The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) advises that they need to dispel the myth that impaired driving is only a Friday or Saturday night occurrence.

Tuesday morning Mar. 21 Frederick County Authorities responded to two separate incidents of impaired driving.

Both of these incidents were the result of alcohol use and included a single vehicle accident and arrest of two impaired drivers between the hours of 8 and 10 a.m.

Both drivers involved in the incidents were below the legal drinking age and were found to be at double the legal limit.

At the same time these drivers chose to drive impaired, school buses were loading and some of the heaviest traffic was traveling through the county.

Authorities are asking citizens who witness driving behavior that leads you to believe a driver may be driving impaired to report it as soon and safely as you can by calling 911.

This can only help to keep these drivers out of harm’s way of themselves and others.

If you find yourself impaired whether that be by alcohol, narcotics or even medications make the right decision to find an alternate to driving and help keep the roads safe 24/7/365.

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West Virginia’s Governor Jim Justice announced that he is ordering a sweeping investigation of West Virginia’s State Police (WVASP).

After accepting the resignation of superintendent Jan Cahill on Mar. 20 the Governor ordered the investigation.

The director of Capitol Police Jack Chambers has been appointed to replace Cahill.

Chambers will investigate allegations of wrongdoing that includes a video camera placed inside the women’s locker room at one of the agency’s facilities.

Justice called that incident intolerable and sighted other incidents that Chambers will be investigating.

Those incidents includes one that implicates a Trooper in the robbery of a man at a casino.

The Governor also included the incident last month in which a State Trooper was involved with an arrest of a Maryland man on Interstate 81 near Martinsburg.

As we reported last month the arrestee passed away shortly after he was taken into custody.

The bodycam footage of that incident was not released by WVAS but Governor Justice viewed it and called it concerning.

Chambers has been charged with the investigation of any and all-alleged improprieties of which there have been many that have been levied against the WVASP.

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The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) announced that they have recovered stolen property that they are trying to get back to victims.

Between December 2022 and February 2023, the FCSO responded to several calls of home burglaries and outbuildings being stolen from.

A large number of these cases occurred in the Route 50 and 522 North areas of the county.

Investigators received a tip from photos taken by home surveillance during one of the burglaries that was given to them by a citizen.

That footage led to locating a possible suspect and further investigation.

While at the location of the suspect numerous items were observed in plain sight that had been reported stolen.

The homeowner, who is not a suspect consented to a search of the entire property which resulted in the recovery of a large number of what is believed to be stolen property.

Those stolen pieces are currently being stored at the FCSO.

All known victims of thefts have been contacted and have responded to either claim recovered property or identified items belonging to them.

The FCSO still has several recovered items and are asking victims of thefts that fall in that time frame and area to contact the Sheriff’s Office to see if their property has been recovered.

You will want to call either Investigator J.M. Bowman at 540-504-6527 or Investigator B.C. Edwards at 540-504-6562 for additional information.

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