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Frederick, MD
Police & Fire
Starving, Malnourished Canines Found Abandoned Among Dead Dogs In Frederick County: Sheriff
Investigators in Frederick County walked into a veritable dog graveyard over the weekend when they were called by neighbors to a Walkersville home for reports of dead and abused animals on the property. Deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Division of Animal Control responded to a call in the 8300 block of Water Street Road on Saturday, Feb. 11, where there were reports of malnourished and possibly dead dogs at the residence. According to a spokesperson from the sheriff’s office, while searching the property, investigators found a fenced-in kennel with two …
Frederick, MD
News
Skype Tip Leads To Child Porn Charges For Frederick County Man: DOJ
A tip from an online video platform to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about child porn led police to bust a Frederick County man who targeted minors for the better part of a decade, federal authorities announced. Walkersville resident Paul Francis Blaisse, 63, is facing a 13-count indictment in Maryland charging him for his role in distributing and receiving images and video depicting the sexual abuse of children, including some pre-pubescent victims. According to court documents, between 2013 and 2019, Blaisse used Internet chat applications to engage in sex…
Frederick, MD
Police & Fire
Man On Meth Drives To Frederick County Sheriff's Office With Weapons: Officials
New Market native Dustin Matthew May gave members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office a scare after allegedly threatening to kill himself and harm others before driving to the agency’s headquarters, authorities said. At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, deputies at the sheriff’s office received a call for service of a suspect, later identified as 31-year-old May, who was making threats, allegedly while under the influence of methamphetamine. According to a spokesperson with the sheriff’s office, they were advised that May had a loaded handgun in his possession at the time he …
Frederick, MD
Police & Fire
Truck Thief Goes On Wild Joyride In Frederick County Before Being Busted, Sheriff Says
A woman who went on a joyride in a vehicle stolen from a Frederick County gas station didn’t get far and was quickly apprehended after causing mayhem on and off the road, officials said. Gabriella Christina Smoot, age 23, of Essex, is accused by Frederick County Sheriff’s investigators of stealing a GMC Sierra that was left unoccupied and running in the parking lot of the Valero gas station on South Seton Avenue in Emmitsburg. The call for the stolen pick-up truck was made at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, when the owner advised that he left the vehicle running while he went in…
Frederick, MD
Police & Fire
Crime Spree Lands Repeat Offender Back In Custody: Frederick Sheriff
A repeat offender with a checkered criminal history in Frederick County is back in custody after being released from custody multiple times following a crime spree that began in December last year. Frederick resident Heather Ann Kennedy, 32, is facing multiple charges for vehicle theft and drug offenses after being picked up by members of the sheriff’s office for the fifth time since Dec. 7, 2022, officials annoucned. On that day, deputies from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office were called to Capital Auto Sales on Urbana Pike, to investigate reports of the unauthorized use of a motor ve…
Frederick, MD
Police & Fire
Two Annapolis Men Busted For Drugs In MD Following Foot Pursuit With Deputies: Sheriff
Two Maryland men are facing charges after being busted with heroin, meth, and crack following a foot chase with officers in Frederick County, according to authorities. The long day for the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office began at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. Deputies attempted to locate an Acura sedan on Saturday afternoon after it was spotted near Route 144 and Yeagertown Road in New Market after the driver fled from a traffic stop the previous day. Additional resources were called in to locate the suspects, who were tracked down walking on Eaglehead Drive, officials sa…
Frederick, MD
Schools
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…
Frederick, MD
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…
Frederick, MD
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…
Frederick, MD
News
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…
Frederick, MD
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…
Frederick, MD
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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