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Road Rage Incident Investigation Continues in Jefferson, Maryland

ROAD RAGE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN JEFFERSON, MARYLAND

Maryland State Police have identified the two individuals involved in a recent incident of extreme road rage in Jefferson, Maryland. Those involved were found to be a 26-year-old West Virginia corrections employee, and a 52-year-old from Sharpsburg. According to Maryland State Troopers, the incident occurred along Route 340 in Frederick County, Maryland. At approximately 4:30 […]

To Avoid Third DUI Arrest, Driver Fakes Seizure Police Say

TO AVOID THIRD DUI ARREST, DRIVER FAKES SEIZURE POLICE SAY

According to Montgomery County Maryland police, a female driver fell to the floor and began convulsing after being taken to the Sixth District Station in Gaithersburg for processing. She was later loaded into an ambulance in what seemed to be an unconscious state, but officers stated that the seizure was simply a hoax used to […]

Note to Self: A Cigarette and Supermarket Club Card are Not Valid Forms of ID

A CIGARETTE AND SUPERMARKET CLUB CARD ARE NOT VALID FORMS OF ID

In the early morning hours on February 5th a bar patron at Bea McNalley’s in Hackettstown, NJ stopped police officers on patrol after noticing an injured man sitting in a parked car. When the officers arrived on the scene, they found a man slumped over in his vehicle with scratches on his mouth and eyes. […]

Prince George’s County Council Member Faces DUI Charges

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER FACES DUI CHARGES

A five-year veteran of the Prince George’s County Council has been charged with DUI after a late night incident on November 21st involving a county vehicle. The man was arrested and charged with DUI after crashing a 2008 Ford Explorer that was registered to Prince George’s County into another car at around 11:30 pm on […]

New Report Ranks Maryland One of Toughest DUI Penalty States

NEW REPORT RANKS MARYLAND ONE OF TOUGHEST DUI PENALTY STATES

A new report released just last week has ranked Maryland among the states with the strongest laws against drunk driving. This report comes less than two months after Noah’s Law went into effect in Maryland and at the beginning of the holiday season, where shopping traffic creates more congestion on highways and in both downtown […]

On-Duty Police Officer Charged with DUI

ON-DUTY POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH DUI

A Washington DC police officer has been arrested and charged with DUI as of Sunday morning, October 23, 2016. The officer was on-duty when the incident happened and he has been charged accordingly. According to reports, the policeman was investigating a citizen complaint at approximately 2:20 a.m. on the morning of the 23rd in the […]

Crisfield High School Teacher Arrested on Drug Charges

CRISFIELD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES

A Crisfield High School teacher has been arrested on drug charges and a trial date has been set after the teacher was found in possession of a schedule two narcotic with no prescription. Last Friday morning shortly after 10:00 am, police responded to a report that a Crisfield High School teacher had drugs. School administrators […]

Snaptheft: Social Media App Snapchat Leads to Car Theft Arrest

SNAPTHEFT: SOCIAL MEDIA APP SNAPCHAT LEADS TO CAR THEFT ARREST

Earlier this summer the Ocean City Police Department showed just how valuable social media can be in finding and arresting a car thief. Social media platforms from Facebook to SnapChat have proven valuable over the past few years to police in making arrests and on July 16th SnapChat helped the OCPD when a 1994 Jeep […]

I-95 Car Crash Leaves One Dead, Two Hospitalized and Two Charged with DUI

TWO HOSPITALIZED AND TWO CHARGED WITH DUI

I-95 had a very eventful weekend with new PennDOT checkpoint in the Philadelphia area to enforce a ban on trucks weighing more than 5 tons causing a massive traffic jam. Further down the pike in the Washington, DC area the I-95 story was grimmer.  A three-car collision on northbound Interstate 95 led to the death […]

Five Years Later: The Tide-For-Drugs Phenomenon

FIVE YEARS LATER THE TIDE-FOR-DRUGS PHENOMENON

In 2011, the squeaky-clean image of Tide detergent may have been somewhat tarnished in the eyes of some Americans. That was the year the “Tide-for-drugs” phenomenon hit the media. As New York Magazine recounted in a 2013 article, local law enforcement officials all over the country began to get reports of strange shoplifting episodes. People were stealing dozens […]