Dogs die after eating
poisoned meatballs
Fairfax County police are investigating the deaths of two dogs that ate toxic meatballs.
Officers responded to a home in Centreville on Wednesday evening after a 5-month-old pit bull puppy ate a meatball in its yard and became ill. Officers learned that an adult West Highland Terrier at a neighboring home had also ingested a meatball around the same time. Both dogs have since died.
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Officers canvassed the neighborhood, and the meatballs were found in the backyards of three homes. The meat has been sent to a lab.
Police are advising residents, especially those with small children and pets, to inspect their yards for any unusual or suspicious-looking items. If any such items are located, do not touch them; call police immediately.
Corrections officer sentenced
A D.C. correctional officer was sentenced to a year behind bars for taking bribes to smuggle contraband to inmates.
Thomas Ford, 35, admitted that between October 2008 and March 2009, he accepted cash for smuggling cell phones, an iPod and a charger to a D.C. Jail inmate. He pleaded guilty in February.
Truck spills whisky haul
A tractor-trailer hauling whiskey got stuck beneath a train bridge near New Market, Md., and leaked some of its load, Maryland State Police say.
Police say the truck got stuck around 1:20 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Route 75 and Baldwin Road.
The accident forced the closure of Route 75.
Teen killed in motorcycle crash
Montgomery County police have identified a motorcyclist who was killed in a crash as 17-year-old Robert Latimer, of Potomac.
Police said Latimer was driving an off-road motorcycle in the area of Carmelita Drive and Hemswell Lane near his home Wednesday afternoon when it struck a 1976 Ford Bronco.
Latimer was taken to a hospital, where he died.
– Compiled by Scott McCabe
