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ANNAPOLIS â At least two of the 200 Maryland State Police troopers that Gov. Larry Hogan sent to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday â to help restore peace amid a violent and destructive insurrection by Trump supporters â are normally assigned to a barrack in Cecil County, police officials confirmed. Hogan mobilized 200 MSP troopers who are specially trained members of the agencyâs statewide mobile field force team, formerly known as the âriot team,â and the governor also deployed 500 members of the Maryland National Guard â the first national guard unit to arriv...
ELKTONÂ â A former manager of the Cecil County Parks & Recreation Department is facing 15 criminal charges after Maryland State Police detectives raided his Elkton residence early Tuesday morning and allegedly found "multiple child pornography files" on his electronic devices â ending a two-month-long investigation, according to that law enforcement agency. MSP officials identified Edward W. Slicer Jr. 70, of the 100 block of Friendship Road, as the suspect. Slicer worked for several years with the county's park and recreation department as a manager and later as a grants administ...
NORTH EAST â Maryland State Police Tfc. Stephen Turner and Cpl. Scott Tassone have been recognized as North East Barrackâs 2019 Trooper of the Year and 2019 NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) of the Year respectively. The honors were announced later â and less ceremoniously â than they had been in years past due to precautions to safeguard against the spreading of the coronavirus, such as the avoidance of large gatherings, noted Lt. Jeffrey Kirschner, commander of the North East Barrack. Kirschner presented Tassone and Turner certificates of recognition, along with distinctive...
ELKTON â A woman linked to an Elkton-area spa is facing sex trafficking and prostitution charges after a two-month-long Maryland State Police investigation that involved, in part, interviews with clients, surveillance operations and a raid in which detectives found a naked male customer in a âmassage roomâ with a âscantily cladâ female employee, according to Cecil County District Court records. Investigators identified the suspect as Bifang Zhong, 44, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Zhong is facing eight misdemeanor charges, specifically five sex trafficking counts and three counts...