Police Shoot Unarmed Teenage Suspect Before Giving Tigations Will Be Presented to a Second Teen Arrested in Home Invasion a Statement Grand Jury
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YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER! Arts ........................13 Fun Page............L-28 Book Review..........14 Learning Links....L-26 Patriots Calendar................16 Legal Notices........L-1 dump Classifieds .............18 Opinion ....................4 Colonels Dining ....................15 Reflections...............2 See page 26 Federation ...............6 Sports ....................25 Celebrating our 152nd year www.thesentinel.com Vol. 152, No. 41 • 25¢ SINCE 1855 May 10 - May 16, 2007 TODAY’S GAS Derwood PRICE $3.02 per gallon Last Week Day $3.00 per gallon A month ago Laborer $2.81 per gallon A year ago $3.06 per gallon Center AVERAGE PRICE PER GALLON OF UNLEADED REGULAR GAS IN MARYLAND/D.C. METRO AREA ACCORDING TO AAA Torched INSIDE By Drew Pierson Staff Writer A flammable liquid placed out- side of the new day laborer center in Derwood has touched off more than flames. Dozens of protestors gathered Friday afternoon outside of the center to decry a “hate crime” while those opposed to the day laborer centers pointed to the day laborers themselves as possible culprits in starting a fire Drawing Fire that claimed one small plank of wood. Rockville’s City Manager Meanwhile, county investigators faces the heat from city coun- say they still don’t know who poured cil, but Rockville’s Mayor and ignited a flammable liquid on the steps up to defend him. Derwood day-laborer center last Fri- PHOTO BY DREW PIERSON day, Fire Marshal Mike Love said. Dozens of protestors gathered outside of the Derwood day laborer center Friday after someone ignited a small fire Page 3 “We’re checking on different that burned a plank of wood on the center’s deck. Web sites to see if anyone is boasting en deck, to determine whether the store or gasoline station, Love said. was made of pressure-treated wood, about this,” Love said. “But other than flammable liquid was gasoline or an- Besides the liquid, there are also which contains chemicals that can re- that we don’t really have much.” other substance, Love said. One way questions about what caused the tard flame growth, Love said. Investigators are still examining to find the arsonists would be to trace blaze, such as matches or a lighter, The Derwood center is a dou- the only damage from the fire, a the liquid back to its point of origin, Love said. The fire did not consume charred plank from the center’s wood- which could be a home improvement the entire deck probably because it See Day Labor, page 10 Police shoot unarmed teenage suspect before giving tigations will be presented to a Second teen arrested in home invasion a statement grand jury. about shoot- Rachel was under surveillance Woolsey stopped and got out of By Josh Bowman ings. as a suspect in a May 6 home inva- his unmarked car, said Montgomery And in the Staff Writer Woolsey sion in Gaithersburg. Police said County police spokesman Lt. Eric was placed on Rachel and Justin Lee Wheeler, 18, Center A Montgomery County detective Burnett, and got into a “confronta- administrative of Damascus, broke into a house in shot and injured an unarmed teenage The Rockville Town Cen- tion” with Rachel, who remained in leave, said the 8200 block of Brink Road, beat boy Tuesday morning after a con- ter comes closer to its grand his pickup truck. Burnett, which up the resident and tied him up. frontation in Damascus, according to opening. “The detective fired several shots is routine pro- The two stole prescription medica- police. Page 11 at the truck and injured the suspect,” cedure after tion, a cellphone and cash, accord- Detective David A. Woolsey, an said Burnett. any police ing to police. The resident was 18-year veteran of Montgomery Rachel received minor injuries, COURTESY PHOTO shooting. taken to a hospital and treated for County police, was following and Woolsey was not hurt, said Bur- Justin Lee Wheeler Two investi- chest, head and facial injuries. Po- Matthew James Rachel, a suspect in a nett. Rachel was taken to a local hos- was arrested and gations, one lice said Rachel and Wheeler were home invasion robbery, just before 7 pital and put into custody after he another teen shot. by the police armed with handguns. a.m. when the 17-year-old pulled his was treated. Woolsey has not dis- department’s Wheeler was arrested Tuesday truck into a driveway in the 26000 cussed details of the shooting, ac- Major Crimes division and another morning. Both teens were charged block of Cornor Drive in Damascus, cording to Burnett. Under Maryland by Internal Affairs, are being con- with armed robbery, burglary and as- according to police. law, officers may wait up to 10 days ducted. The results of those inves- sault, according to police. 2THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL MAY 10, 2007 EFLECTIONS The Montgomery County Sentinel, published weekly by Montgomery Sen- tinel Publishing, Inc., is a community R newspaper covering Montgomery County, Maryland. Our offices are locat- ed at 30 Courthouse Sq. Suite 405 June 7, 1990 The two classes decorated Rockville, MD 20850. Founded in 1855 about 200 lunch bags with stamps of by Matthew Fields. All mail to: P.O. Box 1272, Rockville, MD 20849-1272. Sub- dinosaurs, Meyn said. “The students scription Rates for The Montgomery tied packages of 10 bags together County Sentinel – Weekly by mail: Students turn in profit from dinosaurs with yarn, and started out selling $22.05 per year & $15.75 for Senior Citi- Each week, The Sentinel revis- Education (STORE) program. class,” he added. them for $2 a package,” she said. zens. (USPS) 361-100. its a memorable story from our “Lakeforest began working The students signed a lease “Later in the afternoon, when the Bernard Kapiloff archives. with the students in December 1989, with Lakeforest Mall, applied for a bags weren’t selling that well, they PUBLISHER presenting seminars about opening a small business loan, and secured an reduced the price to $1.” Mark Kapiloff To second graders at Summit retail business,” said Charmaine occupancy permit from Gaithers- After paying off their loans, each ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Hall Elementary School in Gaithers- Crismond, Lakeforest marketing di- burg City Hall, Crismond said. class made a $10 profit, Meyn said. [email protected] burg, good values are not extinct. rector. Seminar classes included: “We borrowed $150 to buy sup- The classes voted to donate Lynn G. Kapiloff Two classes form the school “Writing a Business Plan,” “Product plies,” Bryant said. their profits to Children’s Hospital CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER sold dinosaur pencils, pencil sharp- Merchandising” and “Advertising.” Nancy Blumenschein’s second- after Meyn read them a newspaper [email protected] eners, pencil boxes and lunch bags Peggy Meyn’s second-grade grade class, also at Summit Hall Ele- article about Jason Sigler, 16, of As- they decorated themselves during a class at summit Hall voted to sell di- mentary, helped Meyn’s class in the pen Hill, who underwent a kidney EDITORIAL May business venture at Lakeforest nosaur merchandise “because kids production of dinosaur lunch bags transplant operation at the hospital. Brian J. Karem Mall, also in Gaithersburg. like dinosaurs,” said student Jeff that were sold with the other items at “We talk about community ser- MANAGING EDITOR The students joined other chil- Bryant, elected by his classmates to the Lakeforest Mall booth on May 5. vice in class, and this experience [email protected] dren from Gaithersburg Intermediate serve as store manager for the Di- “I helped with the booth, and I gave the students the opportunity to Josh Bowman School in the mall’s Students Training nosaur Den I. had fun,” said Becky Adendshein, a learn about making money and [email protected] in Opportunities in Retail Through “We also studied them in student in Blumenschein’s class. about giving,” Meyn said. Drew Pierson STAFF WRITERS Brandy L. Simms GUEST COLUMN HUMOR SPORTS WRITER Marketa Ebert by Roger Mursick STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Baby boomers ready for AARP? 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