Facility to a Rockville courthouse Monday morning when the doors opened.
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Montgomery Co. police to increase security after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger says the patrols around area synagogues and Jewish community centers following Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh have been added not because of any threat, but because of growing concern.
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‘That sense of evil’: Beltway snipers police chief on pipe bomb mailings
The recent pipe bombs never exploded, but the damage was severe, according to retired police chief Charles Moose, who 16 years ago was the public face in the search for the Beltway Snipers.
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Man in Montgomery Co. barricade situation charged with assault
A man who barricaded himself in the Colesville, Maryland, area following a domestic situation Wednesday morning that prompted a shelter-in-place warning from police has been charged with assault.
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Suspect in Germantown fatal shooting kills self
Police said that the suspect was traveling in a car, and as they approached in an attempt to arrest him, he shot himself. He was declared dead at the scene.
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Police arrest suspect in rape of teenager in Rockville, Md.
The suspect tried to kiss the 17-year-old girl, and when she refused, he raped her in sixth floor stairwell.
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Owners deny dogs involved in attack are ‘dangerous’ as case goes to hearing board
A Montgomery County animal service official said that the dog that was attacked by the pit-bull mixes died after being treated for the bites she sustained.
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Police: Man attacks officers after setting Clarksburg town house on fire
A man accused of setting a fire in a Clarksburg, Maryland, town house attacked police officers and firefighters who responded to the scene.
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2 dead and 3 injured after motorcycle crashes in Montgomery, Prince George’s Cos.
A 26-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision in Rockville and two more people were taken to the hospital in Montgomery County in a separate collision. In Prince George’s County, a man died and a school-aged boy are in critical condition after a motorcycle crash in the Landover area.
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Police: Couple found dead in Spencerville home after ‘domestic-related’ shooting
The 56-year-old man and 53-year-old woman were found around 8 p.m. in the 1500 block of Peach Orchard Road with apparent gunshot wounds, police said.
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11 Maryland state lawmakers ask police to investigate Kavanaugh case
A group of Maryland state lawmakers are asking county police to investigate sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, if alleged victims support investigating.
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Md. man charged in night burglaries, attempted sex offense against 12-year-old
A Maryland man has been charged in connection to a series of home burglaries and an attempted sexual offense of a girl that police said took place in the Ashton-Sandy Spring and Colesville areas last week.
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Police ID Mongtomery Co. cold case rape suspect using DNA, online genealogy sites
A series of cold case rapes in Montgomery County — including of an 86-year-old woman who was attacked in a senior living center — have been cracked with a DNA match and the arrest of a Germantown man, police said Friday.
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Police ID pedestrian killed in Wheaton crash the 3rd in same stretch of Georgia Ave. this month
Southbound Georgia Avenue is closed at Price Avenue and northbound Georgia Avenue is closed at Veirs Mill Road.
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3 pedestrians killed on Montgomery Co. roads in last 10 days
Since June, a total of six pedestrians were killed after being struck by vehicles, despite Montgomery County’s efforts to cut road fatalities in public safety education campaigns such as “Street Smart” and “Vision Zero.”
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