Chief's Blog - What's UP (University Park)?!

 Community members,

On March 27, 2023, at approximately 5:55 a.m., the University Park Police Department responded to the 4000 block Sheridan Street for a missing juvenile female.  The missing juvenile’s mother reported her daughter Fiorella Tessa Thornburg was last seen asleep around 2:30 a.m.  Later when the mother entered her daughter’s room to wake her for school, she noticed she was missing and called the police. If you have any information regarding this missing juvenile, please call 911.

 Fiorella Tessa Thornburg

 Gender: Female

 Age: 15

 Eyes: Left eye is brown, and her right eye is blue.

 Hair:  Brown shoulder length hair

 Weight: 5’4”

 Height: 110 lbs.

1. Last seen wearing a black zip up jacket, camouflage pants carrying a white iPhone 10s.  
2. Last seen at 2:30 a.m., 4000 block Sheridan Street.
3. Possible Mode of travel is by foot.

 Chief Harvey R. Baker

(240) 375-1077

Community Members,

 The University Park Police Department participated in the Route 1 Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Initiative on March 7, 14, 2023. The assigned officers passed out pedestrian safety handouts and conducted traffic enforcement within the Town’s jurisdiction on Baltimore Ave from Pineway to East West Hwy.  The Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Initiative calmed the traffic down on Baltimore Ave and resulted in 76 traffic enforcement actions to include the following: 14 state equipment repair orders, 36 written warnings, and 26 traffic citations. 

 Please be aware of pedestrians, slow down and drive safely. 

Thank you,

Chief Harvey R. Baker