The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4:
VOLUNTEERS MAN SPEED TRAPS
The Capital: "Sitting in a squad car with a radar gun Thursday morning near Germantown Elementary School in Annapolis, Marvin Haiman looked every bit a police officer. And when the owner of a plum Mercedes gets a warning letter next month for driving by at 20 mph above the posted speed limit, he will probably think he was spotted by a fully sworn member of the city Police Department."
BIG STINK OVER CHICKENS
Herald-Mail: "The Boonsboro town council’s idea to let people raise chickens on their properties was met with opposition Monday night by a group of town residents who said it would result in filthy, stinking conditions. Some of the people speaking in opposition during a public hearing on the proposal at the Eugene C. Smith Community Center said people should move out of town if they want to raise chickens. One person who supports the proposal said the strong opposition from the group amounted to a “vicious beating” for the idea. The measure would amend the town’s zoning ordinance to allow up to three hens per lot to be kept in the town’s residential, suburban residential and rural residential districts, Town Planner Megan Clark has said."
STOLEN IPODS RING
Washington Examiner: "Three Pentagon City mall kiosk workers have been indicted in what prosecutors say are separate schemes to buy and sell stolen iPhones and Apple laptops. The alleged fencing operations were uncovered by Metro Transit Police investigating the theft of a large number of electronics equipment from Metro riders in early 2010, according to charging documents. One suspected thief allegedly told detectives that he sold his stolen goods to an employee at the Cellaris cellular phone accessories kiosk at The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City."
