Crime

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that Tasha Saunders of Parkville was sentenced to 10 years in prison and her daughter, Tamyra Jordan, received five years of supervised probation for participating in a scheme that defrauded Medicaid of more than $3.6 million.

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Business

MedStar Health announced that MedStar Montgomery Medical Center has earned Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA), recognizing the hospital’s efforts to provide specialized emergency care for older adults. The designation places the hospital among a relatively small group nationwide, with approximately ten percent of emergency departments achieving this accreditation.

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DMV

Several of the region’s major TV weather teams are starting to roll out early snowfall maps for a system expected to move through the DMV area late Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Some are from last night and others are from this morning, with all likely to be refined throughout today and tomorrow.

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Cloverly

MCPD Update: “The two-vehicle collision on Good Hope Rd. is now being investigated as a fatality. One adult male pronounced dead on scene. An adult male and juvenile in the second vehicle, transported with non-life-threatening injuries. Good Hope Rd. remains closed at this time.”

A serious traffic collision with entrapment shut down a portion of Good Hope Drive in Silver Spring (between Cloverly and Colesville) Tuesday morning, prompting a large emergency response and significant traffic delays.