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A Missing Teen Found Dead, A Conveyor Belt Injury and Lottery Winnings Stolen: Patch on the Police Beat

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Police investigate the death of the missing North Carolina teen Phylicia Barnes. In Savage, a person’s arm was stuck in machinery at a factory, and thieves struck a Laurel cemetery.

Police say they have found no connection between the case of Phylicia Barnes, whose body was found floating in the Susquehanna River last week, and that of a 53-year-old Darryl Harper, whose body was also discovered in the river the same day. So what do we know about the Richmond, VA, man? Answers from investigators are on Owings Mills Patch.

An unidentified person at the East Coast Fresh Cuts food plant was transported to a hospital after the person’s arm became stuck in machinery, officials confirmed. Savage-Guilford Patch has the updates.

Police are continuing to investigate the case of a customer who was robbed of their lottery winnings when an unidentified person stole money from an Eldersburg gas station, according to officers. Find out the latest developments on Eldersburg Patch

Talk about going for the gold. Prince George's County Police arrested two men and charged them with theft after they allegedly swiped bronze graveyard markers from the Maryland National Memorial cemetery in Laurel earlier this week. More details are available, courtesy of Laurel Patch.


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