Douglas Ford Bey, II of Walkersville, will serve 390 years behind bars for the sex abuse of a child. The thirty-two year old was sentenced Tuesday morning. In September, a jury found Bey guilty of seventeen charges related to the sex abuse of a child.
Read MoreThursday morning turned out to be a very busy morning in Walkersville. An accident on Maryland 194 at East Frederick Street caused a disruption to traffic. Not long after that and just as elementary school students were making their way to bus stops and walking to school this morning, police converged upon Walkersville from all directions. Police cruisers and unmarked cars ripped down Pennsylvania Avenue just as the children along the street were about to cross the street to their bus stop. Overhead, Maryland State Police searched the area with…
Read MoreTROOPERS SEEK PUBLIC’S HELP IN WALKERSVILLE SHOOTING Maryland State Police investigators continue seeking help from citizens who may have information about the shooting of a Frederick man found injured in his car. Gerald Campbell, 42, of Frederick, Md., was found shot at about 9:30 p.m. on January 22, 2015. Campbell was found in a silver Hyundai Tiburon, parked behind a retail store in the 8000-block of Woodsboro Pike in Walkersville, minutes after troopers had been dispatched there in response to a report of shots fired. A $2,000 cash reward…
Read MoreMaryland State Police seek the help of the public to identify a suspect in a string of thefts that occured last week. During the week of March 16, 2015, employees of Safeway in the Walker’s Village Center experienced theft from their vehicles. In the two reported cases, the suspect, a woman shown in the pictures below, stole keys from the employees coats or purses and accessed their vehicles. She stole wallets and attempted to use credit cards for purchases in the shopping center and online. The Town of Walkersville posted…
Read MoreThe criminals responsible for the vehicle break-ins have been apprehended. The two individuals knew their pictures were all over Facebook. According to one of the victims, “I received a call from the investigating officer and the movie stars have been caught! They new they were on FB and admitted to everything.” The culprits are minors. So, their identities have not been released.
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