Metro Briefs

MARYLAND

ROCKVILLE

Man in mask robs bank

Authorities are looking for an armed man who robbed a Maryland SunTrust bank wearing a Halloween mask and for a man who drove a getaway car.

Montgomery County police spokeswoman Lucille Baur said authorities got a call about the robbery shortly after 11 a.m. Monday. The man who entered the bank was armed with a semiautomatic handgun and wearing a skeleton mask.

An undisclosed amount of cash was taken.

Miss Baur said the men fled in one car and later switched cars to a black Mercedes.

BALTIMORE

Work-zone warnings extended

State transportation officials have extended the warning phase for drivers who exceed the speed limit within automated speed enforcement work zones.

The warning phase, which could have ended Oct. 31, has been extended for two weeks.

More than 900 warning notices have been given out since Oct. 14.

The work zones include Interstate 95 between Routes 198 and 212 in Montgomery County; Interstate 695 at Charles Street in Baltimore County, and at I-95 near White Marsh.

When the warning phase of the program ends on Nov. 15, Maryland State Police Maryland Transportation Authority police will issue $40 citations.

VIRGINIA

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