Somerset County Sheriff’s Police Beat: Michael Wayne Thorne of Crisfield busted for panhandling and deaf to law

Pat Joseph Carroll of North Augusta, South Carolina, arrested 6-8-15 for Possession of Suspected Adderall pills and Drug Paraphernalia. Carroll was released on a $5,000 unsecured bond. The arrest was the result of a traffic stop in Princess Anne where Deputies conducted a probable cause search on Carroll’s truck where they recovered suspected Adderall pills (that were not his prescription) and other drug paraphernalia.

District Police Beat: D.C. Police Union cites prosecutors as weak on dirt-bike outlaws

The position of the DC Police Union is this: Our officers are doing what they can within the law and with the safety of the community in mind, but even when they are able to outwit and apprehend these scofflaws safely, the OAG and the Judges at DC Superior Court don’t agree on the egregiousness of this offense and how it endangers our community. This is not a failure of law enforcement; it’s a lack of enforcement from prosecutors and judges.

Southern Md. Police Beat: Dad shot self and left his baby to die in Indian Head home two days before Dad’s day

Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry reports that the father of James Robert Barker apparently shot himself, two days before Father’s Day, in what police believe was a case of suicide. The man left his baby alone and the child died. What police did not say was whether they were investigating if the man was responsible for the baby’s death prior to taking his own life.