When three Ocean City Beach Patrol members need to be rescued, along with surfer, who comes? The U. S. Coast Guard
Year: 2014
— St. Mary’s County Commissioner Larry Jarboe reports that his father, longtime Charlotte Hall businessman Merton Jarboe died this morning, on July 4, 2014.
Commissioner Jarboe’s father operated the Charlotte Hall Lumber Company for decades before turning the operation over to his son, Larry Jarboe, in 1992
Palmer faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on October 2, 2014, by Senior United States District Judge Robert E. Payne. In a statement of facts filed with the plea agreement, Palmer admitted that from 2009 through 2013, he conspired with an unindicted co-conspirator, the President of an unnamed grocery retail chain, to submit fraudulent documents to The Kellogg Company and SuperValu, a grocery wholesaler through which Kellogg sold product to retailers. SuperValu awarded the grocery retail chain approximately $1.8 million in deductions against its running account with SuperValu as a result of the fraudulent submissions. Kellogg reimbursed SuperValu for the awarded deductions.
The State Emergency Response Team continues to respond to resource requests and is transitioning into recovery operations from Hurricane Arthur, which has exited North Carolina waters and continues to make its way north. According to the National Hurricane Center, Arthur is the earliest hurricane to hit North Carolina since records began in 1851. The previous record was July 11, 1901.
“I want to thank our citizens and visitors for heeding our warnings and evacuating when asked, as well as the news media for disseminating weather and life-saving safety information throughout the storm,” Governor Pat McCrory said. “Although Hurricane Arthur made landfall near Morehead City as a category two hurricane, there are minimal reports of damage. Our teams have transitioned into the recovery phase and have begun damage assessments in the hardest hit areas.”
LA PLATA, MD. —- Charles County Sheriff Rex Coffey reports that on June 27 at 2:02 p.m., officers assigned to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Fugitive Unit responded to the 300 block of Serenity Court in Prince Frederick after receiving a tip through Crime Solvers that Douglas Earl Compton, III, 26, of Waldorf, was near that address.
Honor America on the Fourth of July
THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY
SALISBURY, MD. — Given the huge expanse of the Chesapeake Bay region, with all its mighty tributaries, such as the Magothy, the Patuxent, Potomac and Choptank, it only figures that Maryland is the home of a shipbuilder. The old Davis Shipyard on Solomon’s Island was well-known world-wide for its custom sailing vessels in the last century, as was Trumpy’s custom yachts in Annapolis and the Liberty ships of Bethlehem Steel during WWII.
Now the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Co. has been building various vessels that sail the seas around the world, specializing in ocean-going tugboats, utility vessels, fireboats, ferries and small to medium size passenger cruise ships.
STATE POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATION INTO A CECIL COUNTY SHOOTING
(COLORA, MD) – Maryland State Police investigators from the Criminal Enforcement Division, Northern Region, continue to investigate a shooting on July 1, 2014 of a Cecil County man.
The victim is identified as Jonathan Pascuzzi, 23, of the unit block of Liddell Road in Colora. Pascuzzi was transported by medevac to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center for the treatment of his injuries.
As a result of the ongoing investigation, State Police have charged Pascuzzi’s younger brother, James Pascuzzi, 21, of the same address with manufacturing and possession of marijuana, drug trafficking and other firearm and drug related charges. He is being held at the Cecil County Detention Center.
Prince Georges County Police ask that readers to please take a moment to watch this brazen armed robbery caught on surveillance video. It shows two suspects walk into a pharmacy on South Osborne Road in Upper Marlboro on June 28, 2014.
They jumped the counter and demand cash and medication. The frightened employees complied.
According to St. Mary’s Sheriff Tim Cameron, the inmates are running a drug ring from inside his jail.
Detectives received information that an inmate at the St. Mary’s County Detention Center was distributing pills while out on work release. The investigation led detectives to Charles County, where detectives partnered with members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division. The two agencies worked together as the investigation continued, it was discovered that the inmate was operating a drug distribution network from his place of employment in the Hughesville area.