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Posted on: May 17, 2013

“Freecycle” Roundup Day Pilot Program

CONTACT: Susan S. Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, May 17, 2013


“Freecycle” Roundup Day Pilot Program


Frederick, MD -- Do you have old appliances, furniture,... Read on...

Posted on: May 23, 2013

Mayor Issues Statement of Support to the City of Moore, Oklahoma

CONTACT: Susan S. Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, 22, 2013


Mayor Randy McClement Issues Statement of Support to the City of Moore, Oklahoma

Frederick, MD -- On... Read on...

Posted on: May 20, 2013

City Fire Hydrant Flushing Procedures & Dates

CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 20, 2013


City Fire Hydrant Flushing Procedures
May... Read on...

Posted on: May 17, 2013

Historic Preservation Commission Presents Awards for Outstanding Preservation Efforts


CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, May 17, 2013


Historic Preservation Commission Presents Awards for Outstanding Preservation Efforts


Frederick, MD ... Read on...

Posted on: May 16, 2013

The City of Frederick Weekly Public Meeting Schedule

CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 16, 2013


The City of Frederick Weekly Public Meeting Schedule... Read on...

Posted on: May 15, 2013

Weinberg Center for the Arts Welcomes New Manager of Marketing

Contact: John Healey
301.600.2839 (Tel)
301.600.2837 (Fax)
jhealey@cityoffrederick.com


For Immediate Release

Weinberg Center for the Arts
Welcomes New Manager of Marketing

FREDERICK, MD - The Weinberg... Read on...

Additional Info...
Posted on: May 15, 2013

Flying Dog Movies Series at the Weinberg Center

Contact: Wendy Decker
301.600.2868 (Tel)
... Read on...

Additional Info...
Posted on: May 15, 2013

Lewis Black at the Weinberg Center for the Arts

Lewis Black
“The Rant Is Due”
WEINBERG CENTER FOR THE ARTS – FREDERICK, MD
Friday, November 15
On Sale Friday, May 17 at 10AM

Frederick, MD – Live Nation welcomes LEWIS BLACK to the Weinberg Center for the Arts on... Read on...

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Posted on: May 14, 2013

Grand Opening of Chief Kim C. Dine / Police Activities League Skate Park

CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Grand Opening of Chief Kim C. Dine / Police Activities League Skate Park

Thursday, June 6th 5... Read on...

Posted on: May 13, 2013

The City of Frederick Offices Will Be Closed On Memorial Day

CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 13, 2013


The City of Frederick Offices Will Be Closed On Memorial Day
Changes to Schedules of City Services... Read on...

Posted on: May 13, 2013

Summer Public Meeting Dates Announced

CONTACT: Susan S. Harding, Public Information Officer – 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 13, 2012


Summer Public Meeting Dates Announced

Frederick, Md. – The City of Frederick Mayor and Board of... Read on...

Posted on: May 7, 2013

Historic Preservation Commission Plans Open House for May 30th


CONTACT: Susan S. Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 6, 2013


Historic Preservation Commission Plans Open House
May 30, 2013


Frederick, MD – The City of... Read on...

Posted on: May 7, 2013

2013 Frederick Procurement Fair – Registration is Now Open


CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, May 7, 2013


2013 Frederick Procurement Fair – Registration is Now Open

Frederick, MD -- Attendee registration is... Read on...

Posted on: May 6, 2013

Scoop the Poop and Don’t Pollute!


CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, May 6, 2013


Scoop the Poop and Don’t Pollute!
The City of Frederick’s Green Initiative’s Team Launches a Pilot Pledge... Read on...

Posted on: May 3, 2013

2013 Summer Concert Series Schedule Announced

FROM: Jen Martin, Marketing Manager
Office of Special Events, 301-600-2844
RE: 2013 Summer Concert Series Schedule Announced
DATE: May 3, 2013

THE 2013 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES SET TO KICKOFF JUNE 9TH

Celebrate... Read on...

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Posted on: April 26, 2013

Motter Avenue Bridge Update

CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 26, 2013


Motter Avenue Bridge... Read on...

Newsletter
Posted on: April 26, 2013

The City of Frederick’s Local Cable Channel 99 More Accessible Now Than Ever!


CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 26, 2013

The City of Frederick’s Local Cable Channel 99 More Accessible Now... Read on...

Posted on: April 25, 2013

Baker Park Tennis Court Resurfacing Project –Construction Update


April 25, 2013 Contact: Kristi Winterstein,
Parks & Recreation Department – 301.600.1493


Parks & Recreation Advisory - Baker Park Tennis Court... Read on...

Posted on: April 25, 2013

Paving Project Begins Monday on Northbound US 15 between MD 26 and North of Angleberger Road


CONTACT: Susan Harding, Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 25, 2013


Paving Project Begins Monday on Northbound US 15 between MD 26 and North of Angleberger... Read on...

Posted on: April 18, 2013

Baker Park Tennis Court Resurfacing Project

April 18, 2013 Contact: Kristi Winterstein,
Parks & Recreation Department – 301.600.1493


Parks & Recreation Advisory - Baker Park Tennis... Read on...

Posted on: February 26, 2013

Traffic Advisory - Opossumtown Pike Lane Closures


February 27, 2013 Contact: Donnie Lawson, Traffic Engineering Tech
301-600-3885 / dlawson@cityoffrederick.com
... Read on...


Police News

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Posted on: May 24, 2013

Frederick Police arrest juvenile for breaking into vehicles

On 05/23/13 at approximately 11:00pm Frederick Police were called to the area of Greystone Dr. and Greystone Ct. in the Whittier neighborhood for a report of a subject breaking into cars. Upon arrival officers located a... Read on...

Posted on: May 22, 2013

Suspicious Situation


The Frederick Police Department and The Department of Fire and Rescue Services are repsonding to a suspicous incident at the Frederick County Department of Social Services Building (Schaefer Building) located at 100 East... Read on...

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Frederick Police Department Shots Fired Case_CR#13-31022_CID

On 5/18/2013, at approximately 0200 hours, Frederick Police officers responded to the area of All Saints St. and S. Court St. for the report of gunshots. Upon arrival, officers located several disorderly subjects in the... Read on...

Posted on: May 20, 2013

Traffic violation leads to criminal citations

On 05/19/13, at approximately 1340 hours OFC Meyer was working routine patrol in the area of Willowdale Drive and Schaeffer Drive. He observed a vehicle with a Maryland tag to the rear but no tag affixed to the front. A... Read on...

Posted on: May 19, 2013

Short pursuit ends in DUI/DWI Arrest

On 05/18/2013 at 11:28PM OFC McGregor of the Frederick Police Department attempted to pull over a vehicle for failing to stop at a red light in the area of East Patrick St. The vehicle failed to stop and a short vehicle... Read on...

Posted on: May 18, 2013

Frederick Police make arrest for burglary on E. 4th St, 13-31012

At approximately 0141 hours on 5/18/13, several officers responded to the laundromat in the first block of E 4th St for a reported burglary in progress. The caller advised that a subject was observed crawling through a... Read on...

Posted on: May 18, 2013

Frederick Police make arrest for burglary on East Sixth Street

On May 17th, 2013, at approximately 1751 hours, Frederick Police responded to the 100 block of East Sixth Street in reference to a reported burglary in progress. Upon arrival Officers set up a perimeter. The Officer... Read on...

Posted on: May 17, 2013

Frederick Police Dept's Drug Enforcement Unit makes prostitution arrest

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On 5-17-13, at approximately 8:40 pm, officers of the Frederick Police Dept's Drug Enforcement Unit were working undercover in the first block of Waverly Drive. While there a male identified as Amilcar Hernandez... Read on...

Posted on: May 17, 2013

Undercover Spice Buy Leads to Charge for Business Owner

On 5-17-13 at about 7:40 PM, an undercover officer from the Frederick Police Department's Drug Enforcement Unit, in response to an anonymous complaint to the drug tip hotline, purchased a synthetic cannabinoid (AKA Spice,... Read on...

Posted on: May 17, 2013

Frederick Police make drug arrest


On 05/16/13 at approximately 5:15am Frederick Police officers were called to the area of the Motel 6, 999 W. Patrick St. for a report of 2 subjects trespassing and refusing to leave. Upon arrival officers located the... Read on...

Posted on: May 16, 2013

Guilty Finding on Assault Arrest

UPDATE:

Martin Holt, a 14 year veteran of the police department, was found guilty of assault today in a District Court trial. Mr Holt was sentenced to 1 year of unsupervised probation. He remains suspended from his... Read on...

Posted on: May 16, 2013

Directed Patrol Unit arrests subjects in Mullinix Park

On 05/16/2013 at approximately 0851 hours, Off. Daniel Sullivan and OFC. Sean Carpenter with the Direct Patrol Unit were conducting an operation in Mullinix Park. OFC. Sullivan was observing several subjects in the park... Read on...

Posted on: May 15, 2013

Frederick Police on the scene of a vehicle accident

Frederick Police Department officers are the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving a Semi-trailer. The ramp of I-70 West @Monocacy Blvd. is closed until the accident scene is cleared. The driver was removed from the... Read on...

Posted on: May 11, 2013

driver arrested after fleeing from scene of crash, 13-29224

At approximately 0200 hours on 5/11/13, Sgt Stanley was travelling eastbound on W. South St when he observed a vehicle leaving the scene of a collision involving a parked vehicle. As the vehicle turned onto S. Market St,... Read on...

Posted on: May 11, 2013

Short Pursuit ends in DUI/DWI Arrest 13-029195

On 05-11-13, at approximately 0056 hours, Officers of the Frederick Police Dept Patrol Division initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for failing to stop at a stop sign.

After activating his emergency lights to stop the... Read on...

Posted on: May 11, 2013

Directed Patrol Unit arrests subject for Indecent Exposure

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On 05/11/2013 at approximately 0101 hours, OFC. TiAnna Keyser with the Direct Patrol Unit was dispatched to a municipal infraction in unit block of E. All Saints St. Upon her arrival, OFC. Keyser located the suspect who was... Read on...

Posted on: May 10, 2013

Frederick Police Department Investigating Suspicious Vehicle CR13-29006

On 05/10/2013 at approximately 9:06am OFC. K. Meyer of the Frederick Police Department responded to the Montessori School, located in the 200Blk of Dill Avenue, for a suspicious vehicle call. Upon arrival at the school, OFC.... Read on...

Posted on: May 10, 2013

Frederick Police capture driver following pursuit

On 05/10/13 at approximately 0215hrs. Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop in the area of Pearl St. The driver, identified as Bryan Patrick Davis of the 4200 Blk of Vine St. in Captitol Heights, did not pull... Read on...

Posted on: May 10, 2013

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Posted on: May 10, 2013

The Frederick Police Department make arrest for motor vehicle theft

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On the morning of 05/09/13 the Frederick Police Department's Patrol Division took a report of a stolen motorcycle. The motorcycle was stolen from the area of Heather Lane in Frederick MD. Through subsequent... Read on...

Posted on: May 10, 2013

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Posted on: May 10, 2013

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Posted on: May 10, 2013

Frederick Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit Serves Warrant

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On 5-9-13, members of the Frederick Police Department's Drug Enforcement Unit served a search and seizure warrant in the 10000 block of Gambrill Park Rd as an outcome of a drug distribution investigation that started in... Read on...

Posted on: May 6, 2013

Frederick Woman Charged with Robbery (CID)

Aalyaha Monique Carroll

On 05/03/2013 at approximately 549 pm Officers with the Frederick Police Department responded to a reported robbery that had just occurred in the area of the Hill Street Park. A male victim reported that he had been robbed... Read on...

Posted on: May 4, 2013

2013-027765-Two Charged in Commerical Burglary

On May 4, 2013 at 0820 hours, Frederick Police responded to the 400 block of Pine Avenue in reference to a reported commercial burglary which had occurred overnight (2013-027765). During the burglary a firearm was taken from... Read on...

Posted on: May 3, 2013

Man Charged In 2009 Sex Abuse Case (CID)

Jose Manuel Vasquez Hernandez

The Frederick Police Department received information in January 2013 regarding the sexual abuse of minors that had occurred in 2009 and 2010. The case was forwarded to the Criminal Investigation Division and Detective Holler... Read on...

Posted on: May 13, 2013

Update: Vehicle Accident Involving a Pedestrian Struck in the 300 Blk of North Market Street-CR#20

UPDATE:

On May 12, 2013 The Frederick Police Department was notified by Baltimore Shock Trauma of the death of Ricky Quan Shelton. Mr Shelton was the victim of a pedestrian collision on May 2, 2013 in the 300 Block of N.... Read on...

Posted on: May 2, 2013

Frederick Police Department Investigating Vehicular Accident Involving a Struck Pedestrian-CR# 2013-

On 05/02/2013 at approximately 12:31am, the Frederick Police Department responded to a single vehicle accident involving a struck pedestrian. Due to the injuries sustained by the pedestrian, the pedestrian was flown to the... Read on...

Posted on: May 2, 2013

Frederick Police charge three juveniles in tampering with motor vehicle incident

On the evening of May 1st at approximately 9:39 p.m. members of the Frederick Police Department's Street Crimes Unit were dispatched to the area of Cawley Drive in reference to a tampering with motor vehicle incident. ... Read on...

Posted on: May 2, 2013

FPD Drug Enforcement Unit Seizes Marijuana and Cash During Search Warrant

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On 5-1-13, An investigation which began approximately two months ago in Frederick culminated in a search warrant service in the 8400 block of Inspiration Avenue in Walkersville. There, DEU members seized 7 pounds 4.9 ounces... Read on...

Posted on: April 29, 2013

Frederick Police Dept's Drug Enforcement Unit makes arrest on Carroll Creek

On 04/29/2013, at approximately 4:53 PM, members of the Frederick Police Department's Drug Enforcement Unit were conducting surveillance in the area of Carroll Creek and North Market Street when they observed a suspicious... Read on...

Posted on: April 29, 2013

Frederick Police Dept's Drug Enforcement Unit makes arrest

On 04/29/2013, at approximately 7:10 PM, members of the Frederick Police Department's Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of East 5th Street. During the traffic stop a K9 conducted a sniff on... Read on...

Posted on: April 29, 2013

Frederick Man Charged in Knife Assault (CID)

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On 04/16/2013 at approximately 643pm Officers with the Frederick Police Department responded to the area of Maple Avenue and Bentz Street for a fight involving a knife. Officers located a female victim who had been cut with... Read on...

Posted on: April 28, 2013

Frederick Police Arrest Suspect for Armed Robbery/ 2013-026491

On 04-28-2013 at approximately 1700 hours patrol units responded to the Freestate gas station located at 1180 West Patrick Street for an armed robbery. Upon arrival the clerk inside the store stated that a subject entered... Read on...

Posted on: April 27, 2013

13-026184//Vehicles Damaged during overnight hours

During the morning hours on April 27th 2013 Officers responded to the area of West 14th Street and Rose Lane regarding several vehicles with broken windows. An investigation would determine up to four vehicles were damaged... Read on...

Posted on: April 27, 2013

Car Fire / Arrest

On 04/27/2013 at approximately 0309 hours, officers of the Frederick Police Department responded to a reported vehicle fire in the 300 block of Broadway St. The initial officer on the scene, found a vehicle just around the... Read on...

Posted on: April 27, 2013

Strong Armed Robbery

On 04/27/2013 at approximately 0212 hours, officers of the Frederick Police Department responded to the area of the 100 block of N. Court St. for a report of an altercation between 3 persons. Initial responding officers... Read on...

Posted on: April 26, 2013

Joint Police investigation leads to many arrests.

The Frederick Police Department is pleased to announce the results of a long term joint criminal investigation involving the Frederick Police Department Drug Enforcement Unit and Crime Analysis Team and the Maryland State... Read on...

Posted on: April 25, 2013

Police respond to suspicious package

On today’s date 3:33 pm The Frederick Police Department responded to the area of 170 Thomas Johnson Dr. for a suspicious letter believed to contain a white powder. Officers secured the area and Frederick County Fire and... Read on...

Posted on: April 24, 2013

UPDATE: Arrest made in stabbing investigation (Photo Attached)

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On 04/24/2013 at approximately 240pm the Frederick Police Department responded to a reported stabbing which just occurred in the unit block of Waverly Drive Frederick MD.

Upon arrival on scene Officers located a male... Read on...

Posted on: April 24, 2013

Reward Offered in Lamont Ellis Murder

Lamont Ellis

The family and friends of Lamont Ellis are offering a $2000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person, or persons, responsible for his murder.

On September 30, 2012, Lamont was murdered... Read on...

Posted on: April 24, 2013

Reward Offered in Lamont Ellis Murder

Lamont Ellis

The family and friends of Lamont Ellis are offering a $2000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person, or persons, responsible for his murder.

On September 30, 2012, Lamont was murdered... Read on...