Family Of 5 Terrorized Overnight In Home; Arrests Made | Patch PM

Maryland viewers of the Aug. 21 solar eclipse have lots of viewing options, plus times to expect the eclipse across the state and how to buy safe viewing glasses. Also, the push to remove Confederate memorials from Baltimore and Annapolis is renewed, and arrests have been made after a family of five was held overnight in their home and robbed. Here are the top local news stories worth reading on Monday, Aug. 14, as pulled from our Maryland sites.

Family Tied Up For Hours In Home Invasion; 5 Suspects Charged

Five suspects have been arrested for holding a Silver Spring family hostage overnight in their apartment, police said. At about 8:12 a.m. Aug. 2, officers responded to the 8800 block of Manchester Road for the report of a home invasion robbery. A woman told officers that five suspects entered her apartment, bound them and kept them like that overnight before they fled from the home early in the morning.

Confederate Statues: Baltimore, Statehouse Renew Efforts To Remove Controversial Memorials

Following the fatal Nazi-flavored white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left three people dead last weekend, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has renewed efforts to remove four Confederate monuments in Baltimore, according to reports. And the Maryland Speaker of the House says a monument to Roger Taney, the Supreme Court justice who authored the decision that declared slaves were property and couldn't be freed if they moved to a free state, should be removed from the statehouse in Annapolis.

More Maryland news:

• Maryland Solar Eclipse 2017: Times, Safety Glasses, Best Viewing
• Body Of Missing Sykesville Man Found In Bethesda Park: Police
• Heroin Worth $10K Plus $2K In Cash Seized In Annapolis Raid
• Murder-Suicide Victims From Edgewater, Pasadena
• 6 Bank, Gas Station Robberies Linked To Suspect: Anne Arundel Police
• Record Air Travel In Summer 2017 Includes BWI Airport: TSA
• Family Tied Up For Hours In Home Invasion, 5 Suspects Charged
• Lanham Shooting Victim Identified By Police
• Officer Justified In Fatally Shooting Shoplifter In Giant Parking Lot: Prosecutor
• Discolored Water Reported in Montgomery County Homes
• Discolored Water Reported In Prince George's County Homes
• 1 Injured In Chemical Spill At Silver Spring Pool Club

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