The store's manager declined to comment. Rite Aid spokeswoman Ashley Flower said the product was a limited seasonal item that is not regularly sold in its stores. "We carried it because our vendor assured us that the item met Baltimore City regulations," she said.
Flower said that the item will not be restocked and that managers at all city Rite Aid stores have been ordered to make sure the beads are not on their shelves.
Carroll County
: Sykesville
Missing 13-year-old is found uninjured
A 13-year-old Carroll County boy who was reported missing after getting off a school bus Wednesday afternoon was found yesterday morning at a local grocery, Maryland State Police said.
Brandon White of Sykesville was seen running away after he got off the bus near his home on Lakeview Drive. Police in Westminster said he was not injured, but they released no details on how he was found or where he spent the night.
Police said the boy's parents reported him missing about 4 p.m. Several police agencies, a search-and-rescue team, canine units and police helicopters searched near Liberty Reservoir and numerous roads and highways.
Anne Arundel
: Annapolis
Untreated sewage spills in Hillsmere
More than 8,000 gallons of untreated sewage spilled yesterday into an Annapolis community, and possibly a local waterway, Anne Arundel County officials said.
They learned about 8:30 a.m. that an 8-inch force main had broken on the 100 block of Mansion Road in Hillsmere, causing the spill. Some of the wastewater may have run into Lake Hillsmere, said county spokesman Matt Diehl. Repairs were finished by 10:45 a.m., and the mess on the affected land was cleaned up.
The county Department of Health has issued an advisory and posted signs warning people to avoid direct water contact until further notice.
