Police on Monday showed pictures of the girls when they were found in the home. They also brought to court boxes with more than 100 pieces of evidence that when opened, caused a stench in the courtroom.

UPS workers indicted on gun charges

Two UPS employees were indicted on charges they possessed stolen firearms and firearms with obliterated serial numbers, according to federal prosecutors in Maryland. Marcus D. Hunter, 23, of the District and Jason T. Scott, 26, of Upper Marlboro, are accused of selling in May duffel bags full of handguns and semiautomatic rifles, including some stolen from a gun store in Woodbine, Md., according to court documents. Investigators said the men sold the weapons from the trunks of their cars in the parking lot of the United Parcel Service customer service facility in Landover.

Second child dies from apartment fire

A second boy died from injuries sustained in a Riverdale Heights apartment fire, Prince George’s County Fire officials said. Jai Farrell, 7, died Sunday at Children’s Hospital. His younger brother, Jordon Farrell, 5, died at Prince George’s Hospital Center shortly after Friday evening’s fire.

Kidnapping suspect gets 18 years

A 38-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for kidnapping a Maryland bank manager and her two children and holding one of the kids hostage while she withdrew thousands of dollars where she worked. Prosecutors said William Cordell Johnson held the woman and her children at gunpoint and drove them to a PNC bank in California, Md. They said he forced the woman to withdraw $169,900. Johnson was arrested in Raleigh, N.C.

Compiled from staff, wire reports