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  • Ocean City officials say town has shrugged off Sandy

    By Alan Blinder | 05/27/13 02:45 PM

    OCEAN CITY, Md. -- When Hurricane Sandy was finished with this town in October, nearly 100 feet of a storied fishing pier had been severely splintered and fractured and lost to the sea. But nearly seven months after a storm that was unlike any to batter Ocean City since the 1980s, the pier is...

  • Mother, son killed in Beltway crash

    By Rachel Baye | 05/27/13 01:40 PM

    A 14-year-old boy and his mother were killed in a car crash on the Capital Beltway early Monday morning, Maryland State Police reported. Just before 1 a.m., 39-year-old Toykia Kenya Keys and her son, Kamany Love, were traveling north on the outer loop of the Beltway when their Kia Rio...

  • Three men targeted in Capitol Heights shooting, police say

    By Rachel Baye | 05/27/13 11:35 AM

    Three men were shot, including one high school student, after leaving a birthday party at a Capitol Heights nightclub early Sunday morning, police reported. Prince George's County Police say they believe the victims -- two adults and one juvenile, a student at Charles Flowers High School --...

  • Authorities seek info about armed robberies at Maryland phone stores

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/24/13 04:00 PM

    D.C. bus shelters are featuring FBI digital billboards of perpetrators in a series of armed robberies at cell phone stores. The robberies occurred from January to March in the Maryland suburbs, mostly at Verizon and AT&T stores. The robbers took cell phones during the incidents and also...

  • Drug dealer 'El Gato' sentenced to 15 years

    By Scott McCabe | 05/24/13 04:35 PM

    A Hyattsville man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for smuggling more than 330 pounds of cocaine into suburban Maryland. Edwin Galvez-Berganza, 30, was a leader of a Guatemalan drug ring that smuggled the cocaine in candy or inside trailer hitches. Galvez-Berganza, also known as El...

  • Prince George's County police identify suspected car thief

    By Rachel Baye | 05/25/13 07:10 PM

    Prince George's County Police on Saturday have identified the second of two suspects in an armed carjacking that occured earlier this week. Police believe 20-year-old Christopher DeWayne Barnes, of the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue in Southeast Washington, collaborated with 17-year-old Malik...

  • The Blotter: DC shooting, carjacking suspect identified, fatal motorcycle crash

    By Rachel Baye | 05/25/13 06:25 PM

    Police identify car thief Prince George's County Police on Saturday have identified the second of two suspects in an armed carjacking earlier this week. Police believe 20-year-old Christopher DeWayne Barnes, of the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue in Southeast Washington, collaborated with...

  • Montgomery County smoking ban goes into effect Monday

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/24/13 05:45 PM

    Anyone looking to take a smoke break in any of Montgomery County's parks or bus hangers, or outside county courthouses, might want to think again, as the county's more widespread smoking ban goes into effect on Monday. The ban prohibits smoking on all county-owned properties except public...

  • Developer faces uphill battle luring FBI to Westphalia

    By Matt Connolly | 05/24/13 07:05 PM

    While many Prince George's County officials have thrown their weight behind Greenbelt as a landing place for the new FBI headquarters, a massive Canadian developer is looking to change their minds. The Walton Group's proposal would swap part of its planned 479-acre Westphalia Town Center for...

  • Carroll County passes resolution opposing gun law, will use discretion in enforcement

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/24/13 06:40 PM

    Carroll County officials have taken a stand against Maryland's tough new gun law, voting to support law enforcement officials who use discretion in choosing when to enforce it. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a Second Amendment Preservation Resolution, stating that it...


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