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Three others previously indicted following Aspen Hill robbery By Dan Schere |
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A Prince George’s County man was charged last month with attempted murder in connection with a 2019 kidnapping and home invasion in Aspen Hill, according to charging documents.
Three other people were previously charged in connection with the case.
Octavious Carlos Brown, now 29, of Landover, was one of multiple men who kidnapped a male in Silver Spring on June 4, 2019, and drove him to his family’s home in Aspen Hill before one of the robbers shot and injured the victim’s father, police said in charging documents.
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April 30, 2021
Woman was struck, killed blocks from where husband was hit in 2016
A 63-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car on Wednesday night, blocks away from where her husband was hit and killed five years ago.
Claire E. Weissmeyer Grossmann, of the Aspen Hill neighborhood of Silver Spring, was killed crossing Georgia Avenue near Rippling Brook Drive. [WTOP]
Vaccine hunters hold pop-up clinic
The Vaccine Hunters group has gone from “hunters” to providers.
Working with Holy Cross Health, the group hold its first vaccine pop-up clinic two weeks ago at Washington Spanish Bilingual SDA Church in Silver Spring. [WUSA]
Proposed bill would require Montgomery County panhandlers be permitted
A Montgomery County legislator is proposing panhandler permit legislation.
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A newly proposed panhandler bill is drawing debate in Montgomery County. The measure would require those panhandling to first obtain a county permit before they can solicit vehicles on roadways where the speed exceeds 25-miles-per-hour.
Bill 15-21 Solicitation of Vehicle Occupants in High-Speed Roadways – Permit Requirement, was recently introduced by Montgomery County Councilmember Craig Rice, who previously introduced a failed bill that would have banned panhandlers from roadway medians.
This new bill would require those wanting to panhandle on certain county roadways, to affirm they will follow certain road safety rules before they can obtain a soliciting permit. Those rules include obeying traffic signals and only panhandling during daylight hours. The bill says home address information would be asked, but