Morning Notes

Woman Charged in Walter Reed Hit-And-Run — Angela Akosua Cobbold, the 27-year-old Manassas, Va., woman who eluded police from multiple jurisdictions in a series of incidents and drew gunfire from an officer yesterday, was charged with first degree assault and reckless endangerment. [WTOP]

Arrest Video of Cobbold — The pursuit of Cobbold ended when she crashed into a fence at a construction site near White Flint. WUSA9 got video of MCPD officers taking Cobbold into custody. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation. [WUSA9]

State Starts Criminal Investigation of County’s Campaign Tactics — Maryland State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt will investigate whether county leaders acted illegally in campaigning for Question B on the Nov. 6 ballot, which would affirm a law to do away with police “effects bargaining.” County Executive Isiah Leggett told Bethesda Now last week the county attorney cleared his office’s actions. [The Gazette]

Flickr photo by Thad Zajdowicz


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