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-- Nikita Stewart
Drug probe arrests
The U.S. attorney's office for the District announced the arrest of eight people suspected of involvement in a drug ring in Barry Farms in Southeast Washington and other District neighborhoods.
The arrests came from a collaborative effort by the FBI, U.S. Park Police and police from the District and Prince George's County.
The suspects will be charged in the District's federal court. The arrests follow a six-count federal indictment Wednesday against 13 people charged with distributing PCP, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine.
-- Keith L. Alexander
MARYLAND
Messaging bill moves
A bill that would prohibit drivers from reading text messages is advancing through the Maryland legislature.
The bill, approved Thursday by a 135 to 2 vote in the House of Delegates, expands a law that bars drivers from writing and sending text messages while their vehicle is in motion or stopped in a traffic lane. The bill was sent to the state Senate.
Sending and receiving text messages is prohibited for drivers in the District and 20 other states, including Virginia.
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