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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Upper Marlboro man sentenced for fast-food restaurant robbery spree
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. () — A man from Upper Marlboro was sentenced for a spree of robberies at fast food restaurant drive-thrus. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland (USAO) said on Thursday that Zachary Kinnell, 23, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release. He was found guilty of interference with interstate commerce by robbery and using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Woman shot at CIA headquarters in McLean charged with DUI; court documents The office said starting on July 28, 2022, through Aug. 3, Kinnel and his co-conspirator, Brian Elzey, would rob fast food restaurants in Maryland and Virginia. Elzey robbed 11 fast-food restaurants for a total of $3,555.01. During the spree, the pair would go to the drive-thru window as if they were purchasing food and Kinnell would get out of the car, go up to the window and initiate a transaction with the employee before 'forcibly removing cash.' Starting on Aug. 1 until Aug. 3, they started committing armed robberies. Kinnell would take out a gun, and he robbed four fast-food restaurants. On Aug. 4, Montgomery County Department of Police officers stopped a stolen Chevrolet Cruze near Wheaton. Prince George's County police roll out summer crime initiative Officers searched the car and found a gun and two restaurant cash drawers. The officers then took Kinnell and Elzey's phones along with $427.01. It was discovered that the pair had tried to rob six other fast-food restaurants. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
New York Times
06-03-2025
- General
- New York Times
The Secret to Great Pancakes Has Been in Your Pantry All Along
Is oatmeal sustenance to trudge through on your own each morning, or a generous meal to offer friends? Galway Kinnell, a winner of both a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, took his position in his poem 'Oatmeal': I am aware it is not good to eat oatmeal consistency is such that it is better for your mental health if somebody eats it with is why I often think up an imaginary companion to have breakfast with. Mr. Kinnell's ensuing lines about his meal with the long-dead poet John Keats make a compelling case for conversations with ghosts. Not so much for porridge. While he was wrong about oatmeal — 'gluey lumpishness, hint of slime' — he was right about inviting others to partake. Perhaps he would have found the pleasure, not misery, of sharing oats with these pancakes, which have all the warmth of oatmeal and are better for serving company. Recipe: Honey Oat Pancakes Humble as they are, oats can work miracles in dishes, lending their natural sweetness and a scent like warm, clean hay. Aside from softening into creamy hot oatmeal and chilled overnight oats, they crisp into granola or crunchy crumble toppings, add a bumpy chew to cookies and make muffins hearty. And they can cross the breakfast-dessert bridge with this dish, which is startling in the best way: It tastes like cozy, steaming porridge, but looks and feels like delightful buttermilk pancakes. Tiny quick oats soaked in buttermilk, along with flax and honey, give these pancakes a unique tenderness. Biting into a round, crackly with butter and caramelized from honey on the outside, reveals the pleasant, familiar creaminess of oatmeal in the center. Flax meal softens alongside the oats, amplifying their nutty flavor and binding the batter, eliminating the need for eggs, which are expensive and hard to find right now. (A test of this recipe with eggs worked, but the pancakes were stiffer and sort of boring.) Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
