Libertytown News

Share + Jul 3, 2009 11:34 am US/Eastern FREDERICK, Md. Ever get that sinking feeling when you realize you've lost your cell phone? That's what happened to Carlos Williams -- after he allegedly robbed a bank.

Police have arrested a Maryland couple for two recent bank robberies in Frederick County after one of them left his cellphone and wallet at one of the banks.

When robbing a bank, it helps to not to leave behind anything to identify you. After a May 22 bank robbery at Sovereign Bank on Corporate Drive, authorities allege they found the wallet and cell phone of 28-year-old Carlos Ismael Williams on the bank counter.

Troopers and investigators from the Maryland State Police converge on the PNC Bank branch in Libertytown on Tuesday after an armed robbery at the bank.

Leg crushed by milling machine An Odenton man was injured when his right leg was run over by a milling machine on the eastbound U.S. 340 ramp to eastbound I-70, according to the Maryland State Police.

State Police say there were no injuries. The PNC Bank on Route 75 in Libertytown was held up at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon.

Auctioneer John Roop assembles an antique butter churn, next to an 1890s milking machine patented by William Mehring of Keymar, which will be auctioned Saturday in Woodsboro.

BERLIN --There was a little birthday party at the Berlin Nursing Home this month, but the guest of honor didn't want cake.

Signs in hand, a group displays their opposition to the redistricting plan, known as a oeB2,a during Wednesday eveninga s Board of Education meeting.

While Libertytown , Twin Ridge and Green Valley parents continue to voice opposition to the new school redistricting plan, some Spring Ridge parents worry they are portrayed as the bad guys in the process.

Liberty Elementary School parents, fresh from a successful effort to buy new playground equipment, are rolling up their sleeves to take on the next battle.

Mayor Khidhr sold a photo he took of a train in the Frederick area to Randy Jackson, musician and a oeAmerican Idola judge.

Four dispatchers with Frederick County's Emergency Communications Center were recently honored during an awards ceremony held by the Tri-State Telecommunicators Associations.

Alice May Lyons is treasurer and Sunday School teacher at the Mountaindale Union Chapel on Mountaindale Road.

Bennett Walsh, 21/2, puts out a mock fire with a real firehose with the help of his dad, Brian Walsh, on Saturday at the Walkersville Volunteer Fire Co.

The Sheriff's Office cites a 17-year-old for the accident. The County Sheriff's Office has cited a 17-year-old Frederick male for failing to yield right of way to oncoming traffic, which caused an accident Friday afternoon.

Tom Chuvala, who has been postmaster in Ladiesburg for the past two years, retrieves mail from the mailbox outside his post office Wednesday morning.

Ten new members of the Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association were inducted April 20 as part of their annual Awards Night held at the Walkersville VFD Activities Center.

Many of Frederick County's oldest families can trace their lineage through fire companies.

Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Frederick on Wednesday during a local a oetea party,a one of 1,500 held across the country to protest irresponsible government spending.