Dependable led Caribbean effort to grab $10 million in coke headed for coke-heads of America

Working jointly with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, other U.S. law enforcement officials, Royal Bahamian Defense Force, Royal Bahamian Police Force and a Bahamian Drug Enforcement Unit, Dependable’s law enforcement teams boarded vessels transporting illicit cargo; likely bound for the United States.

Stuck in the mud in Chesapeake; Coast Guard probe laid blame to faulty navigation of Bay Pilot

“One of the things that puzzled us was the lack of plotting in this case,” said Lt. Cmdr. M.D. Kearney of the Coast Guard’s marine safety office in Baltimore. “There are probably any number of land targets in that area which would have provided some good radar information.”

USS Conestoga finally identified after the tug / minesweeper vanished in 1921 with 56 souls

Originally built to tow coal barges for the railroad, the Navy purchased Conestoga in 1917 for World War I service. The tug operated on the Atlantic coast and off the Azores, performing convoy and other duties before being assigned to harbor service in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1919.

Drunk boater nabbed in Western Maryland to kick off the boozing while boating season; Baltimore man faces trial for killing two passengers when he smashed into Key Bridge after night of bar-hopping

The indictment charges Wilson with two felony counts each of manslaughter by vessel; homicide by vessel while under the influence of alcohol; homicide by vessel while impaired by alcohol; homicide by vessel while impaired by a controlled dangerous substance; and homicide by vessel while impaired by drugs.

Virginia State Police Beat / Two bodies found in boat remains after fire swept marina

At this time, there are two confirmed fatalities. The remains of those individuals have been transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond for positive identification. Search and Recovery Team divers with Virginia State Police, VMRC and the US Coast Guard are checking one submerged boat and another partially-submerged boat to ensure no one was onboard either of those boats at the time of the fire.

Boating rescues in Chesapeake & Potomac over holidays: two saved, one still missing

SANDY POINT, MD. — A holiday turned into one of misery and mystery when a man fell from his sailboat near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge on New Year’s Eve; the week before, two men fishing in the Potomac were lucky to be found after their boat sunk.