Shirley Finfrock Homicide Records
| Submitted | Sept. 9, 2021 |
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From: Patricia Robinson
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any available documents pertaining to the November 12, 2003 homicide of 68-year-old Shirley Pauline Finfrock of Smithsburg, MD. Jack L. Hammersla Jr. was found guilty of the murder.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Patricia Robinson
From: Washington County Sheriff's Office
Ms. Robinson
Attached please find a letter responding to your PIA letter.
B. Andrew Bright
Attorney for the Sheriff's Office
Washington County Sheriff's Office
500 Western Maryland Parkway
Hagerstown, MD 21740
240-313-2166
From: Patricia Robinson
Hello,
Thanks for getting back to me. I wondered if it would be possible to limit my request to a lesser amount of pages to reduce processing fees. What I was thinking was as many as can be done for no charge plus an additional $100 worth. Please let me know if this would be all right.
Thank you!
From: Washington County Sheriff's Office
Ms. Robinson:
A portion of the records in the Sheriff's possession consist of computer-stored reports and records of the incident and investigation. These could be more easily reviewed and redacted as necessary than the huge volume of paper records. Although the cost of staff time to review, redact, and produce the computerized records, after the two free hours, would be in excess of $100.00, the Sheriff's Office would agree to waive the fee in excess of that amount.
If you would like to focus your request to the computer-stored records, please send a money order or certified check in the amount of $100.00, payable to:
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Attn: Capt. Todd Kerns
500 Western Maryland Parkway
Hagerstown, MD 21740
I hope that this accommodates your request.
B. Andrew Bright
Attorney for the Sheriff's Office
Washington County Sheriff's Office
500 Western Maryland Parkway
Hagerstown, MD 21740
240-313-2166
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From: Patricia Robinson
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $100.00 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Capt. Todd Kerns
500 Western Maryland Parkway
Hagerstown, MD 21740
From: Washington County Sheriff's Office
Ms. Robinson,
I have completed your request and redacted personal identifiers from the reports. The file exceeds MuckRock's maximum size of 5.2 MB. If you provide me an email address, I could share the information with you if that is acceptable? Please let me know. Thanks.
Captain Todd Kerns
tkerns@washco-md.net
240-313-2167