Fire Log Highlights Alarm And Fire Response Across Several Areas
Fire alarms reported over the last 24 hours include automatic alarms at CITY 550 HIGHLAND ST not city, 12:04 a.m., UNITEDs and JUNIORS responded. 2:10 p.m., FREDERICK BUSINESS PRODUCTS automatic alarm with UNITEDs JUNIORS and CITIZENS. 6:22 p.m., GOLDEN DIPT automatic alarm with responders. 8:19 a.m., MAIN ST house fire with NEW MARKET and mutual aid to CARROLL. 5:16 p.m., THURMONT area house fire with multiple agencies. Ambulance calls recorded as emergencies 26 and routines 2. Also lottery results from Maryland, D C and Pennsylvania.
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Highland ST
Airpax
Uniteds
Aviation Way
Frederick Business Products
Carroll ST
County
Main ST
Mount Airy
New Market
Carroll County
Park Lane
Thurmont
Thurmont Rescue
Woodsboro
Emmitsburg
Graceham
Rocky Ridge
Western Maryland Weather Outlook Tonight Through Monday
Weather forecast for Western Maryland and Maryland mountains calls for rain and potential light snow after midnight with lows around 32 to 30. New Year’s Day stays cloudy then partly sunny with highs near 30 to the upper 30s, winds NW 10 to 15 mph. Weekend temps rise to the 30s, with fair, cold conditions and a Monday mix of rain or snow.
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Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington
Westminster
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Oakland
Armed robber at large after Key Mall heist
A white male 25 to 30, 6 feet tall, 180 pounds, armed with a .25 pistol, robbed a delivery man at Francis Scott Key Mall at 11 a.m. and fled toward I 270. A manhunt with patrol cars, a helicopter and a police dog followed but the suspect remained at large as officers waited for canine backup.
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Francis Scott Key Mall
Sheriff's Department
Kirby Maybush
Baker Valley Road
Floridian arrested after unloaded handgun found in car
Craig L. Broas, 24, of Florida, was pulled over on I-270 near Urbana at 2:15 a.m. after speeding. Police found an unloaded .38 caliber handgun in the map pouch of the driver's door. He was charged under Maryland law with transporting a handgun and carrying a concealed deadly weapon and remained jailed in Frederick County with a $500 bond.
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Florida
Maryland
Urbana
Frederick County Detention Center
Walkersville Driver Charged After Hit and Run Report
Kemmel L. Burgess Jr., 19, of Walkersville faces charges of driving while intoxicated, false report, failing to stop, and other motor vehicle offenses after allegedly sideswiping Margie Holland and fleeing. Holland, 41, and a witness disputed his claim of being hit by a hit-and-run. The incident occurred on Daysville Road with a vehicle going off the road and striking an embankment. Trooper Shoemaker arrested Burgess following contradictions between the driver and witnesses.
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Walkersville
Kemmel L. Burgess, Jr
Mr. Burgess
Margie D. Holland
M. L. Shoemaker
Ms. Holland
Winter freeze swamps shelters as homelessness soars in Northeast
As the Northeast endures its first hard freeze, Boston reports full shelters with 2,567 beds used, 220 overflow at an armory, and 60 overflow at a hospital. New Hampshire sees record electric demand 1,319 megawatts, while Washington and New Haven report overflow and crowded facilities.
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New Hampshire
New England
Middle Atlantic
Boston
Ann Maguire
Emergency Shelter Commission
American Automobile Association
Dick Hoover
AAA
Metro
John Cavanagh
Hoboken
N.J
Geoffrey Curtiss
Washington, D.C
Community For Creative Non- Violence
Brian Anders
Washington
Kerosene heater blasts injure two in Montgomery garages
Two Montgomery County men were treated at Washington Hospital Center for burns from kerosene heater incidents in separate garages while working on cars. Roy Biecher of Germantown, 39, suffered serious second and third degree burns to his legs and left hand. Larry Lawrence of Olney, 44, had second degree burns to his right side, hands and upper arm. Both events occurred about two hours apart Tuesday night. one fire caused $41,500 damage to Lawrence’s home, while Biecher’s Germantown residence remained undamaged.
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Germantown
Montgomery County
Washington Hospital Center
Medstar
Roy Biecher
Bournebank Terrace
Larry Lawrence
Wagon Way
Olney
Fire Department
Mike Hall
Blecher
Lawrence
Hall
Gaithersburg arsonist sentenced to 23 years in jail
A Gaithersburg man, Lawrence Wayne Beach, pleaded guilty to a August 1985 restaurant arson in Washington Grove and was sentenced by Judge Stanley B. Frosh to 23 years. He received 15 years for arson plus five for arson of personal property and three for malicious destruction, with eight years for attempted escape and related counts, to be served concurrently. Beach faces parole eligibility after one quarter of the term. the fire caused about 270000 dollars in damage at 16905 Oakmont Avenue.
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Rockville
Gaithersburg
Washington Grove
Sth Judicial Circuit Court
Stanley B. Frosh
Lawrence Wayne Beach
Montgomery County
Beach
Frosh
Fish
Mr. Beach
Carvel Harding
Oakmont Avenue
Nrth Summit Avenue
Wilcoxon Construction Co
Parklawn Drive
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George B. Delaplaine Jr
Myron W. Randall
Marlene B. Young
George E. Rendall
Edward M. Gaydos
Edward F. Mull
Donnie Henderson
Ervin H. Hogg
Philip W. Hammond
William 4. Main Jr
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District of Columbia
D.C
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Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Texas
Virginia
Sgt. Maybush
Jeffrey N. Mitchell
Alexandria
Hess’s
Mr. Mitchell
Daysville Road
A. B. Appleby
Sumner Furniture Factory
the News-Post
Sumner
Mom & Family
Lorraine Rue
Ruth Swanton
Columbus House
New Haven
Conn
Prospect House
Bridgeport
New Horizons
Manchester
National Weather Service
Dallas
John Gardner
Union Gospel Mission
New York City
Port Authority
George Broadus
Everedy Square
East Street
By Sonia Boi
Montgomery County Bureau
Frederick Post
John F. Kennedy
Farmers and Mechanics Bank
Farmers and Merchants Bank
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