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Investigators Continue To Search For Suspect Leaving Booby Traps On FredCo Trail

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) -- Investigators are continuing to search for the person or people responsible for leaving booby traps on a trail in Frederick County.

Jessica Kartalija has more.

Investigators are now turning to cameras to find out who is doing this.

Trail cyclists fear they are the targets of the simple, yet terrifying, booby traps. Those traps include razor blades mounted in boards. They're turning up again in the Frederick Municipal Forest, a vast watershed that's a mecca for cyclists, hikers and hunters.

The latest two traps were found this week by cyclists, after another pair were discovered last week.

This is only the latest episode of razor traps found in the watershed. Previous incidents date back to at least 2013. So far, there have been no injuries---but also no arrests.

Authorities are hiding motion-triggered trail cameras in the vast forest of the Frederick watershed. They are trying to catch whomever has been laying booby traps on trails that feature razor blades with the potential to badly slash people's feet---or worse.

Officials will not say how many cameras are being deployed or where exactly they will be.

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