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WEIRD NEWS: Motorcycle Blessings, Fake Canadian Letter, Inside Super Yacht

Patch brings you weird headlines from around Maryland.

A 19-year-old said he told the airline about his ‘ticking,’ the vocalizing of thoughts he’s trying to suppress.

Blessing the Bikes at Stan and Joe’s

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The annual tradition involves a priest blessing motorcycles in the hope that it will bring safety to their riders.

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Reward still being offered for Class of '32 ring with quite a history.

A group of masked robbers smashed display cases at the Cartier jewelry shop in Friendship Heights' tony shopping center, The Collection at Chevy Chase, on Tuesday, and escaped with high-priced merchandise.

Gap Robbed at Knifepoint

Less than an hour after Cartier in Chevy Chase was robbed by masked robbers Tuesday, the Gap store across the street was robbed by a suspect wielding a knife.

Gaithersburg Police: Suspicious Letter Came From Fake Canadian Business

Police and Montgomery County firefighters investigated the letter at Diamond Elementary School. 

Gaithersburg police still hope to identify a suspect in the April 22 attempted kidnapping in the Washingtonian Woods neighborhood. 

Andrew Suh: The Wheaton Police Officer Who Catches Bank Robbers

A cop walks into a barber shop—and finds a man sitting in a barber chair covered in red from the dye pack that exploded as he fled from a bank robbery.

The three suspects approached their victim in the 6200 block of Breezewood Drive in Greenbelt, MD.

Police: Columbia Gym Credit Card Thefts Used in Gift Card Shopping Spree

The men reportedly paid to enter the gym, then cut locks off of gym lockers, stole credit cards, then used them at a nearby drug store. 

Columbia Man Found Guilty in Bail Bondswoman's Murder

Dominique Davon McDonald was found guilty by a Howard County jury of second-degree murder for shooting Nicole Bernadette McNair, 42, who was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest in a Columbia parking lot in September of 2011.

Take a Look Inside Super Yacht Docked in Annapolis

Fun aboard the ship with a glass elevator, seven rooms and a baby grand piano can be yours for about $800,000 per week.

Report: Carroll County No. 2 in MD for ‘Excessive Drinkers’

Carroll County ranked second among counties in Maryland for the percentage of people who reported being “excessive drinkers,” according to a report from WBAL.com.

 

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