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‘This is a crisis’: Montgomery Co. panel explores juvenile crime, possible actions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

Bomb threats, carjackings, gun offenses. While juvenile crime on the whole in Maryland is below pre-pandemic levels, the numbers for particular offenses are “off the charts,” according to Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy.Montgomery County Council members on the Public Safety Committee were briefed on the issue Monday. According to information provided to them, juvenile carjackings in the state jumped by 85% and handgun violations were up 220% between 2021 and 2023.Last week, a high school student was found with a firearm at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda. On the same day, students at Fairland Elementary School found a gun in a trash can on campus.Also last week, a 12-year-old was found responsible for seven bomb threats directed at Montgomery County schools. A 15-year-old was found responsible for a bomb threat directed at Paint Branch High School on Thursday.“Thousands of people were impacted by the conduct of two people,” Counc...

Maine mass shooter’s family reached out to sheriff 5 months before rampage, sheriff’s office says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the sheriff that they were becoming “concerned” about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday.After the alert, the Sagadohoc County Sheriff’s Office reached out to officials of Robert Card’s Army Reserve unit, which assured deputies that they would speak to Card and make sure he got medical attention, Sheriff Joel Merry said.The family’s concern about Card’s mental health dated back to early this year before the sheriff’s office was contacted in May, marking the earliest in a string of interactions that police had with the 40-year-old firearms instructor before he marched into a bowling alley and then a bar in Lewiston last Wednesday, killing 18 people and wounding 13 others.He was found two days later with a self-inflicted gunshot wound after an intensive search spanning two days that caused shelter-...

Fraud case involving twins who claimed Inuit status adjourned until new year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

By Cara McKenna, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterA court case involving twin sisters who are facing fraud charges for claiming Inuit status has been adjourned until the new year.Amira and Nadya Gill and Karima Manji — who has claimed to be their adopted mother — are each facing two counts of fraud over $5,000 for allegedly defrauding two Inuit organizations in Nunavut.The three women live in “Ontario” and did not appear for a scheduled court date at the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit Monday — but lawyer J. Scott Cowan was present on their behalf via Zoom from Rankin Inlet. Cowan appeared as Manij’s legal representative and as an agent for the Gills. He asked chief justice Neil Sharkey, who was presiding over the session, to adjourn requests for the defendants till the new year.Cowan explained the two sisters have not yet found counsel to represent them who are licensed to practice in Nunavut as members of the bar. He added that crown prosecutor Sarah White, who is part...

Dania Pointe hosts 2nd annual Food and Wine Festival featuring its top restaurants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

“Shine like the sun” is what Dania Pointe wants to manifest for you and for their 2nd annual Food and Wine Festival, they’re shining a spotlight on their foodie party this weekend.Dania Pointe is showing off their top restaurants and wants your whole gang to have a bite of the fun.Like your food on point? Check out Dania Pointe.They’re grooving to the foodie beat with their very own food and wine festival.Emily Wirley: “Last year was such a great time for everyone. This year we’re going to have more food, more wine. It’s going to be bigger and better and we’d love for everyone to come out to the event to be able to explore all the different restaurants at Dania Pointe.”Exploring is what life is all about.With two separate spots, there’s plenty of turf to cover.Emily Wirley: “It’ll be divided up into two sections, so we have the tasting pavillion, which will feature ten of our restaurants and entertainment venues...

Deaf community holds vigil at Malden bowling alley for local man killed in Lewiston shootings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

A tight-knit deaf community in Malden remembered a local man on Monday night, who was one of their own killed in the Maine mass shootings last week.Dozens came together in Malden at bowling alley Town Line Luxury Lanes to honor the Steve Vozella father of two. He was playing in a cornhole tournament for deaf athletes in Lewiston when he was shot and killed.“It’s been difficult,” his son Andrew Vozzella said. “I’m a first responder in Texas, and we always say this will never happen to us, until it did. Quite frankly, I’m still awaiting to grieve and process.”Steve grew up in Chelsea and graduated from the Beverly School for the Deaf. His son said he’s overwhelmed by all of the support.“The deaf community, the best way to describe it, is we’re one family. We support each other. We’ll be here for each other,” Andrew said. “I did not think this many people would be here. I know my father would love it. He would love what’s going on here to...

7 Investigates: Handled With Care? Live Baby Chickens Shipped in the Mail 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

Shocking and disturbing pictures you’ll see on just one station: live newborn chickens an insider tells 7 Investigates are being shipped across the country — arriving in Boston dead or in boxes that are crushed. Dave Puglisi has the story.Dead baby chickens. Loose chicks. Smashed boxes. 7 Investigates is told this is how some young birds arrive at Logan Airport after being shipped by hatcheries.“It takes my breath away,” an anonymous tipster said. The man, who works at Logan but doesn’t want to be identified, says he started documenting what he says are shocking and heartbreaking deliveries.  A box labeled “live birds” is smashed under a larger box.Boxes appear to have been tossed around.  A box is filled with dead chicks.“You never know what you’re gonna see when you open up the door. It’s almost like you gasp,” the tipster said.  How can this happen?The U.S. Postal Service allows da...

Chicago Bears injury news: QB Justin Fields will miss his 3rd straight game, plus Jaquan Brisker and Tremaine Edmunds updates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus met with reporters Monday at Halas Hall to recap Sunday’s 30-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.Here are three things Eberflus said about key injuries.1. Tyson Bagent will make a 3rd consecutive start against the New Orleans Saints.Eberflus said quarterback Justin Fields will miss a third straight game Sunday as he continues his recover from a dislocated right thumb. Eberflus classified Fields as “week to week” with the injury he suffered Oct. 15 against the Minnesota Vikings.Eberflus said Fields is “improving” but wouldn’t say whether he has tried throwing as he works to regain his grip strength.“I’m not going to get into particulars, but he is progressing,” Eberflus said. “We like where he is right now.”Fields traveled with the Bears to SoFi Stadium and was on the sideline for the Chargers game.Undrafted rookie Tyson Bagent completed 25 of 37 passes for 232 yards with no touchdown ...

Bruins notch exhilirating comeback win over Panthers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

The Bruins notched their best characer win of the young season, scratching back from a two-goal deficit, climbing over some serious in-game adversity and pulling out a 3-2 overtime win over the Florida Panthers at the Garden on Monday.Pavel Zacha scored with 1:24 left in overtime to lift the B’s to a victory that seemed improbable earlier in the night. Linus Ullmark, meanwhile, made 36 saves for the win.After a brutal first period in which they went down 2-0, the B’s found their footing in the second with a goal and then Charlie McAvoy tied it up at 7:20 of the third period off a beautiful rush. Pavel Zacha made a nice touch pass to David Pastrnak, whi had speed going thrugh the neutral zone. Pastrnak sliced from left to right through the offensive zone and sifted a pass to the rushing McAvoy, who flipped his second in as many games past Sergei Bobrovsky.But McAvoy put his team in a hole with a hit to the head on Oliver Ekman-Larson in the head with the puck nowhere clos...

Jaylen Brown scores 36 points as Celtics dominate Wizards, start 3-0

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

As good as the Celtics were last season, they proved to be maddeningly frustrating at certain times.Both in the regular season and playoffs, they routinely lost games they shouldn’t. They made a habit of playing down to inferior opponents.Monday night in Washington, D.C., would have been a prime example. After two exciting, high-profile victories against the Knicks and Heat to start the season, last season’s Celtics may have suffered a letdown against the rebuilding Wizards.Not so much this time.In what may be a sign of the Celtics’ improved maturity, they handled business easily. Jaylen Brown scored 36 points and Jayson Tatum had 33 – both in just three quarters – as the C’s blitzed the Wizards from the opening tip and never looked back in a dominant 126-107 victory that was more lopsided than the final score indicated.The Celtics led 37-11 at one stage in the first quarter, scored 77 points in the first half and led by as many as 37 points late in the third quarter as they had abs...

How Andre Drummond can see more consistent playing time for the Chicago Bulls by honing his role in the offense

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:06 GMT

Andre Drummond is looking to forge a more consistent role with the Chicago Bulls this season.Last season was unpredictable for Drummond. When he was on the court, he gave the Bulls a presence around the rim, finishing second on the team with 6.6 rebounds per game despite averaging less than 13 minutes. But his playing time was rarely consistent.Drummond would go weeks without getting more than six minutes in a game — even sitting out as a healthy scratch for five of seven games in mid-January — then would turn around to log more than 15 minutes the following week.When Drummond exercised his $3.36 million player option for 2023-24 in June, he sat down with coach Billy Donovan to define more specific expectations for this season.“We really took a deep dive into what I can do to help this team on both ends of the court,” Drummond said. “My passing ability, being able to get our guys open when I do have the ball, (being able) to set screens and duck in and ...