June 19, 2013

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The 3-Minute Interview: Montgomery County Sheriff Darren Popkin

By Scott McCabe | 05/09/13 04:50 PM

Sheriff Popkin is asking gun owners who no longer want their guns to turn them in on Saturday, no questions asked. Montgomery County is one of 20 counties around the state collecting guns. Weapons and bullets can be turned in between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Public Safety Headquarters in...
'Pimp on the Pike' sentenced to 10-plus years in prison

By Naomi Jagoda | 05/08/13 03:50 PM

A District Heights man who was a pimp for two prostitutes working at a Hilton hotel in Rockville was sentenced Wednesday to 10 1/2 years in prison. Nahshon Kornegay, 31, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court. He had been found guilty of human-trafficking, prostitution and drug...
The Blotter for May 8

By Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda | 05/07/13 04:35 PM

D.C. cop accused of money laundering for drug dealer A District of Columbia police officer has been charged in a federal money laundering investigation in Pennsylvania. Jared Weinberg was arrested Monday at the Fourth District station on Georgia Avenue in upper Northwest D.C., where he...
Cold Case: Lyon sisters went missing in Montgomery County in 1975

By Naomi Jagoda | 05/07/13 03:50 PM

It's been 38 years since two young Montgomery County sisters disappeared. On the morning of March 25, 1975, 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and 10-year-old Katherine Lyon walked from their Kensington home to the Wheaton Plaza shopping center in order to have lunch at the Orange Bowl restaurant....
Opponents call Montgomery County vote 'fast-tracking Walmart'

By Andy Brownfield | 05/06/13 06:45 PM

The Montgomery County Council on Monday approved a proposal that some lawmakers say would speed up construction of a Walmart in Aspen Hill. Council members voted 5-4 to start the process of a "minor master plan" including zoning changes to properties on Connecticut Avenue, which would allow...
Police investigate fatal pedestrian collision in Gaithersburg

By Scott McCabe | 05/06/13 03:05 PM

Montgomery County Police are investigating a pedestrian collision death at the Lakeforest bus stop in Gaithersburg. On April 26, about 8:30 p.m., Silvano Celedonio Alvarado, 60, of Germantown, was crossing Lost Knife Road near Odendhal Avenue when he was struck by a black 2005 Lexus 300 that...

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Frack to the Future

By: Michael Warren

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Downsize Ike

By: Andrew Ferguson

The beleaguered Eisenhower Memorial Commission holds its next public gathering later this month, and before its members duck-walk into the hearing room, huddled in a hoplite phalanx against a...
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The Lesson of Kermit Gosnell

By: John McCormack

What was the lesson of the Kermit Gosnell trial? Since the Philadelphia doctor was convicted last month of murdering three born-alive infants, two competing viewpoints have emerged.
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