Gaithersburg girl sickened with lead poisoning
A 1-year-old Gaithersburg girl was sickened after a homemade powder, spread across her forehead, raised the lead level in the little girl’s body to five times the amount that federal agencies consider safe.
The child’s parents were alerted to the problem at a routine checkup in May, when she registered a lead level of 35 micrograms per deciliter. Most children who are born in the United States, as the girl was, have a lead level below three. [Washington Post]
Montgomery police searching for purse, wallet stealer
Montgomery County police are looking for a man they say has stolen several purses and wallets throughout the county between March and May. [Montgomery County Police]
Judges not ‘rubber stamping’ gun seizures under Red Flag law
State data suggests Maryland judges are not “rubber stamping” petitions to have firearms taken from people suspected to be at risk of suicide or committing an act of gun violence.
There have been 788 Extreme Protective Orders issued in Maryland since the law took effect in October of 2018.
Of those, judges have denied or dismissed 376 of the petitions, which allows targeted individuals to demand their guns back.
However, more than half of the petitions are upheld, allowing police to keep possession of an individuals weapons for at least a year. [WUSA9]
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