'Pokemon Go' Players Robbed, Deaths During 911 Outage, $1M Lottery Ticket: News Nearby

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• 2 Deaths During Montgomery County's 911 Outage Investigated
• $1 Million Lottery Ticket Sold in Greenbelt
• Columbia Man Suspected of Being ‘Bandage Bandit’

Pokémon Go Players Robbed at Gunpoint

The Baltimore County Police Department has offered safety tips for those playing Pokemon Go after a recent robbery was reported by people playing the game in Parkville.
A group was inside a home playing the virtual reality game, which is accessed through an app that uses GPS, when they were directed to Jasper Lane in Parkville near the entrance to Belmont Park, police reported. >>> Read more.

• More: Don’t ‘Pokémon Go’ Behind The Wheel, Warns AAA

Huge Fish Heavier Than Little Girl Who Caught It

At first she thought it was a shark on her line, but a Maryland girl recently landed a state record cobia that outweighed her by 30 pounds.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that Emma Zajdel, 9, of Ocean City, has set a new state fishing record with a 94.6-pound cobia. >>> Read more.

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