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Pair Wanted For Stealing $3M In Jewelry During Maryland Burglary Arrested: Sheriff Pair Wanted For Stealing $3M In Jewelry During Maryland Burglary Arrested: Sheriff
Pair Wanted For Stealing $3M In Jewelry During Maryland Burglary Arrested: Sheriff Two people from Las Vegas who gambled it all on a multi-million dollar jewelry heist in Maryland have been arrested and brought back to the East Coast, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday. Demarco Coney-Jones, 29, and Akayla Tuttle, 22, have both been extradited back to Maryland to face charges following a burglary when they allegedly made off with millions of dollars in jewelry from an Urbana home. In August, deputies from the sheriff's office responded to a residential burglary, where suspects stole an estimated $3 million in jewelry from the home, according to inve…

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Sheriff IDs NJ Woman Found Dead In Tractor-Trailer Outside MD Costco Distribution Center Sheriff IDs NJ Woman Found Dead In Tractor-Trailer Outside MD Costco Distribution Center
Sheriff IDs NJ Woman Found Dead In Tractor-Trailer Outside MD Costco Distribution Center New details have been released by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office after a woman's body was found dead inside the cab of a tractor-trailer over the weekend. Investigators say that Candice Thompson, 46, has been identified as the victim who was found inside Matthew Sidney Watley's truck after he was busted for allegedly getting behind the wheel while he was intoxicated. Both the driver and victim are from Sicklerville, New Jersey. Watley was charged with multiple counts of murder on Sunday after a curious case outside the Costco Distribution Center on Intercostal Drive in Monrovia. Th…

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Woman's Body Found In Cab Of Tractor-Trailer After Slow Speed Pursuit In Maryland: Sheriff Woman's Body Found In Cab Of Tractor-Trailer After Slow Speed Pursuit In Maryland: Sheriff
Woman's Body Found In Cab Of Tractor-Trailer After Slow Speed Pursuit In Maryland: Sheriff A woman's dead body was found in the cab of an allegedly intoxicated tractor-trailer driver who took police on a slow speed pursuit on Sunday morning in Frederick County, Officials say that a scene stranger than fiction played out at the Costco Distribution Center on Intercostal Drive in Monrovia shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 24, where there were calls of an allegedly drunk driver who smashed out the window of his own truck. Upon arrival at Costco, deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office found the driver in the front seat of his truck with it running in the parking lo…

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Retired Naval Officer Faces Long Recovery After Breaking Bones During Maryland Bike Race Retired Naval Officer Faces Long Recovery After Breaking Bones During Maryland Bike Race
Retired Naval Officer Faces Long Recovery After Breaking Bones During Maryland Bike Race It’s going to be a long road ahead for a Maryland biker and retired Naval officer who was struck by a car during a popular race in Frederick County and suffered grievous injuries. Community support is swelling for 34-year-old Matthew Pierson who had to be airlifted to the UMMC Shock Trauma in Baltimore with severe injuries that included a host of broken bones that he will be recovering from for months after being hit during the Gran Fondo event early on Sunday, Sept. 17. The crash was reported at around 10:20 a.m. on Sunday on Foxville Road near Stottlemeyer Road. A second victim was also a…

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Business
Retired Trucker Wins $1K Per Week For Life On Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station Retired Trucker Wins $1K Per Week For Life On Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station
Retired Trucker Wins $1K Per Week For Life On Lottery Ticket Sold At Maryland Gas Station A lifelong Maryland Lottery player from Pennsylvania will now be set for life after winning big on a ticket sold in Frederick County. What started as a leisurely drive across state lines for "Pap Paw," to the Silo Hill Sunoco in Emmitsburg led to the biggest win of the retired trucker's Lottery career, as he cashed in a $1,000-a-week-for-life prize, easily topping the hundreds of dollars he's claimed over the years. The Maryland native who now lives in Pennsylvania said that he would get on the road each day for work and drive across the Maryland State line for more than a decade to play se…

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Garbage Truck Driver Killed By Driver While Taking Out Trash In Maryland: State Police Garbage Truck Driver Killed By Driver While Taking Out Trash In Maryland: State Police
Garbage Truck Driver Killed By Driver While Taking Out Trash In Maryland: State Police A garbage truck driver was killed after being struck by another man while on the job in Northern Maryland, state police say. Jose Gomes, 55, of Hagerstown, died at Frederick Health Hospital after he was struck by Oxon Hill resident Osman Perez Mollo's Subaru while he was picking up garbage cans on Green Valley Road in Clarksburg early on Wednesday morning. According to police, shortly after 5:30 a.m., the garbage truck was stopped in the northbound lanes on Green Valley Road when Gomes got out to retrieve garbage cans and was struck by the Subaru, which rammed into the back of the truck. G…

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Top Cop In Maryland Back In Office After Self-Imposed Exile For Machine Gun Purchasing Scheme Top Cop In Maryland Back In Office After Self-Imposed Exile For Machine Gun Purchasing Scheme
Top Cop In Maryland Back In Office After Self-Imposed Exile For Machine Gun Purchasing Scheme Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins is back in office after a self-imposed 19-week exile, the top cop announced on Monday. Jenkins, 66, temporarily stepped down in April after he was implicated in a machine gun purchasing scheme, which he has steadfastly denied since the accusations were made involving Machine Gun Nest owner Justin Krop. Related story - Frederick County Sheriff Surprised After Being Hit With DOJ Indictment; Will Stay In Office Initially, Jenkins had planned to remain active in office as the legal proceedings played out, but on Wednesday, April 12, after his arraignme…

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Two Killed In Sunday Morning Maryland House Fire Two Killed In Sunday Morning Maryland House Fire
Two Killed In Sunday Morning Maryland House Fire Two people were killed in an early morning fire in Frederick County, authorities announced. First responders were called shortly after 2 a.m. to the 6800 block of Stonewall Court in Adamstown, where there was a reported fire with people trapped inside, officials said on Sunday morning. Upon arrival, firefighters were advised that there were two people possibly trapped inside the home. Crews jumped into action and retrieved two from the house who were taken to the hospital by paramedics in cardiac arrest and later were pronounced dead. A third person staying in a basement apartment in the h…

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Man Attempts To Flee From Balcony After Woman Found Shot To Death In MD Apartment: Police Man Attempts To Flee From Balcony After Woman Found Shot To Death In MD Apartment: Police
Man Attempts To Flee From Balcony After Woman Found Shot To Death In MD Apartment: Police A shooting suspect who sought to flee from an apartment balcony after allegedly shooting a woman didn’t make it far in Frederick County. Officers from the Frederick Police Department responded shortly before midnight to the 100 block of Willowdale Drive, where there were reports of shots fired inside an apartment in the area, officials say. While investigating the shooting, officers found a man - later identified as Kevin Eugene Mack, 42 - exiting an apartment through a balcony. The Pennsylvania native was quickly apprehended and the woman was rushed to Frederick Health Hospital, where she…

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Schools
Teen To Be Tried As An Adult After Pulling Knife On First Day Of School In Maryland (UPDATED) Teen To Be Tried As An Adult After Pulling Knife On First Day Of School In Maryland (UPDATED)
Teen To Be Tried As An Adult After Pulling Knife On First Day Of School In Maryland (Updated) A violent incident on the first day of school inside a Frederick County high school landed a teenager behind bars after he brandished a knife during an incident on Wednesday. Shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Resource Officers assigned to the Governor Thomas Johnson High School were forced to display Taser-like devices on multiple occasions to help de-escalate a scary situation that played out inside the building. Two groups of students got into a fight in a hallway in between periods, prompting the School Resource Officers to jump into action to break up the "large disturbance."&n…

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Woman Rescued From Burning Van By State Police, Good Samaritans On I-70 In MD Woman Rescued From Burning Van By State Police, Good Samaritans On I-70 In MD
Woman Rescued From Burning Van By State Police, Good Samaritans On I-70 In MD Some fast-acting Maryland State Police troopers may have saved the life of a woman who found herself in a perilous position on Wednesday. Shortly after noon on Wednesday, Aug. 23, Sgt. Brian Blubaugh was working in Frederick County when there was a report of a single-vehicle crash in the westbound lanes of I-70, officials said. A Ford van was being driven by a 69-year-old woman from Pennsylvania when she lost control, went off the road, crashed into an embankment, and went up in flames. Blubaugh, along with the help of several Good Samaritans, were able to extract the woman, saving her lif…

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Schools
Sheriff Called To Maryland HS On First Day Of School For 'Large Disturbance' Sheriff Called To Maryland HS On First Day Of School For 'Large Disturbance'
Sheriff Called To Maryland HS On First Day Of School For 'Large Disturbance' The school year is off to a shaky start in Frederick County. There was a heavy police presence at Governor Thomas Johnson High School following "a large disturbance" that prompted the Frederick County Sheriff's Office to respond. The incident was reported at approximately 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning. One minor was taken into custody and the school has since returned to normal operations; however, there will be an increased police presence throughout the rest of the school day, according to the sheriff's office. More information is expected to be released on Wednesday. Check Daily V…

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