Up in Smoke: refrigerator blamed for this fire, but prior fire at Flag Ponds Park was due to vandals

LUSBY, MD. — A fire that destroyed a Calvert County government-owned shed at 1525 Flag Pond Parkway, Lusby, on Aug. 22, 2014, was caused by a malfunctioning refrigerator which Maryland Deputy Fire Marshall D. Brenneman reports ignited nearby combustible materials.

The loss was set at $40,000 to the 10 x 15 wood shed and $1,000 to contents. St. Leonard Volunteer firefighters responded to the scene after the fire was discovered, but the fire is believed to have occurred sometime between the hours of 6 pm on Aug. 21 to 8:20 am on Aug. 22nd.

Coast guard and boaters came to rescue of sinking boat in Wicomico

TAYLOR’S ISLAND, MD. — The Coast Guard responded to a 40-foot boat taking on water Sunday with five people aboard in Wicomico River near Taylor’s Island.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a report from the boat’s operator at approximately 5:20 p.m., stating the boat was taking on water.

Plunge into Potomac was purposeful; people dove in to save person — police believe was suicide

The operator of a D.C. Duck Tours boat called authorities around noon Sunday saying there was a car submerged in the water near the Humpback Bridge and Interstate 395 and that he could see the silhouette of a person.

Divers recovered the body around 1:30 p.m. The car was pulled from the water by 4 p.m.

Good Ole Boy St. Mary’s States Attorney Richard Fritz heads to another election!

Do politics ever change? The liberal Democrats in Texas took a page out of Republican Richard Fritz’s playbook and filed a political indictment against Gov. Rick Perry of Texas in an attempt to smear him with the voters. In 2010, Fritz filed 120 counts against his opponent in the 2010 election for States Attorney, John A. Mattingly Jr. Every single charge against him, charges which were filed with the cooperation of his fellow Republican Sheriff Tim Cameron, who provided unlimited investigators in the effort to bury Mattingly — were later either dropped by an Independent Prosecutor or a jury found him not guilty. The calendar is closing in fast on this year’s election and Fritz has yet to indict Shane Mattingly for anything, but there is still time!

Kenneth “Legs” Neace was on the railroad bridge when train crossed; he died and two others jumped

RODERFIELD, W.Va. (08/23/2014)— A man is dead and a woman in critical condition after encountering a Norfolk Southern train late Thursday night near the McDowell County community of Roderfield.

Norfolk Southern said the two along with another man were on a railroad bridge close to the Roderfield tunnel when the company’s mixed freight train traveling from Ohio to Georgia came through the area at about 11:30 p.m.

Frederick cops find triplets of weed

FREDERICK, MD. — 08/23/2014 — According to Frederick Police on 8-20-14 at about 11:15 PM, members of the Frederick Police Department’s Drug Enforcement Unit were on routine patrol in the area of West Patrick St and Hoke Place when an officer observed a vehicle make a traffic violation. After stopping the vehicle, a police K9 alerted to the odor of a controlled dangerous substance emanating from the vehicle.