MURDER USA Judge sentenced Troy Allen Lucas to two life prison terms for murder of Federal witness

Long was shot twice in the head on March 24, 2008, in an open area behind Traci Atkins Park in southwest Baltimore known as the “Lumber Yard.”  The evidence presented at trial showed that Long was shot with a .25 caliber handgun at close range and that Lucas used, carried, and discharged the gun that caused Long’s death.

DWI HIT PARADE: Repeat offender Arthur Edelen pleads guilty to DUI vehicular homicide for killing Ernest Young III; tells friends he won’t do any time in jail

HUGHESVILLE, MD. — A repeat offender DUI driver who received easy treatment has pleaded guilty but claims he won’t do any time.

Wicomico County Sheriff Police Beat: Child, 7, operating ATV killed when crossing road

The Sheriff’s Office reports that their investigation revealed that the ATV was being operated by the young boy who attempted to cross the road and pulled out in the path of an oncoming Ford sedan. The boy was critically injured in the collision and was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center where he later died.

Burglary charges latest in long list for drug dealer and hooker

LEONARDTOWN, MD. (Sept. 2, 2014) — St. Mary’s Sheriff’s deputies have placed fresh charges of burglary against a pair of local miscreants who both have long records of arrests and equally long records of dropped charges by St. Mary’s States Attorney Richard Fritz.

Police report that on June 28, 2014, Sheriff’s Office patrol units responded to a private residence on St. Jerome’s Neck Rd. in Dameron, Maryland, for the report of a burglary. Deputies determined unknown culprit(s) forced entry to the victim’s residence by breaking a window and stole various property belonging to the victim.

THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY now on newsstands from Glen Burnie to Ocean City

The monthly print edition of THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY can now be found on newsstands all over Maryland. Reaching far beyond the Southern Maryland region, look for THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY in major stores in Prince Georges County, Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Queen Anne County, Talbot County, Worcester and Wicomico on Maryland’s Eastern Shore as well as in Delaware. The print edition will soon be distributed in Northern Neck Virginia as well. Advertisers may reach Larry Jarboe at 240-298-5253 or Ken Rossignol at 301-535-8624.

Navy pilots get swimming lesson from Coast Guard; ship full of pot unloaded in Miami

Crew members at Coast Guard Station Miami Beach offload 2,058 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated wholesale value of $1.9 million, at Base Miami Beach, May 2, 2014. The Coast Guard Cutter Dependable interdicted the contraband on April 23 during a routine patrol in the Caribbean Sea