Burglars Unload True Value

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Burglars Unload True Value, Witness Calls Police
CHARLOTTE HALL --- The St. Mary's Sheriff's Department reports that burglars took off with a log splitter and 2 roto tillers from the garden center of the True Value in Charlotte Hall about in the morning. A witness called police to report the theft in progress but police were not able to catch up with the thieves who fled northbound on Rt. 5 towards Hughesville. Police communications dispatchers were slow in notifying Charles and Calvert County police, leaving a free ride for the escaping felons. St. Mary's Deputy David Corcoran was the first deputy to arrive on the scene and he reports that the stolen equipment was worth about $2,000.