Crime Solvers, a volunteer group that assists area police, is askingresidents to help solve the Crime of the Week.
This week, the group is targeting the March 23 theft of a truck tailgate from the parking lot of the Twin Arch Shopping Center.
Police said the 2 1/2-by-6-foot, blue and white tailgate was attached to a Ford diesel truck.
The truck is used as an advertisementfor the Century Ford dealership, police said.
If you have any information about this crime, or believe you may know who is involved, please call Crime Solvers at (800) 562-TIPS.
You do not need to give your name, and if your information leads to an arrest, you could earn up to a $1,000 reward.
CRASH INVOLVED ALCOHOL
WESTMINSTER -- Alcohol was a factor in a two-car accident that killed a 29-year-old city woman and a 42-year-old New Windsor man on the evening of April 24, state police reported.
Beth Ann Friese of Liberty Street in Westminster and Oscar William Buckingham were killed when Friese's southbound 1991 Ford Thunderbird crossed the center line on Route 75 and hit a northbound 1991 Honda Accord. Buckingham was a passenger in the car.
The car continued more than 500 feet down an embankment and then hit two trees before ejecting Friese and Buckingham from their car.
They were pronounced dead at the scene.
State police reportedFriese's blood-alcohol level exceeded the legal limit of .10.
Thedriver of the Honda, 25-year-old Brenda Sue Storey, was treated for minor injuries at Carroll County General Hospital and was released.
Alcohol was a factor in two of the four fatal accidents in Carroll so far this year, police said.
BUCKLE-UP WEEK STARTS
WESTMINSTER -- The state police and municipal police forces are kicking off Buckle-Up America Week Monday with a demonstration of safety equipment at the County Office Building.
To further heighten public awareness ofthe state seat belt and child safety seat laws, the police agencies of Carroll County will be strictly enforcing those laws during this week, the state police said.
During the 10 a.m. press conference Monday to kick off the week, students from Westminster High School will be on hand to ride the seat belt convincer -- a device that simulates a car crash.
Throughout the week, the seat belt convincer will visit several county schools to demonstrate the effectiveness of seatbelts.
Several county motorists whose lives were saved by seat belts will receive special recognition at the kickoff.
A recent seatbelt survey in Carroll revealed that 75 percent of county motorists wear their seat belts. The goal of the state and local police is to have 100 percent compliance by 1992.
MT. AIRY RESIDENTS HONORED
BALTIMORE -- Two Mount Airy residents were among those honored Tuesday by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System.
Receiving awards for community programs were Donna Lee Seelye and Timothy S. Warner.
In ceremonies in the Shock Trauma Center Auditorium,the annual certificates of honor went to 15 civilians and six emergency medical professionals for acts of heroism in lifesaving. Eight individuals and organizations also were presented with community service awards in emergency medicine.
"This is always a bittersweet occasion," to have these honorees relive their traumatic rescues of others, said Dr. Ameen Ramzy, state director of Emergency Medical Servicesfor the network of hospitals, trauma centers, ambulances and helicopters and the central Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
Even for professionals, the emergencies that demand heroic response may occur when least expected, Ramzy noted.
"I can sometimes see on their faces again the pain that they lived through . . . the moments of horror that seemed like hours," he said. "We thank you for going through that with us today."
Warner was honored for his work as a volunteer emergency medical technician with the Winfield Volunteer Fire Company.
He has been the top responder to emergency calls nine of the 13 years he has been with the company. He responds to nearly every ambulance call during the evening and night and makes many daytime calls.
Warner is a certified firefighter who also serves as chief of the fire company.
Seelye is a charge nurse at Frederick Memorial Hospital. She has worked there for 18 years, starting as a secretary and then working her way through nursing school.
She was given the awardto recognize her many years of service in the emergency services profession.
Seelye helped to implement Frederick County's Advanced Life Support System and has served on the Region II Emergency Medical Services Council, which includes Carroll.
ATTEMPTED RAPE REPORTED
WESTMINSTER -- State police said Friday they were investigating an attempted rape on Bartholow Road early that morning.
Details were sketchy, but police said they responded to a 911 call at 2:30 a.m. on the street in Sykesville.
When Tfc. William P. Corum arrived, he found a woman complaining that a man she met in a bar Thursday night hadattacked her.
After the two left the bar, they went to a private residence where the man began making sexual advances, police reported.
The situation erupted into an argument, and the woman was able to escape and run to a neighbor's house.
The woman was taken to Carroll County General Hospital for minor injuries and was released.
As of late Friday, police said an arrest was pending in the case.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the state policeat 848-3111.
Here is a compilation of the fire and rescue calls to the Emergency Operations Center:
May 15
8:36 a.m., Taneytown responded to an automobile fire on North Feeser Road.
2:18 p.m., Westminster and Reese responded to an automatic fire alarm sounding onDistillery Drive.
May 16
11:13 a.m., Gamber, Reese, Sykesville, Glyndon, Reisterstown, Westminster and Winfield responded to a house fire on Louisville Road.
11:35 a.m., Westminster responded to anelevator rescue on Distillery Drive.
11:52 a.m., Taneytown, Kingsdale, Pa. and Littlestown, Pa. responded to an odor of gas on Blacks Schoolhouse Road.
1:57 p.m., Westminster, Pleasant Valley and New Windsor responded to a house fire on Uniontown Road.
May 17
3:27 p.m., Taneytown, Harney, Emmitsburg, Kingsdale of Adams County, Pa.and Pennville of York County, Pa. responded to smoke in a building on Grand Drive.
3:35 p.m. Westminster and Pleasant Valley respondedto a house struck by lightning on Wampler Lane.
3:52 p.m., Westminster and Reese responded to a shed fire on London Court.
4:06 p.m., New Windsor responded to electrical lines on fire on Route 407.
4:28 p.m., Hampstead responded to an investigation of smoke in the area of Hampstead-Mexico Road.
4:36 p.m., Sykesville and Gamber responded to a house struck by lightning on Lake Hills Court.
6:38 p.m., Winfield responded to a field fire on West Liberty Road.
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Here is a compilation of some of the crime reported to local and state police:
Finksburg
2100 block of Woodview Road: Theft of bicycle from garage at residence between 10 p.m. April 26 and 8 a.m. on April 27. Estimated loss: $245.
1500 block of Deer Park Road: Theft of electric lawn mower from residence. Estimated loss: $300.
Millers
4100 block of Rupp Road: Theft of metal bender from porch between May 1 and 4. Estimated loss: $1,300.
Sykesville
1300 block of West Old Liberty Road: Theft of four costumes from school between 11 p.m. May 1 and 9:30 p.m. May 2. Estimated loss: $1,500.
OklahomaRoad: Theft of concrete saw and a can of gas from a truck May 9 and May 13. Estimated loss: $1,011.
1900 block of Stillwater Road: Theft of tools, sporting goods, and other items from garage May 14. Estimated loss: $513.
Westminster
200 block of Winterberry Lane: Theft of diamond earrings and topaz and diamond ring from residence between 12 a.m. April 30 and 9:20 p.m. April 30.
800 block of Woodside Drive: Malicious destruction of vehicle and theft from vehicle parked at residence May 5. Estimated loss: $205.