Maryland State Police say three bodies have been recovered from a large manure pit in Kent County during a search for a missing worker and his two sons.

Police say a 48-year-old man from Peach Bottom, Pa., and his two teenage sons, were found at the dairy farm in Kennedyville. Police spokesman Greg Shipley says the third body was recovered about 6 a.m. Thursday.

Authorities say the man and his sons, aged 18 and 14, worked at the farm and were last seen there about 2 p.m. Wednesday.

Police say a tractor was found still running beside a manure septic pond where the three were believed to have been working.

Authorities say vacuum trucks from a nearby farm were called in to remove manure from the pit.

The Capital of Annapolis reported that Brown died Tuesday. An Academy spokesman did not know where Brown died.

Brown was appointed to the Academy in 1945. He ran varsity track and cross country, and was a cross country teammate of former President Jimmy Carter.

Brown graduated from the Academy in 1949. He was the sixth black admitted, but the first to earn a degree.

Brown, a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, had a 20-year career with the Navy.

In 2008, the Naval Academy constructed the Wesley Brown Field House to accommodate physical education classes as well as the academy's athletic programs.

Natasha Pettigrew, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Maryland at the time, was riding her bike at about 5 a.m. when she was struck and killed on September 19, 2010.

Christy Littleford, 41, the driver, claims she thought she hit a deer and that's why she didn't stop, but drove home.

Littleford called police four hours after hitting Pettigrew, apparently when she spotted a bicycle under her SUV.

The photographic evidence in this case may be the most important for the jury: The bicycle wedged under Littleford's SUV, the clear dent from Natasha Pettigrew's head on the driver's side hood.

Prosecutors say Littleford had to know she hit someone on a bicycle. The victim's mother, Kennis Henry, says there is no doubt.

"I just can't imagine anyone could be.driving and think they hit a deer riding a bicycle," Henry says.

There is no dispute that on September 19th, 2010, at about 5 a.m., Littleford, driving her Cadillac Escalade, hit Pettigrew as she rode her bicycle along Rt. 202.

Littleford didn't stop. Instead, she drove three miles home on a flat tire, dragging the sparking bike the whole way.

She maintains she thought she'd hit a deer until she got home. Police never believed that.

She's charged with hit and run and several other related crimes.

She's also being sued by Henry.

"There's no.two ways about it," says Joel Duboff, Henry's attorney. "she knew what she hit and she just didn't want to.stop."

Pettigrew, 30, was the Green Party candidate for the United States Senate from Maryland. She was on leave from her studies at the University of Miami Law School while she ran for the Senate.

And she was an avid cyclist, training for a triathlon.

Her mother says she just wants justice done in her name.

"I want her to know that in taking my daughter's life she actually took two lives because my life will never be the same again," Henry says.

“I get rewarded with hugs and kisses. Get paid to play,” she said.

Gribble has made a successful career out of being a nanny, and now, she’s being honored in a big way.

This month, she was named 2012 Nanny of the Year by the International Nanny Association—the highest stamp of approval in the industry.

“It was exciting, thrilling experience,” she said.

Gribble's employers, Scott and Iva Mills, who nominated her for the coveted award, cited her dedication and hard-work in caring for their twins, Morgan and Dashiel.

“I love a challenge, I like being busy, people always say you got your hands full. I say better full then empty,” Gribble said.

“Nikki's not doing any of this to be noticed. It’s just her heart’s passion, her heart’s desire. You can see joy on her face when she interacts with our babies,” Iva said.

The mills say Gribble is deserving of the award for what she does both on the clock and off.

“Nikki would always go above and beyond the call of duty at the most important times of our lives with the twins and so when she won it really felt like this ultimate validation of what we knew about Nikki: that she is really extraordinary at what she does,” Scott said.

Initially, Mrs. Mills says she aspired to take on the task for caring for the twins by herself. But, her husband suggested they hire a nanny. A decision—a year later—she’s glad they made.

“She also was very sweet, and wonderful and kind to me when i was a very new mother, trying to nurse and do all these things. She supported me as well which was wholly unexpected,” Iva said.

Gribble accepted her award at the annual International Nanny's Conference earlier this month in Las Vegas, she still gets emotional when thinking about it.

“Words can't describe the feeling to be appreciated so much,” Gribble said.

Gribble says she wouldn't change her career for the world and shares this high honor with pride.

“Every nanny deserves to be nanny of the year,” she said.

The sign unveiling will take place Wednesday morning along Interstate 495, near the state police Forestville barracks.

It'll honor Trooper Wesley Brown, who was fatally shot in June 2010 while working part-time security at an Applebee's restaurant in Forestville.

The shooter, Cyril Cornelius Williams, had been removed from the restaurant by Brown for being disorderly and later returned and shot the trooper.

Williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 25 years, earlier this month.

State Police Superintendent Marcus Brown, state Sen. C. Anthony Muse and other officials are scheduled to attend.

Race fan Jerry Matthews remembers years of races at the track and says he'll never forget Tuesday night's race.

"Years been coming, never seen anything like that," Matthews exclaims.

It was a little before 9 p.m., when halfway into the night's harness races, things went wrong.

"The horse in the lead position stopped, started causing a chain reaction," Lisa Watts, Rosecroft's Director of Operations, says.

Matthews adds, "One horse was in the air, then another and they ran into each other...I was saying, 'Oh my god, I hope nobody is dead'."

Five drivers were injured in the chaos, three needed extra medical attention.

First responders had to turn off their sirens, so they wouldn't scare the horses. A state police helicopter took the two most injured drivers to the hospital. They have broken bones but are expected to be okay.

Firefighters at the scene say they did not see any injured horses.

"I understand one gentleman wanted to know how his horses did in the remainder of the card," Watts says.

The drivers' friends expect them to race at Rosecroft again.

For more than two hours Tuesday, 1,000 first-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy stormed a 21 foot, lard-covered obelisk, working together to replace a first-year student''s hat with that of a midshipmen.

The first to the top is given a pair of admiral's shoulders boards.

First-year-student Joseph Toole says, "I think everyone just kinda packs in, and the small guys just climb to the top.

Matthew Benner, also a first-year student, adds, "Oh, it's hot, it's wet, it's cold if you get sprayed with the water. But, it’s just all kinds of body heat."

It's a symbol that the plebes have finished their first year and will now become respected midshipmen.

"It’s totally gain of respect, and they finally recognize us as students here, not plebes," first-year student Sam Himlin says.

Alumus Nick Diorio watched his son climb into a new era.

"I did it 35 years ago. I think my shoes are still stuck in the dirt. It's eye watering pride to see him walking through the same thing," Diorio says.

Himlin adds, ”It's just such a great feeling to finally be accomplishing something.”

This year's winner, Andrew Craig of Tulsa, Oklahoma, took over two hours to get to the top.

It happened around 5:15 p.m., at Glenside Drive and Anne Street in Takoma Park, and it was all over an iPad.

Neighbor Zenobia Roberts says, "That's very scary, and it is very concerning."

Roberts was sitting in her backyard when police with search dogs appeared out of nowhere, looking for the armed and dangerous man.

Police say the man tried to grab the girl's iPad, and when he didn't get it, he repeatedly slashed her arms with a sharp object. But, police say she fought back. The teen used her backpack to fight the suspect. When he fell to the ground, she ran home.

"She is a brave, young lady, but I guess at that age most teenagers are brave and don't understand the sense of danger," neighbor General Bradford adds.

The girl's injuries are not life-threatening, and the suspect is still on the loose.

Takoma Park police spokeswoman Catherine Plevy says, "She and her family have been working really close with our detectives."

Officers are advising children in the area to walk in pairs or groups. Police also say to keep expensive electronics out of sight.

All of it, apparently, is for the sake of saving a few minutes - and it's resulting in the county tallying nearly as many pedestrian deaths as murders, with half of them coming at the fault of the pedestrian, officials say.

To combat the problem, Montgomery County Poilce have been out in force, trying to get pedestrians to play by the rules, but they're facing a stiff challenge. That includes an incident that ABC 7 observed in which a teenager, who was ticketed twice in two days, tore up a ticket in front of an officer's face.

Even where the county has installed warning signs and fences to keep walkers from crossing, the problem persists. According to authorities, Montgomery County Police officers have written 284 citations.

Montgomery County Police Capt. Thomas Didone says that in 2011, the county had 16 murders and 11 fatal pedestrian accidents. So far in 2012, six people have been murdered in Montgomery County and three have been killed in pedestrian crashes.

Regardless of repeated warnings, many people continue to risk their lives and the lives of their children by crossing busy roads in the middle of traffic.

"I was trying to rush because there weren't any cars," one woman told ABC 7 while rushing across the street with her baby in tow.

Prince George's County has filed criminal charges against seven area nightclubs.

Officials says the clubs failed to pay about $700,000 in taxes. Maryland Controller Peter Franchot says the clubs were "thumbing their nose at the state."

New business owners say it's alleged activity like this that's giving them a bad rap.

Stan Askew and his business partners own Phasez Nightclub. ASkew says, "We want everything to be right because we have to be right. By other people doing things, it makes it hard for us to do business."

Askew knows he and his business partners are taking a gamble by opening a nightclub in Laurel Hills when several clubs nearby are under fire.

Bernard Brown, also with Phasez Nightclub, says, "They should have gotten all their proper permits like we did."

But , Franchot says they didn't. Instead, by ignoring the rules, what the accused clubs owe the state could top one million dollars.

Prince George's County Police Chief Mark Magaw adds, "As long as you stay within those policies and permits, we'll support your business, but when you cross that line like many of these nightclubs have done,...we're going to come after you with everything we have."

Magaw says the investigation began last June and has revealed tax, alcohol and licensing violations at the clubs.

All but one of the clubs are currently closed.

State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks says, "Any business, any venture that wreaks havoc on our neighborhoods, we are going to be very aggressive in dealing with them."

The new owners of Phasez hope to lead by example and give nightlife in Prince George's County a better reputation. .

"People come and have a good time, basically," Brown says.

The violations the seven clubs are accused of are punishable by up to five years behind bars, with fines as steep as $10,000.

Officials credit their recent night club scrutiny to a 40 percent drop in homicides this year compared to the same time last year. Shootings in the area are also down dramatically .

There are more than 4,000 words, phrases and letter-number combinations that the Motor Vehicle Administration has on its Objectionable Plate List.

The Baltimore Sun reports most of the list is too vulgar for publication.

When someone applies for a vanity tag online, a computer checks to see if there is a block.

Not all banned words are scatological or sexual. FBI and CIA are banned, as are HEROIN or KILLALL.

The family received a $400,000 settlement.

"I still breakdown and cry. It was a very painful situation," Kenise Morris says.

Morris was 17-years-old when a Prince George's County officer pepper sprayed her and dragged on her knees after she took a picture of his patrol car.

Morris adds, "I couldn't breathe. My face was burning."

Her mother, Tracey, could only watch.

"...on her knees saying, 'Help me mommy, mommy, mommy! Help!,' and there was nothing I could do," Tracey recalls.

Tracey says the officer then turned on her.

"He grabbed me around the neck with his arm and he take the other hand, and I never saw it coming," Tracey says.

She too was pepper sprayed.

Tracey adds, "...and then he threw me very violently down to the ground."

According to the mother and daughter, it all began last year with a routine traffic accident on January 4 in Oxon Hill.

Prince George's County Police Officer Charles Jenkins came to the scene, but when Tracey asked him for a form so the drivers could exchange information, she says he refused. 

"He said that the county doesn't do that anymore, and I am not going to do it," Tracey recalls.

She says she then asked for his badge number. Again, he refused.

Kenise, a straight A student, took pictures of the two damaged cars and the officer's car.

After Jenkins allegedly attacked the two, Tracey, an active member at her church and a stay-at-home mom, was hauled away to jail. Jenkins accused her of assaulting him.

"It was just horror. All I wanted to do was go home," Tracey says.

Jenkins never showed up for the trial, so the criminal case against her was dismissed.

ABC 7 has confirmed that since this incident, Jenkins has been treated at least twice for mental health issues. He is on desk duty as a result.

A two-day conference that opened Monday in Catonsville aims to boost coordination among federal, state and local agencies and improve the response to victims. Gov. Martin O'Malley says the state's location along several transportation systems makes Maryland particularly vulnerable to these crimes.

Homeland Security Special Agent Adrian Sanders says it's important to "get nosey" to keep an eye out for trafficking, which can be hidden beneath all kinds of crimes.

Officials compared the fight to antiterrorism efforts, saying people need to adopt a "See Something, Say Something" attitude.

Virginia Geckler of the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention says breaking down the stigma associated with prostitution will help people speak up.

Last month, state lawmakers passed a bill banning the use of Roxarsone, a chemical used to help the birds grow and fight parasites.

Pfizer Inc., which distributes Roxarsone, stopped selling the chemical in July after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration study found higher levels of inorganic arsenic in chicken treated with Roxarsone than in those that were not fed the chemical.

Arsenic is a known carcinogen. Opponents have said the measure isn't needed because Pfizer Inc. voluntarily suspended sales of the chemical.

The law would take effect Jan. 1.

Just days after the NAACP adopted a resolution that opposed any discriminatory legislation, including support for marriage equality, Jealous said that it was time for the 103-year-old civil rights organization to make its position clear.

Jealous noted that the civil rights organization has opposed laws barring gay marriage in the past.

"We feel it is important that everyone understand our commitment to equality under the constitution, and to marriage equality specifically," Jealous said.

He says this resolution marks the first time the NAACP has made a full statement on marriage equality that goes beyond the circumstances of any single proposed law or state. Calling it one of the key civil rights issues of our day, Jealous became emotional when speaking of his mother and father, a bi-racial couple who got married in 1966.

"My parents' own marriage was against the law at the time," jealous said.

The hope for the NAACP is to influence government and voters alike, but many who oppose the organization's move said they should have stayed out of a religious issue. But the organization's chair says they also affirm their support for religious freedom.

"It's not our role, nor our intent, to express how any place of worship should act in its own house," NAACP board chairperson Roslyn Brock said.

The biggest local test to the resolution comes in the form of a petition drive, underway now, to put Maryland's new same-sex marriage bill on the ballot next fall.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Capt. Paul Starks says a family member called police on Saturday night worried about a family member.

Police say the bodies of the 49-year-old man and 39-year-old woman were found Sunday morning in an apartment in the 13600 block of Colgate Way.

Police a suicide note was found, but authorities have not said if it was left by the husband or the wife.

The couple has not been identified. Starks says both bodies had signs of trauma.

Headlight parts. Plastic pieces. Chunks of foam.

Left near the scene of an early morning DUI-related crash, involving a Prince George's County police officer.

"He probably thinks he had it under control, but didn't", says Marcus Lee, of Hyattsville, who frequently travels this road.

Authorities say around 5:15 Saturday morning, 38-year old officer Daniel Gonzalez, crashed his marked police cruiser, while driving drunk.

"Unfortunately, this happens", says Sergeant Sonya Rorls, a police spokeswoman. "But fortunately, no one was injured, including the officer."

Near the intersection of Route 1 and Tanglewood Drive, there are southbound skid marks, and tire tracks that lead down an embankment, into a ditch.

Police won't say if that's what happened to Gonzalez's cruiser.

They do confirm arriving officers suspected he was under the influence.

"A (breath) test was administered by the officer, which a level came back as .13", says Rorls.

A level over .08 is considered legally drunk.

"There's really no excuse for it. He's a public servant, and he has a certain code of ethics to follow", says Lee.

Many are trying to reconcile this episode, with Gonzalez's heroic actions back in February, when he helped rescue residents from a burning building--- the Spellman House apartments, an assisted living facility in College Park.

Gonzalez was among several officers who received commendations from the Prince George's Fire Department.

"These things happen", says Hyattsville resident Christopher Cramer. "I guess he's got to go with the consequences that everyone would have to follow as well."

No one answered the door at Gonzalez's Bowie home Sunday.

A police cruiser was parked outside, but investigators say it is not Gonzalez's, who is now on paid administrative leave.

A police spokesman declined a request from ABC7 News to see the officer's damaged car.

Authorities say it's now being held in an impound lot.

Priscilla Francis, from Mitchellville, hopes the truth comes out.

"I lost a son sixteen years ago, in an auto accident in Columbia", she recalls.

Francis says she hopes the police investigation with be thorough and transparent.

"They're here to protect the public, and if they're not doing what's right, than it's hard for others to follow... so it concerns me."

Gonzalez, a six year veteran of the Prince George's County force, could lose his job, or face drunk driving charges.

Police say they've launched an internal investigation, and findings will be turned over to the state's attorney's office.

There's no word on how long that investigation will take.

Police say a minivan crossed over the median and into the southbound lanes of the parkway, just north of 193, striking an SUV head-on,

U.S. Park Police have identified the victims.

Mohammed Hossain, 22 of West Lawn, PA, the driver of the minivan, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Judith Shinogle, 49 of Southeast D.C. was driving the SUV that was struck. She was transported to an area hospital, where she later died.

For several hours, both northbound and southbound lanes were closed.

Edwin Xavier Rivas, 24, was arrested May 19 in the 3100 block of Hamilton Street in Hyattsville.

Police say on January 28, 2012, officers were called a sexual assault in the 3300 block of Buchannan Street in Mount Rainer. The victim told police that as she walked down the street, a man armed with a knife came up from behind. Police say the suspect sexually assaulted the woman and left the area.

According to police, this isn't the first time Rivas has been accused in a sexual assault. He is also facing charges in Hyattsville case.

Detectives say they are investigating whether Rivas may be responsible for similar cases in the area.

Police say the officer moonlighting at a Capitol Heights nightclub early Saturday followed a green SUV he saw hit a car in a parking lot, but the SUV then rammed his vehicle several times, disabling it.

When the officer got out and ordered the driver out of the SUV, police say the driver tried to run over the officer and he fired several shots into the vehicle. The SUV fled into Washington, D.C., and it's not known if the driver was injured.

The officer was not injured, but police say they are still looking for the SUV.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command says the two Cessna 172 aircraft were out of radio communication on Friday evening inside a 30-mile restricted area around the presidential retreat. The restricted area was expanded temporarily for the Group of Eight talks.

U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien says the violations were not deemed to be threatening.

NORAD says an F-15 fighter jet intercepted the first plane just after 7 p.m. and the plane landed at York Airport in Thomasville, Pa. An F-15 and a Black Hawk helicopter intercepted the second plane about 15 minutes later and it landed on a grass runway in Pennsylvania.

Authorities reported no arrests during the three-hour demonstration that shut down the intersection of two state highways through the center of town. The commotion drew scores of spectators, many using cameras to document their town's latest role in world affairs.

The flag-waving Ethiopian immigrants, mainly residents of the Baltimore-Washington area, were protesting the rule of Meles Zenawi, who was invited along with the heads of Benin, Ghana and Tanzania to discuss food security with leaders of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations.

On Friday, President Barack Obama announced $3 billion in private-sector pledges to help boost agriculture and food production in Africa.

The United States is a major contributor of aid to Ethiopia, whose longtime leader has been accused of restricting freedoms and news media. Some in Ethiopia see him as a dictator.

"Shame on you!" chanted the protesters, many waving their country's red, green and yellow flag.

Some held a banner reading, "Zenawi: brutal dictator, pathological liar, mass murderer."

Police restricted demonstrators to Thurmont, a town of 6,200 several miles from the presidential retreat.

Demonstrator Woni Hailesilassi, a 33-year-old cab driver from Falls Church, Va., said he and four companions tried to drive their car to Camp David but were turned away after 25 minutes of police questioning.

"We need for the people to understand who is the president," he said, referring to Zenawi. "We know him very well. We want to show that to the world."

Local resident Cheryl Magers watched the demonstration from the front steps of Thurmont Barber & Styling, across the street from barricades.

"This is quite a commotion," she said. "And it's going to be a part of history. That's why we're here."

A few doors down, Christina Spain sold $15 t-shirts reading, "I survived G-8 Summit 2012," from a sidewalk table. She said she and her boyfriend had 84 of the shirts printed overnight to sell as souvenirs.

"This is not going to happen again," she said.

Police said there were no arrests or other problems with the protesters.

"Everybody got to come and demonstrate peacefully. There were no issues and that's what we were hoping for," said Frederick County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Jason West, a spokesman for a combined local and state police force.

A handful of demonstrators from Occupy movements in Baltimore, Washington and New Haven, Conn., joined in. Occupy Baltimore member Richard Ochs said many others from the group went to Chicago to join demonstrations against a meeting there of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, starting Sunday.

Friday is Armed Forces Day, a special preview day for military, their families, DOD employees and school groups.

ABC7's Kris Van Cleave was there. He visits with some family members and gives us a preview of the show.

Saturday and Sunday, everyone is invited.

For more information: The 2012 Joint Service Open House:

Join us Saturday May 19th and Sunday May 20th, open to the general public.

Department of Defense card holders and school-sponsored children invited to join us on Friday, May 18th.

Unauthorized vehicles are prohibited from Joint Base Andrews.
Shuttle bus transportation provided from FedExField parking and Branch Ave Metro Station.

In-bound buses to the event will stop running at 1PM on Sat and Sun.

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