$20M Ponzi Scheme, Animal Adoption Fest, Meteor Show: News Nearby

Here are some of the top headlines from the past 24 hours on Maryland Patches:

• 7-Year-Old Girl Killed In Crash Across From Elementary School: Police
• Free Pet Adoptions At Montgomery County Animal Shelter
• $20M Ponzi Scheme Conviction For Chevy Chase Woman
• Orionid Meteor Shower: See Them Before They Peak In Maryland
• MDOT Statement On Pedestrian Safety After 4 Kids Hit
• City Of Bowie To Honor Capital Gazette Reporter: Report
• Harford Bank Robbed Twice In Two Months
• Costco Opens In Owings Mills
• 230 More Police Officers Added To Baltimore Streets
• Fatal SWAT Shooting In Silver Spring Justified: Howard SA
• VIDEO: Tire Explodes As Man Fills It With Air
• $10K Reward For Potomac Farm Market Robbers' Arrest
• Shady Side Double Murders Tied To Drug Market: Prosecutor

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• 10 Injured In Baltimore Apartment Fire: Report
• Man Rescued From 40-Foot Fuel Tank In Perryman: Officials
• Get Prescription Meds Out Of House On Drug Takeback Day
• Baltimore Humane Society Takes In Animals From Hurricane Michael
• Silver Spring Doctor Stole $500K Of Dead Mom's Benefits: DOJ
• Emergency Closing For North Cypress Branch In Severna Park
• 2 Indecent Exposures, 2 Businesses Burglarized: Columbia Crime
• Police Identify Pedestrian Struck By Car on Rockville Pike
• 7-Eleven Armed Robber’s Photo Released By Police
• TSA PreCheck RV Coming To White Marsh

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