Weekend heat and storms forecast across multiple regions
Accu-Weather calls for mostly sunny hot days with thunderstorms possible in the Mississippi River Valley Florida North Carolina Maine Great Lakes and the Sierras. Maryland western counties forecast hot humid with highs around mid 90s and northwest winds. Maryland mountains expect upper 80s and muggy nights. Extended outlook shows hot days and warm humid nights through Tuesday with a slight chance of late day showers or storms.
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Mississippi River Valley
Florida
North Carolina
Maine
Great Lakes
Sierras
Maryland
Carroll
Frederick
Howard
Montgomery
Washington Counties
Panhandle
Thurmont man jailed for young-person mistreatment
A Thurmont man convicted by a jury of sexually mistreating his daughter received 18 months in jail after a judge merged charges and noted alcohol blackouts erased memory and remorse. The sentence includes five years supervised probation and required sex offender and alcohol counseling.
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Thurmont
G. Edward Dwyer Jr
Stephen Meyers
Dwyer
Ache N. Newman
Landover
Newman
Mary
Two Frederick Men Hospitalized After Two Car Crash
Two Frederick men were sent to Frederick Memorial Hospital after a Thursday afternoon collision at East and East Fourth streets. Dewey A. Harmon, 41, of West Patrick Street, suffered a wrist injury in a 1988 Ford truck crash. Judge Byron W. Thompson, 75, of Meadowdale Lane, sustained lacerations and rib injuries in the crash. Harmon reportedly ran a red light, striking Thompson’s 1990 Pontiac. Charges are pending. investigation by St. Kurt R. Manwiller.
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Frederick
Richard J. Ashton
Frederick City
Dewey A. Harmon
West Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
East
East Fourth Streets
Byron W. Thompson
Meadowdale Lane
FMH
Ashton
Harmon
Frederick Brick Works
East Street
Car phones aid drunken driving crackdown in Frederick County
Cellular One of Frederick launches a DD service letting car phone users report drunken drivers directly to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office. Calls cost nothing to users or the county as Cellular One bears the tab. Sheriff Harbaugh says the system boosts arrests and notes new video evidence is used in prosecutions.
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Frederick County
Mr. Ietmann
Cellular One
Carl Harbaugh
Harbaugh
Sheriff's Office
Fire log highlights last 24 hours of calls
Fire log reports calls across several towns including Walkersville Emmitsburg Hyattstown Urbana Lewistown and Independents. Incidents include an investigation at 714 Wildwood Court a building fire at 5503 Lamar Lane brush fires at 1710 Bethel Road and 7516 Dance Hall Road and 25 ambulance emergencies with one routine call.
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Wildwood Court
Walkersville
Lamar Lane
Sfire
Emmitsburg
Lewisdale Road
Hyattstown
Urbana
Bethel Road
Independents
Lewistown
Dance Hail Road
Hagerstown drug ring broken up
Federal and local authorities cracked a cocaine distribution network shipping roughly 1.2 million dollars in annual wholesale value from California to Hagerstown. The operation used overnight air services with 2 to 4 ounce parcels and cash paybacks of seven to eight thousand dollars. Suspect Michael David Vitti 43 of Healdsburg California was arrested on federal conspiracy and distribution charges. Five Hagerstown residents were arrested in coordinated raids on June 29 on drug distribution charges including Patrick Porter Herbert.
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Hagerstown
California
Federal Express
United Parcel Service
Rich Moyer
Washington County
Michael David Vitti
Healdsburg
Calif
Vitti
Patrick Porter Herbert
Baltimore Lottery Draw and Suspected Cocaine Ring
Winning numbers for Daily and Pick 4 are listed for Thursday July 18. The report notes several arrests pending and details a case in which Mr. Vitti allegedly supplied four kilograms of cocaine monthly to Hagerstown dealers, with street value about four times wholesale.
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Baltimore
Vitti
Hagerstown
Moyer
Five arrested on drug charges in Frederick incidents
Frederick deputies arrested two men on Ice Street near the Maryland School for the Deaf and South Frederick Elementary after tips. James M. Favors and Jerome M. Grayton face crack cocaine possession and conspiracy charges, with a school zone aggravator. Seized were 14 grams of crack valued at 1500, cash, and a 1981 Dodge Colt. A separate Frederic City Police action at Sixth and Beni Streets netted three more, including John E. Higgins, Patricia Bowman, and Alan Montgomery, on crack possession and distribution counts after an apparent drug buy. All suspects held at the Frederick County Detention Center awaiting bond.
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Frederick
Frederick County Sheriff's Office
Ice
Maryland School For the Deaf
South Frederick
James M. Favors
Washington
D.C
Jerome M. Grayton
Landover
Frederick County
John E. Higgins
Patricia A. Bowman
Alan A. Montgomery
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Frederick, Md
George B. Delapleine Jr
Myron W. Randall
Marlene B. Young Secretary
George E. Randall
Edward M. Gaydes
Edward F. Mull
Ervin H. Hagy
Philip W. Hammond
Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company
E. Patrick Street
P.O
Montgomery County
Maryland Ave
Rockville
News Matters
National Weather
Jnen
Cumberland
Oakland
Westminster
Coer
Stepler
Samu Malloy
New York
Dwyers
Richard Dorsey
Sagner Court
Dorsey
Dorse
Kurt R. Manwiller
Lottery
Alan Gregory Downs
Janice Everetts
Diana Lynn Byrd
van Lee Spickler
Mr. Moyer
Adam, Chippendale
Sheraton
Wlephone
Joyce Copeland
Richard Kerns
News-Post
Frederic City
Sixth
Beni
Higgin
Ms. Bowman
Polici
Mr. Montgomery
America
Plymouth
Parmou
Buckeystown Pike
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