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Deputy Collars Kid in Woods With BB Gun, Knife
GREAT MILLS --- When is a kid with a hunting knife and a BB gun simply a kid out in the woods trying his skill at playing the Great White Hunter and when does the kid cross the line to being a threat to others?  A St. Mary's Sheriff's deputy was taking no chances last week, according to Cpl. Katherine Dassing.  Sgt. Daniel Alioto responded to a complaint from staff at the Great Mills swimming pool that a kid with a gun and wearing camo was lurking in the woods.  Sgt. Alioto found a kid who also had a knife, handy for cutting the legs of toads and carving one's initials in trees, under his camo.   This kid was arrested and charged with carrying a deadly weapon, perhaps meaning the knife, not the BB gun.  BB guns and knives are both sold in local stores to anyone.