Amy Irene Shanholtz, 17, of Pleasant Drive, was reported missing on Nov. 6, deputies said. She contacted her grandmother and said she was with her friend, Sarah, but has not returned, deputies said.
Shanholtz is described as a white female with blonde, ear-length hair and blue eyes. She stands 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds.
Man charged with DWI, fleeing
FREDERICK, Md. - A combination of the state's new primary seat belt law and a gung-ho, off-duty state trooper led to a drunken driving arrest Wednesday, Maryland State Police said.
Lawrence E. Bassham, 55, of Rolling Green Court in Clarksburg, Md., was charged with DWI, driving with a revoked license, fleeing and eluding and failure to wear a safety belt, police said.
Trooper Wesley Lutz, who was off-duty at about 5 p.m., attempted to stop a 1995 Ford truck on Md. 355 at Md. 109 because the driver was not wearing a seat belt, police said. Lutz followed the vehicle for about two miles back to Bassham's residence, where two on-duty troopers arrested him, police said.
Cpl. Chris Sasse praised Lutz, who graduated from the police academy about five months ago.
"He took the initiative. That's the kind of dedication we put in this job," he said.
Bassham's wife, Elaine E. Bassham, was charged with knowingly allowing an unauthorized driver to operate her vehicle, police said.
Pa. man facing weapons charge
FREDERICK, Md. - Even in the dark, early-morning hours Wednesday, Frederick Police Officer Dennis Dudley noticed something strange about the man walking through the Kmart parking lot on West Patrick Street at 2:24 a.m.
The officer stopped Scott I. Sheetz, 33, of Hanover, Pa., and discovered he had a three-foot-long sharpened crowbar up his sleeve.
He was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
CDplayer stolen
A CD player valued at $400 was reported stolen Tuesday from a 1993 Chevrolet parked at Maryland Metals, 449 Antietam Drive, according to Washington County Sheriff's deputies.
