Topless Opinion, Noose Found, Ravens Tickets, Travel Advisory: Maryland News

Take a look at the week in headlines on Maryland Patches. Top news ranged from a beach ban to murder investigation, federal lawsuit to slain soldier. Several drowning deaths were reported, as well as rankings that pinned Maryland as safe but containing one of the most dangerous cities.

Ocean City has the legal right to ban topless women from sunbathing on the town's beaches, says the Maryland Attorney General's office. Indecency statutes apply to topless women, but not men, on grounds of “real physical differences” between their bodies, according to the legal opinion issued this week: Topless Women Can Be Banned From Ocean City Beaches: Maryland AG.

Police have arrested three suspects in the deaths of two Germantown students: Police said leads from the public helped detectives link the theft of drugs and an iPad from the girlfriend of one of the accused to one of the dead students: 3 Arrested In Murders Of Germantown Teens; Drug Theft May Be Motive.

• DC, Maryland Sue President Trump Citing Disregard, Disrespect For Rule Of Law
• Baltimore Ranks On 'Worst American Cities' List
• Noose, Symbol Of Racial Violence, Hung From Tree In Montgomery Village
• Ravens Tickets Go On Sale For 2017 Season
• Slain Perry Hall Soldier Memorialized With Ceremony
• Summer 2017 Travel Hassles: Expect Packed Airports At BWI, Nationwide
• No Threat Found At HCC, Normal Activities Can Resume

A couple engaged to be married and their puppy were found fatally shot on Monday in Catonsville, police reported: Rockwell Avenue Murder-Suicide: Police Identify Victims.

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• 3 New Retailers Sign Leases At Silver Spring's Ellsworth Place
• Troopers Crash Into Each Other Trying To Find Drunk Driver In PG County
• Train Kills Pedestrian In Second Fatal MARC Crash This Week: Report
• 6 Businesses To Open At Columbia Mall By End Of 2018
• Rusty Scupper Included In National Credit Card Breach
• Fentanyl Exposure In Harford Changes Approach To Overdoses: Sheriff
• Maryland Ranks High On 'Safest States In America' List
• Overdose Drug Now Available Without Prescription In Maryland
• Body Recovered Near Perryville Pier
• Canoeist Dies Day After Capsizing
• Swimmer Drowns At Rocky Gorge Reservoir
• Gaithersburg Woman Drowns At Potomac Home's Pool
• 2 Firefighters Injured In Potomac House Fire
• $2.3M Up For Grabs In Maryland Fishing Tourney Scandal

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