Yasmine Askari
Yasmine Askari joined the Carroll County Times staff as a government and crime reporter in 2021. Previously, she was a reporting fellow at The Texas Observer and reported at the Enquirer Gazette in White Plains, Md. Yasmine earned a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is a University of Maryland graduate.
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The county’s first Polar Bear Plunge will be a socially distant event for approximately 50 public safety officers from various agencies in the county including the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, the Westminster Police Department, and the Manchester Police Department.
- Sheriff Jim DeWees said the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office and several other county police departments participated in a pilot program to test video recording technology in anticipation of legislation mandating body-worn cameras for law enforcement in Maryland and presented options to the county commissioners Tuesday to equip his force.
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- A single-vehicle collision involving hazardous material was reported in Mount Airy at approximately 10:50 a.m. A truck carrying multiple gases including liquid nitrogen, acetylene, and oxygen containers overturned under the I-70 overpass on Md. 27 at the exit for I-70. The interstate was closed for more than an hour before reopening. Md. 27 remained closed until early afternoon, before reopening.
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- Carroll County has a $23 million budget surplus for the fiscal year, but the uncertainty of the pandemic could change this.
