SOUTHERN MARYLAND POLICE BEAT / Cops: Junkies swap liquid methadone to drug dealers for heroin; Javar Nolan plucked From Pump House Lane on distribution of heroin rap

Nolan was indicted by a St. Mary’s County Grand Jury on March 23, 2005, for armed robbery and was represented by David Densford, who now is a Circuit Court Judge. In a plea deal between Densford and Fritz, Nolan entered a guilty plea to one count of armed robbery while ten counts of use of a handgun in the commission of a violent crime, burglary, and armed robbery were all dropped.

Maryland State Police Beat / James Rich Jr. shot Queen Anne’s Deputy Warren Hogan; Deputy’s return fire was fatal

CHESTERTOWN, MD – Serving warrants and responding to domestic violence calls continue to be the most dangerous part of the job for law enforcement officers. A man who had twice before been charged with domestic violence and had been in a physical domestic confrontation grabbed his shotgun to deal with the woman arriving at the man’s home with a Queen Anne’s Sheriff’s Deputy to retrieve her belongings shot the deputy. The deputy returned fire and ended the shootout with a fatal shot.

Delaware State Police Beat / Three charged in home invasion; two in custody, police seek Avery Maxwell

Detectives are also looking for Avery Maxwell, 24 of Smyrna, who is wanted for Home Invasion, Robbery 2nd, Wearing a Disguise During the Commission of a Felony, Theft of a Motor Vehicle, and Conspiracy 2nd. Maxwell may be in the New Jersey area.