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A two-day street and hotel drug bust in Prince William County ended yesterday with 20 arrests and the confiscation of drugs, firearms and cash.
The operation, held March 4 and 5, was a joint effort of Prince William County, Manassas City, Manassas Park Narcotics and the Prince William County Police Street Crimes Unit.
Police surveyed places identified as problem areas and hotels known for their use in illegal activity. Many of the arrests were made after officers observed suspicious behaviors.
Among the items confiscated were 3 ounces of cocaine, 3 pounds of marijuana, ecstasy, firearms, ballistic vests and more than $12,000.
Man killed when jaywalking across Route 355
A 43-year-old man was hit and killed by a 2007 Toyota Camry on Route 355 just south of Blunt Road in Germantown around 9:36 p.m. Thursday, Montgomery County police said. The man's name has not been released, pending notification of his family. He was not in a crosswalk and the Toyota's driver remained on the scene. Anyone with information should call 301-840-2435. - Freeman Klopott
Police look for masked gunman
D.C. police are looking for a masked gunman who walked up to a man in Northwest Washington and shot him several times Wednesday night.
The shooting happened about 9:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of 14th Street Northwest. The shooter then fled east on Shepard Street. The victim, a Latino male, was taken to an area hospital for surgery. - Scott McCabe
Bethesda bank robbed
The United Bank at 7535 Old Georgetown Road in Bethesda was robbed around 10:39 a.m. Thursday, Montgomery County police said.
A white man between 40 and 50 years old displayed an unknown type of handgun to a teller and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured. Anyone with information should call 240-773-5100. - Freeman Klopott
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jagadish said:
finding the wrong call adress
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Examiner Reader said:
The Montgomery County police officer is responsible for his actions, war veteran or not. The whole incident not only affects him, but the public and his fellow officers. He placed the public at risk, placed himself at risk, damaged a police car, tied up resources for extended time, blemished the county police reputation and potentially harmed the take-home police car program. He needs to pay his dues on this one. And yes, I am a police officer.
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Examiner Reader said:
until the facts are out on the investigation all comments and anything else done are superficial to the findings. If officer Torres is found innocent in the wrongfull death suit then so be it. If not he has to live with the fact that he killed a 44 year vetran of the very badge that he says he honors. I will be waiting to hear this verdict for sure.
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Examiner Reader said:
The media is so off base with this. I understand that what hapenned was stupid and many people that know Distel have told him this. On the other hand though, this is a decorated war hero that spent battle time in Iraq. How many politicians in this area have totalled their cars because they were drunk? I am not a police officer and I have seen it many times. I am not condoning his actions nor am I saying he should not go through what everyone else goes through when they get a DUI. I would not consider blowing a 0.08 bac is quite the atrocity it is either. How many times do people with much higher bac counts get multiple DUI's and still do not see any jail time. The media is blowing this way out of proportion!!!
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Examiner Reader said:
Smth happened on the 27th ave, near Geary. The police officer said there was nothing to worry about, but I wouldn't call 4 cars for an hour and an ambulance that nothing happened.
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Examiner Reader said:
What about the Mission District???
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