Woman, daughter burned by acid
A woman and 3-year-old daughter were hospitalized after someone threw acidlike liquid on them, Prince George’s fire and police said. The attack happened around 7 p.m. Monday in Oxon Hill. Prince George’s County Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Mark Brady said the mother and child suffered chemical burns to the front of their bodies. Police said the incident was domestic in nature. The burns were considered serious but not life-threatening.
Driver fined in jogger’s death
A driver who struck and killed a jogger in Frederick County was fined $500 under a plea agreement. Joshua Cool, 29, pleaded guilty Monday to failing to exercise care to avoid a pedestrian. Cool was charged in the death of 22-year-old Elizabeth DiNunzio, a Spanish major at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg.
Man pleads to bank break-in
A 53-year-old Capitol Heights man pleaded guilty to breaking into a Temple Hills bank and attempting to cut open a safe. Prosecutors said Earl Blake was able to get inside the bank because the front door was left unlocked. Blake used an electric saw to try to open an automated teller machine. The bank alarm went off and Blake fled. He was arrested a short distance away. Blake and Eddie Smith Jr., 41, a former Prince George’s County police officer, were indicted in November.
Flight to D.C. diverted
A flight from Chicago to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was diverted to Washington Dulles international Airport because of a report of a suspicious passenger, officials said. The American Eagle flight was rerouted after Transportation Security Administration officials received a message Monday night that “a passenger was acting unusually,” a spokesman said. After landing, authorities cleared all passengers and no explosives were found on the plane.
Compiled by Scott McCabe
