H.S. coach arrested for allegedly ‘sexting’ student
A former Catholic high school teacher has been arrested for exchanging pornographic photos with an underage female student, authorities said. Anne Arundel County police received a complaint from the Archdiocese of Baltimore in July that 40-year-old Brian Funk, a former girls’ track coach at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, had taken a student to a movie and that there might be a possible relationship between Funk and the girl. Funk was named the school’s coach of the year for the 2010-11 academic year. Police said they determined that Funk and the juvenile had exchanged sexually explicit images using their cell phones. Funk was charged with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of displaying an obscene item to a minor.
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U of Md. students injured in lab explosion
Two University of Maryland students were hospitalized after a chemistry accident caused an explosion at a classroom building Monday in College Park. Around 12:30 p.m. Monday, a chemical reaction occured inside a laboratory in the chemistry building, causing an explosion and small fire inside the large four-story building, according to Mark Brady, spokesman for the Prince George’s County fire department. The two students were doing an experiment with nitrogen and sulfuric acid when the explosion occured. Two female college students suffered first- and second-degree burns and superficial lacerations and were taken to a burn unit in good condition. Two other people in the lab at the time of the incident did not require hospitalization.
— Scott McCabe
