Poolesville Subway Robbed at Gunpoint Something Here Is Ripe for Rustling
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October 7, 2005 The Monocacy Monocle Page 1 Inside the Monocle A Biweekly Newspaper October 7, 2005 Volume 2, Number 14 Poolesville Subway Robbed at Gunpoint Something here is ripe for rustling. Montgomery County Police Nab Suspect Is it the livestock? Open farmland? The trees? Read Local History on Montgomery County Police Detec- from the cash register, the suspect the 19800 block of Beatriz Lane in Page 18 for the answer. tives from the Major Crimes Division fl ed on foot in the direction of Wooton Poolesville, was arrested and charged – Robbery Section have arrested the Avenue. with Armed Robbery, Conspiracy to suspected armed robber of the Subway This incident follows a similar Commit Armed Robbery, First-degree sandwich shop in Poolesville. method of operation by the robber of Assault, Use of a Handgun in a Felony On Sunday, September 25, at ap- the Oriental Gourmet on September 8, Crime, Conspiracy to Use a Handgun proximately 8:30 p.m., offi cers from the 2005 and the Boyds Country Market, in a Felony Crime, and Possession 5th District responded to the Subway of a Handgun in a Vehicle. Paul sandwich shop, located at 19710 Fisher Aaron Stoll, 22, of the 17400 block Avenue, for the report of an armed of Hughes Road in Poolesville, was robbery that had just occurred. The charged as an accomplice. Both are Montgomery County police arrived being held on a $40,000 bond in the within ten minutes of the call from the Montgomery County Detention store’s owner, Vinod Patel. There were Center. two other employees in the store at the Warring’s possible involvement time of the robbery: one was working in the other commercial robberies in If it’s Wacky Wednesday then it the counter and the other was in the the Poolesville area remains under must be PHS’ Homecoming. See our back room. Mr. Patel, who was si ing investigation. Photo Extravaganza on Page 24. at a table near the entrance of the shop, A police spokesperson said that was approached directly by the gun- Poolesville Subway—Scene of the town’s the arrests were the result of assis- second armed robbery this month. man who demanded money. tance from the community which Through the course of the investi- supplied critical information. Com- gation, it was learned that the suspect which was hit twice on September 14, munity cooperation coupled with the entered the restaurant wearing a mask, 2005 at 8:54 p.m. and September 20, diligence and hard work of the mem- confronted the cashier, and with a gun 2005 at 7:09 p.m. bers of the Robbery Squad resulted in hand, demanded money. A er receiv- On the evening of September in an arrest within one week of the ing an undisclosed amount of money 28, Zachary Tyler Warring, 21, of holdup at the Subway shop. The parade was... There’s Something About Mary: Celebrating 103 Years of Age By Rande Davis sparkle as she sits down on the edge Towson University.) of her Masterpiece Theater-like chair. As she jam-packed her trunk to “My Lord alive, I never thought it She has dressed for the occasion in go off to college in far-away Balti- was possible.” So stated Mary Chiswell her bright red dress complemented by more, her parents told her that she as she refl ected on her upcoming 103rd a gold locket-watch hanging around would not be able to come back before birthday. Spoken so ly like a half-prayer her neck, a gi from her aunt on her Christmas. “I remember celebrating of thanksgiving and half-thought of sixteenth birthday. amazement, she expressed gratitude for Mary Fyff e Chiswell lives in the her birth date which is offi cially October house her grandfather built. She —Continued on Page 12 ... great! 8, but friends and family will gather in bought it in 1923 and has lived there celebration on October 25. ever since. She has lived away from We recently had the great fortune to Poolesville for only brief periods of visit with the grand lady to talk about time. She le Poolesville for the fi rst her remarkable achievement of keeping time to begin what was to become her an eye on Poolesville for over a century. lifelong vocation of teaching. “When The longevity is to be respected, for I le Poolesville to a end Normal sure; however, it is her sharpness of School to become a teacher, I was mind and enthusiastic refl ections on her following the inspiration of those, life that are to be so admired. like Be y Griffi th, who taught me in You do not just visit Mary. She school,” said Mary. She crammed two The PHS Cross-Country Team, in receives you. As you wait in the parlor, years of study into one before fi nish- their rarely observed resting state. she makes her entrance by use of her ing at Towson College. (Mary is the Read more on Page 23. walker. Her beautiful brown eyes still oldest living graduate of what is now Mary Chiswell at 103. October 7, 2005 The Monocacy Monocle Page 2 Family Album Go Falcons. Facing the mosh pit at the Lord’s Acre Festival. The Lord’s Acre Festival at Poolesville Memorial United Methodist Church—one of the area’s signature events. Local newshound races for the next shot. Poolesville pauses for the parade. October 7, 2005 The Monocacy Monocle Page 3 LOOK! ... GAIL LEE brings TOP DOLLAR to the Poolesville Area! SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD UNDER CONTRACT Selby Ave List $629,900 Chiswell Rd. List $895,000 Selby Ave. Fisher Ave List $374,500 Gail Brought the Buyer! Dr. Walling Rd. List $824,500 List $450,000 Gail Brought the Buyer! Elgin Rd List $775,000 Mt. Nebo Rd. 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There are indicators all over town News reports of crime, scandal, warning us to take action. Heroine and concerns about growth are on the needles have been found at Stevens rise. Even in our small town, there Park. There have been young teenag- is never a dull moment. The good ers walking through town at night news is that timely action and pu ing openingly smoking pot, unafraid of things into perspective can prevent others smelling and witnessing their such concerns from ge ing out of transgression. Even small issues previ- hand. ously discussed such as trash and The most prominent issue is graffi ti point to a community moving the current spate of armed robber- in the wrong direction. ies in the town and in the area. The Interestingly, Brunswick, Mary- Montgomery County Police are hot land which has roughly the same on the trail of the person or persons population as Poolesville has a ten- who, stealing a phrase from Lt. Gen. man police force. The Montgomery Honore, are “stuck on stupid.” We Police have stepped up their presence have every reason to expect an arrest in the town over past years, and their soon, and when that happens, the visibility has shown some improve- community can go back to its expecta- ment; however, that is not enough. tion of a safe place to live. Even in our Our solution may be somewhere in movie-dominated culture, the level of between. stupidity exhibited by the culprit is The solution comes from our astounding. strength, and our strength is our town These serious crimes, however, bring the issue of the town having —Continued on Page 12 Published by Monocacy Press, LLC P.O. Box 175 Poolesville, MD 20837 301 349-0070 • FAX 301 349-5646 John Clayton President and Publisher The Monocacy Monocle is Managing Editor an independently owned and (301) 349-0071 operated publication of Monocacy [email protected] Press, LLC which is solely respon- sible for its content. 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