1.  And an occasional crackdown, said Ray Feldmann, a Metro spokesman, gives the law teeth.

2.  Metro Squad spokesman Detective Tom Prudden said the man was not a suspect, but investigators wanted to talk to him.

3.  They were removed or closed because of fears they would become receptacles of hidden bombs, explained Steven Taubenkibel, a Metro spokesman.

4.  The three stores will close at different times pending the outcome of negotiations to break their leases, a Metro spokesman said.