Noose At School Leads To Hate Crime Charges: Patch PM

Share-worthy stories from Maryland Patches on Thursday, May 25, include new charges related to the noose at Crofton Middle School and a decades-old murder mystery with renewed interest due to a Netflix series. Plus, a politician's alleged body slam sends a Maryland journalist to the ground and a local rapper appears on the "Ellen" show.

Prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against a pair of 19-year-old men from Crofton and Pasadena for allegedly climbing up on the roof of Crofton Middle School to hang a symbol of racial strife and violence: Hate Crime Charges Filed For Hanging Noose At Crofton School.

Baltimore journalist Ben Jacobs on Wednesday was allegedly pushed to the ground by a candidate for the Montana House of Representative who did not want to answer his questions: Baltimore Guardian Reporter Allegedly Body Slammed By Montana Candidate.

New questions have surfaced about the 1969 murder of Joyce Malecki, whose body was found at Fort Meade; she is mentioned in "The Keepers": Netflix 'The Keepers' Revives Interest In 1969 Murder Tied To Fort Meade.

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• Annapolis Rapper Young Dylan On 'Ellen' Show
• Man Sentenced To Probation In Towson University Hazing Case
• 'Bell Tree' Returns To Downtown Columbia
• Donation Fund Set Up For Slain Bowie State University Student
• Last Day Of School For Baltimore County Modified: BCPS
• Tow Truck Driver Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver: Police
• 5 Super Expensive Anne Arundel County Properties No One Wants To Buy

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