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Showing posts with label MD muni Frederick City crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MD muni Frederick City crime. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

City of Frederick Maryland Graffiti Ordinance Reminder

Graffiti Ordinance Reminder

Over the Fourth of July holiday, the Frederick Police Department received a number of complaints regarding "spray chalk" graffiti advertising a local beer festival. This graffiti was placed on sidewalks all over the downtown area. 
The recent heavy rains were not successful in washing the graffiti away, and DPW work crews are removing it. FPD is in contact with DPW in order to account for the costs of removal by the city and will request reimbursement from the responsible party.
FPD would like to take this opportunity to refer citizens and business owners to Frederick City Code 15-43, excerpted as follows:
"Graffiti Defined. As referred to herein, "graffiti" shall mean writings, drawings, inscriptions, figures or marks of paint, ink, chalk, dye or other similar substances on public or private buildings, structures, property or places which are not authorized or permitted under the city's codes and ordinances regulating signs. For the purposes of this section, graffiti shall include any form of drawings, writings, markings or inscriptions regardless of the content or the nature of materials used in the commission of the act, except as specifically exempted, as set forth herein.
Penalty—Perpetrator. Violation of subsection (c) of this section shall be declared to be a municipal infraction. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for a first offense, and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a second and any subsequent offenses. Where a minor is found to have violated this section, the payment of any fine and court costs imposed by this section shall be the responsibility of such minor's parents or legal guardian.
Exemption. This section shall not be construed to prohibit temporary, easily removable chalk or other water soluble markings on public or private sidewalks, streets or other paved surfaces which are used in connection with traditional children's activities, such as drawing or bases for stickball, kickball, handball, hopscotch and the like, nor temporary, easily removable chalk or water soluble markings used in connection with any lawful business or public purpose, any approved public art project, or activity not otherwise prohibited by city code or ordinance."
Some business owners in the downtown area have occasionally applied sidewalk chalk immediately in front of their businesses to promote an event or daily special. These businesses are encouraged to request permission from the city before applying chalk to the city's sidewalks to ensure compliance with the ordinance.
The Frederick Police Department can and will continue to make arrests for malicious destruction of property under Maryland criminal law. In the present instance, while it is not believed there was any criminal intent, these unauthorized and prolific advertisements were a violation of city ordinance. 
To view the ordinance in its entirety, please refer to http://library.municode.com/index.aspx?clientId=16359.

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Frederick Police arrest attempted robbery suspect in Carroll Creek park

Frederick Police arrest attempted robbery suspect in Carroll Creek park

Police News

Posted on: February 4, 2012

Attempted Armed Robbery Arrest


At 2:24 AM today, FPD received a 911 call for an attempted armed robbery which had just occurred on Carroll Creek linear park near Wells Fargo bank. 

Responding officers were able to quickly establish a perimeter and detained three subjects running from the scene. 

After contact with the victim and two witnesses, all three were able to separately identify Tyler Lee Shields (01/17/1991) as the person who threatened the victim by saying he had a gun and demanding cigarettes, which the victim did not have.

Shields was arrested and taken to Central Booking, where he was charged with Attempted Armed Robbery, Attempted Robbery and Disorderly Conduct.
Arrestee:
Tyler Lee Shields 01/17/1991
11000 block Meeting House Rd
Myersville MD 21773
Arresting officer: CPL Corbett #384
Officer preparing release: CPL Corbett #384

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Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Police investigating murders in Westminster and Frederick


Police investigating murders in Westminster and Frederick

Monday, October 4 2010

Area police were kept busy investigating two murders over the weekend.

By Kevin Dayhoff

In Frederick, the city police department responded to a report of shots fired in the area of the 200 block of Madison St. Sunday morning at 3:23 a.m.

Once they arrived on the scene, officers found a William Joseph Goines Jr., 31, of Frederick, suffering from what appeared to be a single gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to a police report.

The victim was transported Frederick Memorial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

No suspects have been charged in the killing as of Monday morning.  The Frederick Police Department's Patrol Division and Criminal Investigation Division are continuing its investigation.

In Westminster, city police responded to a 911 call from an apartment building at the corner of Main Street and Railroad Avenue in the center of town.

According to Maryland State Police spokesperson Greg Shipley, Westminster Police Department Chief Jeff Spaulding requested the investigation be conducted by the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit.  Westminster Police officers and detectives are assisting with the investigation, as are investigators from the State Police Westminster Barrack Criminal Investigation Section.

When officers arrived, city police found the victim’s shirt and pants had what appeared to be blood on them.  Emergency response medics pronounced the victim dead at the scene, Shipley said in a police report.

The victim was identified as Steven R. Hobson, 40, of Main Street, Westminster, Md.  Hobson’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.

The preliminary investigation indicates the victim had been stabbed, say police. 

Police investigators spent the weekend interviewing residents in the 13 other apartments in the building and following up on leads.  They are also reviewing evidence obtained during processing of the scene by Maryland State Police crime scene technicians.

Police believe Hobson was unemployed and lived alone in the apartment.  A motive for the murder remains unclear. 

As of Monday morning, no one has been charged at this time. 

Anyone with information about this crime are urged to contact Maryland State Police at 410-386-3000 or Westminster Police at 410-848-4646.

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Dayhoff Investigative Voice: Tire slasher targets 31 white or light-colored vehicles in Frederick overnight

NEWS FLASH Tire slasher targets 31 white or light-colored vehicles in Frederick overnight

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By Kevin Dayhoff
Frederick city police are shaking their heads this morning after residents woke up to discover 31 vehicles with their tires slashed.
Adding an element of mystery to the crime is that nearly all of the vehicles targeted by the somnolent slasher were either white of a very "light" color, according to a report issued by the Frederick Police Department early Sunday.

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