MARYLAND (WBFF) — At the Maryland National Guard Freestate Challenge Academy, a residential boot camp and educational program for at-risk and troubled youth owned and operated by the Guard, staff abused the teens in their care, according to court records and criminal complaints The Baltimore Sun reviewed. The teens then, in turn, assaulted each other, even participating in an after-hours fight club.

The Sun reviewed more than 400 pages of documents, including two sets of criminal charges, a lawsuit and all serious incident reports filed since 2019 that documented allegations of cadet violations, as well as investigations into allegations of inappropriate staff behavior and subsequent disciplinary records.

In all internal documents provided by the program, the names of cadets and staff involved were redacted.

Time and again, staff members hit, humiliated or encouraged others to hurt the teens in their care at the Aberdeen Proving Ground camp, internal records indicate. Time and again, camp leaders fired the offending staff members, or cadre, as they are called in the camp’s military parlance; put them on administrative leave or “took them off the schedule,” the records said. At times, they referred the allegations to law enforcement.

Read the full story on the Baltimore Sun.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (First Alert 4) -The St. Louis County Police is actively investigating an officer-involved shooting at a Walgreens on Dorsett and McKelvey roads, which resulted in one man dead, Sunday evening.

According to police, at around 6 p.m., Maryland Heights police officers responded to the Walgreens on the 12000 block of Dorsett.

Once arriving, officers found a man with a gun. The man fired at the officers. One officer returned fire.

The man was hit and pronounced dead at the scene. His identity has not been released.

No officers were injured. St. Louis County Police Bureau of Crimes Against People detectives responded and assumed responsibility for the case.

The officer involved in the shooting is 30 years old, with two and a half years of experience with the Maryland Heights Police Department. The officer has previous experience in law enforcement.

Police say this is an active investigation, information will be shared as it becomes available.

This is a developing story that will be updated.

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Free Press sports writer Chris Solari rates Michigan State football on a scale of A to F after the Spartans’ 38-28 win over Maryland on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Ford Field in Detroit.

Offense: B

While there were drives that stalled and sputtered, MSU played one of its most complete games under coach Jonathan Smith, relative to the competition. The offensive line – on to its nation-high seventh different starting group and 11th new starter – delivered a sack-free performance for the first time in two seasons against an FBS opponent under position coach Jim Michalczik, and the program’s first game without a sack allowe since Nov. 18, 2023, at Indiana. That allowed quarterback Alessio Milivojevic to throw for 292 yards and a career-best four touchdowns, spreading the ball to eight different receivers. And it allowed the Spartans’ running backs to pick up 161 yards combined as holes opened all game.

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Defense: C

MSU needed to steady the ship once the Terps turned to quarterback Malik Washington to throw and throw and throw some more, 61 passes in Maryland’s 77 offensive plays. The freshman delivered with 459 passing yards, much of it coming over the middle to exploit season-long coverage issues there, as the Spartans bent time and again. But when a big play was needed most, junior captain Jordan Hall delivered two big ones – hitting Washington on a third-down throw and then combining with cornerback Aydan West for a sack to force a turnover on downs the next play. Defensive back Aveon Grose, making his first start as a Spartan, sealed it with an interception after that. But MSU was abysmal on third down before then, allowing the Terps to go 9-for-16.

Special teams: A

That A stands for Alante Brown. After missing nine games with a broken foot, the sixth-year senior kick returner touched the ball once in his final game – and returned a third-quarter kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown in his last touch as a college player. Punter Ryan Eckley continued his strong season by pinning Maryland inside the 20 on four of his five punts and averaged 47.6 yards, while kicker Martin Connington delivered a short field goal. And after coverage busts a week earlier at Iowa proved costly, the Spartans shored things up to prevent any Saturday.