Natural Resources Police: instead of hiking and camping, cops find bozos injecting, smoking, boozing and beating women

Acting on tips from anglers who said they saw men injecting themselves, officers stopped Justin Lynn Wood, 26, and Joseph Dennis Marshall, 31, as they climbed the riverbank near the C&O Canal towpath. A search of the area turned up a plastic-wrapped substance that the men acknowledged was heroin

Maryland releases tagged rockfish in Bay worth $10,000

Over the summer, hundreds of imposters and one genuine Diamond Jim will be pursued by anglers. Each month that Diamond Jim goes uncaught, the reward increases from $10,000 in June, to $20,000 in July, and $25,000 in August. With a $25,000 guaranteed payout, if Diamond Jim is not caught by midnight Labor Day the cash will be split equally among those who catch imposters.

Last year was the first time in the contest’s nine-year history that the official Diamond Jim was caught. The captor, Blair Wheeler, 25 of Herndon, Va., walked away with the $25,000, and other great prizes. A novice angler, Wheeler snagged the winning striper while fishing aboard a charter boat.

Princess Anne: grad student found dead after missing class

Shortly after 9:30 a.m. today, Maryland State Police criminal investigators responded to Green’s apartment to conduct an investigation into his death. The preliminary investigation indicates a friend of Green’s went to the residence to check on him this morning. Green had not been heard from since June 3rd and he had failed to report for classes yesterday at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where he was a graduate student.