Fallen Officer, Santas, $1M Powerball Win: News Nearby

Here are some of the day’s top headlines from Maryland Patches:

• Montgomery Officer Struck By Car Dies Thursday
• Ocean City, DC Plan SantaCons This Weekend
• Giant Sold $1 Million Powerball Ticket
• Charges Filed in ‘Upskirt’ Photos at Gambrills Safeway
• Woman Dies After Crash That Caused I-95 Shutdown: Police
• Lights Tower 220 Feet Above Columbia
• One Dead, One Missing in Severn Fire
• Police Chief Denounces ‘Drunk Driver,’ State’s Weak Laws
• One Dead After Assault at Gas Station: Police

Pictured, Montgomery County police officer Noah Leotta, 24, died a week after he was hit working a holiday drunk driving patrol.

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