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Bomb Maker With Bad Intentions Accused Of Making Destructive Devices: Maryland Fire Marshal Bomb Maker With Bad Intentions Accused Of Making Destructive Devices: Maryland Fire Marshal
Bomb Maker With Bad Intentions Accused Of Making Destructive Devices: Maryland Fire Marshal Officials say that a man has been apprehended and is behind bars after he got sloppy and left evidence on a destructive device in Maryland. Christopher Heinrich Beitzel, 53, is being held behind bars in a Maryland jail after the Garrett County man left fingerprints on a device he allegedly built and left behind at an area home, leading investigators to even more of his creations, the state Fire Marshal announced. Earlier this month, Bomb Technicians from the Fire Marshal’s Office responded to the 2100 block of Aiken Miller Road in the town of Accident, when the homeowners found a suspicious…

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by Zak Failla
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Chain Reaction Crash Kills MD Sheriff's Deputy On Way Home From Police Academy Chain Reaction Crash Kills MD Sheriff's Deputy On Way Home From Police Academy
Chain Reaction Crash Kills MD Sheriff's Deputy On Way Home From Police Academy A sheriff's deputy in Maryland and former US Marine was killed in a three-vehicle chain-reaction crash that started when he rear-ended a tractor-trailer on his way to attend a family member’s graduation, state police announced. Garrett County Sheriff's Deputy Corey Douglas McElroy, 31, of Friendsville, was pronounced dead early on Wednesday morning at an area hospital after being involved in a crash while traveling in an unmarked departmental vehicle in Allegany County. Troopers from the Maryland State Police Cumberland Barrack responded shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20 to a st…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man, Young Girl Hospitalized In Critical Condition After Maryland Truck Blaze: Fire Marshal Man, Young Girl Hospitalized In Critical Condition After Maryland Truck Blaze: Fire Marshal
Man, Young Girl Hospitalized In Critical Condition After Maryland Truck Blaze: Fire Marshal A man and young girl have been hospitalized in critical condition after a pick-up truck fire left them both with severe burns in Maryland, the state fire marshal said. Shortly before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, first responders in Garrett County were called to the 100 block of South Second Street in Oakland, where there was a report of a truck that was engulfed in flames. According to the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal, upon arrival at the scene, members of the Oakland Volunteer Fire Department and Garrett County Sheriff’s Office found a late-model Nissan Titan with “heavy fire…

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by Zak Failla