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Monday, November 19, 2012

News Nearby: Man Fires AK-47 in Gaithersburg

Kenneth Wayne Barney Jr. was charged with discharging a firearm in an urban area and reckless endangerment, police said.

A 38-year-old man is facing gun and reckless endangerment charges for firing an AK-47 in a Gaitheresburg yard, Gaithersburg Patch reported Monday. At the time this story published, Kenneth Wayne Barney Jr. was being held on $20,000 bail pending a bond review hearing in Rockville Monday afternoon, Montgomery County police said. Police responded to a complaint of shots fired on Washington Grove Lane at around 11:45 a.m. Sunday. When police arrived, Barney reportedly told them that he had fired an AK-47. In addition to the AK-47, police recovered two handguns and a .12 gauge shot gun from the home. Montgomery County police spokesman Capt. Paul Starks told The Gazette that  there was "no information at this time to indicate that he has …

Friday, August 24, 2012

News Nearby: 75-year-old Woman Killed in Crash Near Damascus

Runette Parkhouse Clements, of Silver Spring, dies from injuries suffered in an Aug. 17 collision

The circumstances behind a car crash in Etchison that killed a 75-year-old woman from Silver Spring last week remain under investigation, a Montgomery County Police spokeswoman said Thursday. Runette Parkhouse Clements, 75, died at a hospital Saturday from injuries suffered in a collision on Aug. 17, at Damascus and Laytonsville Roads.  Clements was a backseat passenger in a Toyota Corolla that struck a Camry at that intersection. Another passenger was hospitalized for “non-life threatening” injuries, a police spokeswoman told Patch. Police and emergency rescuers responded to reports of a collision near Damascus at around 9 p.m. The Camry, which was carrying four passengers, stopped at a stop sign and then travelled through the …

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