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June 8, 2021 | Maryam Shahzad

Elrich Signs Ezechiel’s Law Requiring Window Guards for Certain Rental Units

About eight months after a two-year-old boy fell from an apartment window and died in Takoma Park, a bill mandating stronger window guard requirements has been signed into law. Ezechiel Nguemezi died in October 2020 after falling from a third-floor apartment building window. Montgomery County Council President Tom Hucker spearheaded Bill 51-20, which requires landlords […]

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March 19, 2015 | Sonya Burke

Car Crashes into Building in Bethesda (PHOTO)

A car crashed through a glass window at a Rite Aid store on Thursday afternoon in the 5300 block of Westbard Avenue in Bethesda. Although some of the store’s merchandise was damaged, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service Spokesperson Pete Piringer said no one was injured. A building inspector was called to inspect the structural […]

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August 10, 2014 | Staff Writer

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Child Falls from Third Floor Window

A four-year-old child is hospitalized tonight after falling from a third floor apartment window in Burtonsville. Fire and Rescue Spokesperson Pete Piringer said it happened this evening (August 10) in the 3300 block of Teagarden Circle. On his Twitter account, Piringer said the young boy landed in a grassy area and was transported to a […]

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