Crime Glade Valley Government 

State Police Provide Free Steering Wheel Locks For Hyundai And Kia Owners This Weekend

Maryland State Police in partnership with the Vehicle Theft Prevention Council are providing free steering wheel locks to Hyundai and Kia owners in Maryland this coming weekend.  If you are a Maryland resident and own a Hyundai or a Kia that uses a physical key to start, bring your license and registration to the lobby of one of 14 Maryland State Police Barracks and receive one FREE steering wheel lock. Steering wheel locks will be available for pickup at each of the barracks listed below from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00…

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Crime Glade Valley 

Maryland State Police Arrest Frederick County Man For Online Sexual Solicitation Of A Minor

Maryland State Police, assisted by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, arrested a Frederick County man yesterday on charges related to the online sexual solicitation of a minor. The accused is identified as Michael Vance Culpepper, 55, of Walkersville, Maryland. Culpepper is charged with one count of sexual solicitation of a minor. He was transported to the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack for processing. According to a preliminary investigation, on April 13, 2023, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was conducting an undercover online investigation on a social…

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Crime 

Maryland State Police Investigate Alleged Attempted Kidnapping In Brunswick

Maryland State Police are investigating an attempted kidnapping that allegedly occurred early this evening in Frederick County. The victim is a 16-year-old girl. She was uninjured in the incident. The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 50 years old with a pale complexion and a possible speech impediment. He is 5’7”- 5’9” with a medium to heavy frame. He is bald with brown eyes, a mustache and a mole on the right side of his face. He was driving a small black vehicle, possibly a minivan, at the…

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Crime Glade Valley 

Armed Robbery at Walkersville Safeway

Maryland State Police are investigating an armed robbery, which occurred this morning in Frederick County. Shortly after 8:05 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Frederick Barrack responded to a report of an armed robbery at the Safeway grocery store, located in the 100 block of Walkers Village Way in Walkersville, Maryland. According to a preliminary investigation, the robber entered the store, went through a check-out aisle and implied he had a knife to the cashier before he took the money from the register and fled. No one was physically…

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Crime Glade Valley 

Woodsboro Stabbing & Theft Suspect Arrested

Detectives with the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) arrested Stephen Zimmerman, age 25, from Frederick, for charges of second degree assault, reckless endangerment, theft between $100 and $1,500, and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. On Sunday, Nov. 22, at approximately 9:30 p.m., FCSO deputies responded to Evelyn Drive in Woodsboro, Maryland, in reference to a stabbing and stolen vehicle report. Emergency Medical Services transported the victim to Frederick Health Hospital (FHH) with multiple non-life threatening stab wounds. When questioned by deputies, the victim reported that Zimmerman had stabbed him,…

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