Maryland State Police Beat / Another day and another bad guy barricades himself in Somers Cove; convicted drug dealer Richard Sterling Sr. faces kidnapping, robbery and stabbing charges

Instead of dropping him in his tracks with real bullets, the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team was on scene and deployed less lethal tactics which caused Sterling to comply with orders and drop the knife.

Wicomico Sheriff Police Beat / Convicted burglar Bradley Alexander decided to skip facing the Judge on new burglary raps

DIRTBAG ROUNDUP- Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis reports that on May 30, 2017, at 1:31 PM, a deputy arrested Bradley Michael Alexander, 30, of Salisbury, Md., on two outstanding Circuit Court Bench Warrants at 4610 Pheasant Drive, Salisbury, Md. The warrants were issued after Alexander failed to appear for two cases where he had been charged with Burglary 1st Degree.

MURDER USA Kevin Bethard sentenced to 20 years in prison for two incidents of arson and attempted murder

He has been sentenced in Wicomico County Circuit Court to life in prison with all but 10 years suspended on the Attempted 1st Degree Murder charge and 5 years consecutive for each of the 1st Degree Arson charges, having a total sentence to serve 20 years.

Murder USA: Friday the 13th unlucky for accused killer of drug dealer Irvonte Jones; Shaquille Gaskins was hiding out in jail!

Jones had prior instances of drug convictions, with a guilty plea to possession in a plea deal that dropped distribution charges on Nov. 19, 2012, resulting in his four-year stretch in prison. Had Jones actually been kept in jail, he would have been still there and not available to his killer on the outside