Taneytown police chief, mayor react to fraud and abuse investigations into substitute teacher

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Taneytown police chief, mayor react to fraud and abuse investigations into substitute teacher

Taneytown Police Chief Adrian Baker denied rumors Thursday claiming that the police department knew Justin Rieger was being investigated for alleged sex abuse and fraud and included his name in a news release about Rieger’s apparent suicide to alert potential victims and encourage them to come forward. “I don’t know anything about that at all. There was also comments about Taneytown police making promises not to release the name. There were a lo…