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Man Threatening To Blow Up, Burn Down Maryland Motel 6 Arrested: Fire Marshal Man Threatening To Blow Up, Burn Down Maryland Motel 6 Arrested: Fire Marshal
Man Threatening To Blow Up, Burn Down Maryland Motel 6 Arrested: Fire Marshal A 28-year-old man threatened to blow up a Maryland hotel he was staying at that led to a temporary evacuation, according to the fire marshal. Hagerstown resident Michael Sean Hafer is facing charges after being arrested for threatening to blow up and burn down the Motel 6 he was staying at in the 11300 block of Massey Boulevard. Additionally, investigators say that he also told guests he was making pipe bombs to carry out the nefarious - and hollow - scheme. At around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, members of the Washington County Sheriff's Office were called to the hotel when Hafer made …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Live-Streaming Threats Targeting Church Swiftly Arrested In Maryland: Sheriff Man Live-Streaming Threats Targeting Church Swiftly Arrested In Maryland: Sheriff
Man Live-Streaming Threats Targeting Church Swiftly Arrested In Maryland: Sheriff The man who threatened a Charles County Church online and went live on social media claiming he was unafraid to break the law has been arrested, according to the sheriff's office. Steven Heizmann, 39, showed the ugly side of social media over the weekend, prompting an investigation following multiple reports from a concerned citizen who was alarmed by his messages that were shared to the world. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Sunday morning, members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called in to investigate numerous posts on social media that came from Heizmann threatening to take a…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
School Resource Officers Investigate Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland High School School Resource Officers Investigate Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland High School
School Resource Officers Investigate Threat Of Mass Violence At Maryland High School A potential tragedy was avoided in Charles County when officers were able to intervene after there was a threat of mass violence uttered by a student at North Point High School. At 11:11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 14, a spokesperson for the Charles County Sheriff's Office said that a School Resource Officer was made aware that a student made a threat to commit mass violence in the building during an argument. The Resource Officer launched an investigation into the incident and contacted the parents of the students who made the alleged threat, which was reportedly unfounded. Investigators also…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Maryland Man Threatens Elementary School With Mass Violence: Sheriff Maryland Man Threatens Elementary School With Mass Violence: Sheriff
Maryland Man Threatens Elementary School With Mass Violence: Sheriff A Maryland was arrested Wednesday, May 25 for making multiple threats of mass violence towards a school just hours after 19 elementary students and two teachers were killed in a Texas school massacre, authorities said. Earl Benjamin Washington Jr., 46, of Lexington Park, called a business in White Plains and the Gale-Bailey Elementary school making multiple threats of mass violence against them, Tuesday, May 24, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said. "The calls to the specific locations are related to people he knows and is believed to be domestic-related," the sheriff's office…

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by Annie DeVoe