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Threat Of School Shooting At Frederick County HS Air Dropped To Students' Phones, Sheriff Says
Members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office were called to an area high school to investigate reports of a threat of a potential shooting in the building. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, the threat of a school shooting was air-dropped into the phones of three students in one classroom at Walkersville High School, according to the sheriff’s office. In response, school officials say that two classrooms were placed into a “hold status,” which involves all students and staff to remain in place while the threat was investigated. Sheriff’s deputies and Frederick County Publi…
Schools
Student Sucker Punches School Staffer During Cafeteria Skirmish In Frederick, Sheriff Says
A staff member at a Frederick County high school was struck by a student during a cafeteria fight that broke out as tempers simmered from a previous altercation, police say. Members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office were called to the Governor Thomas Johnson High School in the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 10, when several students recently involved in a verbal conflict escalated matters and a brawl broke out. Deputies from the sheriff’s office and the School Resource Officer assigned to the high school were called to the cafeteria to intervene, though a third student assaulted a schoo…
Police & Fire
US Marine Home On Leave In Maryland Busted For Child Porn Possession, Sheriff Says
An active-duty member of the United States Marine Corps training in North Carolina was arrested while on leave in Maryland for a host of child pornography charges, authorities announced. Quinn Koch, 18, of Frederick, was arrested without incident at approximately 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27 in the 200 block of Meadowdale Lane in his hometown by members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office, following an investigation into the distribution and possession of child pornography. The arrest came after the sheriff received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited…
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Maryland AG Releases Body-Cam Footage From Fatal Police-Involved Shooting (
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The Maryland Attorney General's Office has released body-worn camera footage from a fatal police-involved shooting last month that took the life of a knife-wielding 23-year-old in Frederick County. On Monday, Dec. 19, the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Offie of the Attorney General released the footage of the officer-involved shooting that wound up with Frederick resident Aaron Mensah with fatal wounds. Mensah was shot and killed on Tuesday, Nov. 29 after allegedly fatally stabbing his father and sending his mother to the hospital with stab wounds. Video of his encounter…
Schools
Faux Photoshopped Pictures Of Gun Inside Maryland High School Debunked, Sheriff Says
School Resource Officers at a Maryland high school had their hands full on Monday morning as they investigated photos circulating of a handgun inside the building. At approximately 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, the Urbana High School Frederick County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer was contacted by an administrator in reference to photographs depicting a gun inside the school, according to officials. Additional officers were called to the building, and the student was ultimately identified and pulled from the cafeteria by investigators and school administrators. No firearm was locate…
Police & Fire
Shots Fired: Maryland Man In Custody After Shooting At Woman, Driver Fleeing Assault: Sheriff
A strange scene played out in Frederick County on Wednesday afternoon that ended with one man in police custody after allegedly assaulting a woman and firing a gun at a delivery driver escorting her to safety, police say. Walkersville resident David Blank, 60, is facing multiple assault and other charges for an alleged incident involving several people that happened in broad daylight on Wednesday, Dec. 14, according to a Frederick County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson. The incident began at approximately 3:10 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, when deputies responded to the 10500 block of Daysvil…
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Alert Issued For Pittsburgh Penguin Fan Reported Missing In Maryland
Seen him? Concerns are mounting for friends and family members of 34-year-old Joseph Ringis, who was reported missing out of Frederick County. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert for Ringis, who was described as being 5-foot-11 and weighing approximately 260 pounds with blue eyes and a bald head. He was last seen at approximately 7 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, according to the sheriff’s office, wearing a black and yellow Pittsburgh Penguins jersey and black pants. Investigators noted that he wears prescription glasses and could be driving a dark-blue 2017 Subaru Impreza wit…
Lifestyle
No Horsin' Around: Police In Virginia Help Family Rescue 1,800-Pound Horse From Swimming Pool
Police in Virginia came to the rescue of a massive horse that found itself in a precarious position when it went for a swim in a nearby pool. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia was called to a residence on Green Springs Road regarding an 1,800-pound Draft horse that had fallen into a swimming pool after accidentally plowing through a fence. Police say that responding deputies determined that the horse knocked over the top rail of the fence surrounding the pool, jumped the fence, and walked out onto the nylon pool cover, causing it to fall into the frigid water, though its hea…
Police & Fire
Police ID Decomposed Body Found Behind Maryland Grocery Store
Authorities have identified the decomposing body who was found behind a Maryland supermarket in mid-November, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced. Michael Kim Mancini, 21, was found shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14 when members of the sheriff’s office responded to the 800 block of East Main Street in Middletown, where there were reports of a dead body behind the Safeway location. Frederick County Sheriff's Office detectives were able to identify Mancini through dental records, officials said. Further investigation determined his last known address was in Prince Georg…
Police & Fire
AG IDs Victim, Deputies Involved In Fatal Police Shooting After Double Stabbing In Maryland
Authorities have identified the Frederick County Sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed a 23-year-old man who fatally stabbed his father and hospitalized his mother earlier this week. The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of Maryland’s Office of the Attorney General has identified the shooting victim as Frederick resident Aaron Mensah, who was shot and killed by deputies after making a sudden move toward them early on Tuesday, Nov. 29. According to the IID, the deputies involved have been identified as: Deputy First Class Casey Boetcher, who has been with the agency for two-and-…
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Maryland Teens Take Deputies On Wild Ride In Stolen Vehicle Before Bailing, Sheriff Says
Not even stop sticks could slow down a pair of teenagers in Maryland who took police on a high-speed pursuit through Frederick County before ultimately being apprehended by investigators, officials say. Luis Eduardo Jimenez and Octavia Natasha Seeney, both 19, are facing a host of charges following an early morning incident that saw them attempting to flee across the county. The incident began shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, when the Frederick County Emergency Communications Center dispatched Frederick County Sheriff’s Office deputies to attempt to locate a reported stolen ve…
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Decomposed Body Found Behind Maryland Grocery Store Under Investigation (
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Authorities say that they are actively working to identify a decomposing body and have multiple leads after it was found behind a supermarket in Maryland. Shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14, deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office responded to the 800 block of East Main Street in Middletown, where there were reports of a dead body behind Safeway. Upon arrival, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said that they found the body decomposing behind the building alongside a 9mm handgun and backpack. Detectives say that they are actively working to identify the body “and…
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