Old Mill Vs. Meade Football Game To Be Played Without Fans

ODENTON, MD — The originally scheduled varsity and JV football games between Old Mill and Meade have been canceled for tonight, Sept. 20, and will be played Monday in a stadium without spectators.

Only coaches, trainers, players, county and military police, as well as essential school personnel, will be allowed to attend the game at Meade, school officials announced Friday afternoon. The stadium and portions of school grounds are located inside Fort George G. Meade.

The extra precaution is being taken after an exchange of gunfire between two groups in Odenton Sept. 18. The shooting on Langdon Farm Circle at Commodore Drive was close enough to the school to prompt the game change. The JV game now will be played Monday at 4 p.m. and the varsity at 6 p.m. Fans can watch the game on the National Federation of High Schools website. It offered a free stream of both games on the NFHS Network.

After responding to the report of gunfire in the Odenton neighborhood, Anne Arundel police searched the neighborhood and ended up arresting Calvin Edward Johnson, 34, after executing a search warrant at his home. Police found items from a theft/robbery conducted earlier that day, as well as a loaded .44 magnum pistol stashed beneath a tree behind Johnson’s residence.

Johnson of Odenton was charged him with robbery, second-degree assault, CDS possession of firearms, handgun on a person, handgun use in a felony/violent crime, contribute to certain conditions of a child and reckless endangerment. Detectives are working to identify the second suspect believed to be 16 to 18 years old, 5'5, average build with short hair. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact detectives at 410-222-6155 or call the TipLine 410-222-4700.

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