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When bottles started raining down on three police officers in Severn last weekend, they were afraid a riot would break out. Now a new law might make people think twice before throwing a punch or a bottle.
"Hopefully if assaulting a police officer was a felony at the time, that situation wouldn't have occurred," said O'Brien Atkinson, president of the county's police officers union. As of today, the offense will be considered a felony instead of a misdemeanor.See the full content of this document
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Police Assault, Teen Driving Among New Laws
The new law is just one of roughly 300 that take effect this weekend, including one that might have prevented a school bus driver who was charged with drunken driving last week from getting behind the wheel. Other laws clamp down on teenage drive...
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