Digest

Ruark took a month's paid leave, sought alcohol treatment and returned to work part time.

Associated Press

Anne Arundel

Naval Academy

Funeral service scheduled for Mid

A funeral service will be held tomorrow at the Naval Academy in Annapolis for a 19-year-old student who died last week.

First-year Midshipman Kristen Dickmann of Kennett Square, Pa., was found unconscious and not breathing in her dormitory bed May 5 and was pronounced dead at a hospital that afternoon. The Navy is investigating her death and has said that foul play is not suspected.

The service will be held at 10 a.m. at the Naval Academy chapel. She will be buried in the academy cemetery.

Josh Mitchell

Accident

Motorcyclist dies of injuries

A motorcyclist who was involved in an accident May 5 near Annapolis has died of his injuries, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department.

Jerry Lynn Griffin, 22, of the 700 block of Cotswolde Quay Court in Severna Park was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m. Saturday at Washington Hospital Center, police said yesterday.

Police said Griffin was operating a black 2008 Honda CBR1000 southbound on Ritchie Highway when it left the road near College Parkway and struck the side of a silver 2007 Toyota Yaris. Police said the motorcycle then hit a blue 2005 Ford Escape sport utility vehicle. Police said Griffin was thrown from the motorcycle and under the Ford Escape.