Guilty Verdict in Hospital Stabbing

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BETHESDA — On Wednesday, a jury found Keith D. Little of Lanham guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Roosevelt Brockington Jr., a church deacon who was found stabbed more than 70 times on Jan. 1 at Suburban Hospital.

POTOMAC — Nick's Organic Farm will continue on Brickyard Road for another year. Nick Maravell and the Montgomery County Board of Education settled out of court Wednesday, canceling a late-week scheduled circuit court hearing to determine if the BOE acted inappropriately in transferring Maravell's lease to the county.

GAITHERSBURG — A group of activists and community leaders plans to protest the store in the Kentlands on Sunday, Dec. 18, in response to the home improvement chain's move to pull its ads from the TLC reality series "All-American Muslim."

TAKOMA PARK — A Takoma Park police officer fatally shot a man on Saturday, Dec. 10, after he fled the scene of an attempted carjacking where he stabbed his victim multiple times, police said. The shooting took place at the intersection of Riggs and Metzerott roads.

GERMANTOWN — The highly publicized 7-Eleven group theft in Germantown has inspired a bill that delivers stiffer penalties on thefts committed by mob.

COLESVILLE — The sister of shooting victim Julian Kelly testified Thursday in the murder trial of Charles Baxter and Shamire Moore. Both men are accused of first-degree murder in connection with Kelly's death last August.

NORTH POTOMAC-DARNESTOWN — Quince Orchard High School’s football team is ranked No. 3 in the Washington, DC, area in The Washington Post's final high school football rankings for the 2011 season.

MONTGOMERY VILLAGE — While caroling at the White House earlier this week, the Watkins Mill Chamber Singers (from Watkins Mill High School) were unexpectedly asked to sing for President Obama and his wife.

SILVER SPRING — Since 2002, sworn police officers have collectively worked thousands of overtime hours in the Emergency Call Center, costing Montgomery County over $4 million.

WHEATON — Police in Montgomery County’s 4th District say that Wheaton’s reputation for violent crime—especially in the wake of November's three carjackings—does not match reality.

CHEVY CHASE — An overturned police car caused road closures and traffic backups in Chevy Chase on the evening of Dec. 15. The police car was hit by a minivan that entered the intersection of Thornapple Street and Brookville Road prematurely. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt.