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MetroAccess driver accused of assaulting rider
4/24/13 11:53 PM
Authorities say that Ezra Porter, a 50-year-old employee of MV Transportation, has been charged with first degree sexual assault in connection with the April 19 incident, which they say happened while he was driving the victim around.
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Rockville man may have barricaded himself in home
4/24/13 7:52 PM
Rockville Police are working a potential domestic dispute situation on Azalea Drive.
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2 ex-Culpeper school staffers arrested for allegedly assaulting autistic boy
4/24/13 5:55 PM
Two former Culpeper school employees were arrested Monday for allegedly assaulting a 5-year-old autistic boy on a school bus.
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Glenn Dale elementary staffer accused of fondling student
4/23/13 5:59 PM
Police arrested Jason Jamar Howard and charged him with sexually abusing a minor, among other charges. Police say Howard admitted to police during an interview that he fondled the student between 10 and 15 times.
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Prosecutors want 45 years for FRC shooter
4/22/13 9:16 PM
Prosecutors say Floyd Corkins, the man who planned a mass killing at the Washington headquarters of a conservative Christian lobbying group, should spend 45 years in prison for his plot.

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Police: Woman sexually assaulted, robbed inside Centreville home
4/22/13 6:00 PM
A Centreville woman woke up Sunday morning to find a man sexually assaulting her inside her bedroom, authorities say.
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Police arrest two in alleged Canadian terror plot
4/22/13 5:22 PM
Police announce that two suspects have been arrested in a terror plot against a Canadian passenger train.
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Man found shot and killed in Annapolis ID'd
4/22/13 4:08 PM
A man who was shot and killed in Annapolis on Monday was identified as John Donnel Ray of Huntingtown, Md.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charging document
4/22/13 2:23 PM
The following is the official criminal complaint against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old man accused of setting off bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon.
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Child porn charge tossed against former Broadneck teacher
4/24/13 8:35 PM
A child porn charge has been dropped against Erin Thorne, the former Broadneck High School teacher accused of having an improper relationship with a student, The Capital Gazette reports.
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Jailers, inmates accused of plot to sneak goods into Baltimore jail
4/24/13 5:55 PM
Federal prosecutors say 13 female correctional officers, seven inmates and five others with gang ties have been charged with plotting to smuggle drugs, cellphones and other contraband into the Baltimore jail and other corrections facilities.
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One defendant on trial for Eastern Market beating
4/24/13 5:36 PM
A suspect accused of beating and robbing a Capitol Hill father is on trial this week.

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Trial begins for Maryland man in Iran satellite case
4/23/13 5:36 PM
A trial has begun for an Iranian-American man living in Maryland who allegedly helped Iran launch a satellite from Russia, a violation of a trade embargo the United States has against the Middle Eastern country.
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Father accused of drowning son to be tried
4/22/13 6:24 PM
The Manassas father who stands accused of murdering his 15-month-old son will have his case go to a grand jury this May, a judge ruled Monday.
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Police: Stafford man shoots, kills estranged wife
4/22/13 5:58 PM
A man shot and killed his estranged wife inside a Stafford County home Friday afternoon, authorities say, but no charges have yet been filed.
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2 in custody for March Prince George's murder
4/22/13 5:03 PM
Police arrested two men in connection with the March 2013 murder of a 23-year-old man in Prince George’s County.
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Man shot trying to escape Baltimore jail
4/22/13 2:31 PM
A detainee fled while being removed from a police vehicle and was shot by a corrections officer as he tried to scale a fence, authorities say.
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Gaithersburg man killed after being shocked by officers
4/22/13 10:58 AM
A 51-year-old Gaithersburg man was killed Friday evening after being shocked with a stun gun after defying repeated orders from police officers, police say.
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