<h2><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Keeping-it-Reihl-oyster-pirates.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-large wp-image-3301" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Keeping-it-Reihl-oyster-pirates-1024x582.jpg" alt="Keeping it Reihl oyster pirates" width="580" height="329" /></a>Maryland Oyster Pirates: John Thomas Murphy and James Edward Tyler charged with Poaching in Sanctuary near Tilghman Island</h2>
<p>The <strong>Maryland Natural Resources Police</strong> charged the following men with violations in Cecil, Garrett and Talbot counties.</p>
<p>Two Talbot County watermen were charged last Friday by NRP officers with<strong> illegal oyster harvesting</strong>.</p>
<p>John Thomas Murphy, 36, of Tilghman, and <strong>James Edward Tyler Jr.,</strong> 35, of Wittman, were caught taking oysters from more than 150 feet inside the<strong> Harris Creek Sanctuary off Tilghman Island.</strong></p>
<p>They are scheduled to appear in Talbot District Court on Jan. 15. If found guilty, each man could be fined a maximum of $3,000.</p>
<p><strong>James Edward Tyler Jr</strong>. was charged on April 18, 2010 by a Maryland State Trooper assigned to the Easton Barrack, with DUI at 1:51 am. Tyler was stopped on Rt. 33 at Chicken Neck Road. Tyler obtained the services of noted<strong> criminal defense attorney Stephanie Shipley</strong>, who often makes prosecutors fold their cases without a fight when she is hired. Tyler was given a probation before judgment, fined $500 and got no jail time in Talbot County District Court on Sept. 20, 2010.</p>
<p><strong>John Thomas Murphy</strong> was cited by NRP Officer Guy Wells with possession of unculled oysters on Jan. 1, 1995.</p>
<p>John Thomas Murphy was cited on March 24, 2000 with possession of unculled oysters by <strong>NRP Officer Guy Wells</strong>. On May 19, 2000, he appeared in Talbot County District Court where he was fined $50 and put on unsupervised probation before judgment. No jail time was assessed.</p>
<p>Murphy was cited on Dec. 28, 1999 by<strong> NRP Officer B. Ball</strong> with possession of undersized oysters and on March 8, 2000, he was found guilty in Talbot County District Court and fined $170.00.</p>
<p>Murphy was charged with carrying a concealed deadly weapon on June 11, 2001 and on Aug. 8, 2001 the charges were dropped by Talbot County States Attorney.</p>
<p>Murphy was charged with driving with a suspended registration on Tilghman Island Road on Dec. 28, 2011 at 11:00 am by <strong>Talbot County Deputy Mitchell</strong>. He entered a guilty plea on April 30, 2012 and was given probation before judgment and a fine of thirty-seven dollars. He was represented by <strong>Public Defender Glenn D. Klakring</strong>, a taxpayer-provided attorney.</p>
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<h3>Bad Sports to Meet the Judge</h3>
<p>OAKLAND, MD. &#8212; In Garrett County, three men were charged last Tuesday with illegal deer hunting at night after officers observed them using their vehicle’s headlights to illuminate a field off <strong>Eagle Rock Road in Oakland</strong>.</p>
<p>After stopping the pick-up truck, NRP officers found a rifle and ammunition, and a crossbow and two bolts on the back seat. The equipment was seized.</p>
<p>The driver, <strong>Brandon Scott Burns,</strong> 22, of Oakland, received citations for hunting deer at night, hunting deer during a closed season and casting rays with an implement (jacklighting). If convicted of all charges, Burns faces maximum penalties of a $2,950 fine, up to six months in jail and hunting license revocation of from two to five years.</p>
<p><strong>Christopher Jacob Miller</strong>, 19, of Oakland, who was in the front passenger seat, and<strong> Stephen Michael Collins</strong>, 19, of Oakland, who was in the back seat, each received citations for hunting deer at night, hunting deer during a closed season, casting rays with an implement (<strong>jacklighting</strong>), and <strong>under-aged possession of alcohol</strong>. If convicted of all charges, the two men each face maximum penalties of a $3,450 fine, up to six months in jail and hunting license revocation lasting from two to five years.</p>
<p>All three men are schedule to appear in Garrett District Court on Jan. 21.</p>
<p>Also in Garrett County, officers charged a hunter from Rocky Ridge on Sunday with hunting while under the influence of alcohol.</p>
<p><strong>Roger Leroy Finneyfrock</strong>, 61, was stopped for a<strong> routine hunting license check</strong> by officers patrolling near the Metiki Coal Co. property. The hunter appeared to be under the influence and failed field sobriety tests.</p>
<p>Finneyfrock was arrested and taken to the State Police barracks in McHenry, where he registered a blood alcohol content of .16 during a breathalyzer test.</p>
<p>He is scheduled to appear in Garrett District Court on Jan. 14.</p>
<p>In Cecil County, a hunter was charged on Nov. 12 with multiple violations of natural resources laws.</p>
<p><strong>Mark Alan Wingler</strong>, 42, of Havre de Grace, was issued citations for hunting without a license, hunting with a rifle during a closed season and failing to tag a deer. The hunter was found on private property in Cecil County, but the <strong>white-tailed deer was illegally killed</strong> and transported from Harford County.</p>
<p>Wingler is scheduled to appear in Harford District Court on Jan. 21.</p>
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