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The Germantown Five: Naked People Arrested, Baby Names Trending, More

Five things you need to know today.

Strange news: Police arrest naked people
There were two such incidents in Germantown earlier this month, according to the most recent crime report released by Montgomery County police.  On July 1, a 60-year-old man was arrested for walking around naked in the 12900 block of Middlebrook Road. On July 7, a naked 18-year-old was arrested at a community pool in the 19600 block of Galway Bay Circle.

You said it: “OK. And the Zimmerman sentence was …”
That was Patch reader Lena’s response to 27-year-old Ramon Gunn’s 111-year sentence last week for an armed robbery spree in Germantown, Gaithersburg, Germantown and Rockville—though the judge suspended all but 16 years of the sentence. >>> See: Man Gets 111 Year Sentence in Armed Robbery Spree in Germantown, Gaithersburg, Rockville

Nearby: Body found in Gaithersburg
A body was found floating in a pond near Nike Missle Local Park on Sunday and Montgomery County Police are calling the “suspicious,” Gaithersburg Patch reports. Police have released photos of the victim’s tattoos and clothing with hopes of identifying the body. >>> See: Dead Man’s Body Pulled from Gaithersburg Pond 

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Trending: Baby names
Monday Morning the Twitter-verse was all a-flutter with news that Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge was in labor and that a new royal baby was on the way. Though the royal baby had not yet been born at the time this story was compiled (it was later reported that the Duchess gave birth to a baby boy), the Social Security Administration released its annual list of which baby names were most popular on this side of the pond. >>> See: The Royal Baby is Here! What are Maryland's Most Popular Baby Names?

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