NEWS
By Candus Thomson | September 23, 2009
With boating deaths at a seven-year high, the Department of Natural Resources will be asking the General Assembly to enact tougher laws, requiring more children to wear life jackets and placing age restrictions on who may supervise an uncertified boater. Fifteen people have died on Maryland waterways this year despite stepped-up enforcement and high-visibility safety campaigns by Natural Resources Police. Under a proposal endorsed by the O'Malley administration, all children under the age of 13 would be required to wear a personal flotation device, beginning July 10. The current age threshold is 7. Maryland, which pioneered mandatory boating safety classes in the 1980s and minimum ages for wearing a life jacket, fell behind other states in enacting tougher standards.
NEWS
July 27, 2009
Man with gun arrested at Arundel Mills mall after spray-painting car Anne Arundel County police arrested a 21-year-old Virginia man Saturday at Arundel Mills mall after discovering he was carrying a loaded pistol and marijuana in his backpack and had a loaded shotgun in his car. Timothy John Barnes, of Wake, Va., was charged with possession of a handgun, possession of a concealed deadly weapon, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, police...
NEWS
July 26, 2009
Frederick Co. woman killed in head-on crash 1 A 51-year-old Frederick County woman was killed in a head-on collision Saturday afternoon on Route 26 at Old Liberty Road, state police said. Police said Patricia Marie Ryan was killed when the car she was driving east on Route 26 crossed the center line and collided with a pickup truck, causing the truck to overturn. Ryan was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck, Alfonso Contreras Balderas, 32, of Frederick County and two passengers were taken to Washington County Hospital, where they were treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police said.
NEWS
July 12, 2009
Police investigate death of woman, 83, found in freezer 2 Anne Arundel County police are investigating the death of an 83-year-old woman whose body they found Friday evening in a home freezer in Glen Burnie. Doris Lea Cooke had several medical conditions and had been bedridden for years, family members and witnesses told detectives. When she died several weeks ago, relatives allegedly placed her body in a freezer in the 7400 block of Furnace Branch Road. An autopsy will determine the cause of Cooke's death.
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By Candus Thomson | December 17, 2008
An Ellicott City man whose stray bullet shattered the front window of a Howard County day care center last week has been charged with negligent hunting by Maryland Natural Resources Police. Investigators said yesterday that Richard Vernon Hoenes Jr., 41, fired his shotgun several times Dec. 10 at a deer that was between him and Kids Time Out in Clarksville. One of the slugs traveled about 277 yards through a farm field and woods, and hit the window. The slug was found on the windowsill.
NEWS
By CANDUS THOMSON | October 12, 2008
At first glance, the O'Malley administration's proposed cuts at the Department of Natural Resources for the remainder of the fiscal year seem rather mild. Eliminate the helicopter and its crew, and remove 23 vacant slots at Natural Resources Police for a total savings of $1.9 million. On first glance, it's a quick fix and fairly bloodless, unless, of course, you're the whirlybird guys. But it's not quite that simple. It never is. And it's up to you to stop it. Simply put, Natural Resources Police is a shell of its former self.
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By Kevin Rector | September 3, 2008
Divers searching the waters of Bear Creek in Baltimore County yesterday for the missing occupant of a 16-foot aluminum motorboat, which was spotted circling in the water with no one on board shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday, will continue their search today, a Maryland Department of Natural Resources police officer said. "If we do not locate him or his body by dark, we will stop the search and start back up tomorrow morning," Sgt. Ken Turner, the DNR police spokesman, said last night. Natural resources police, Baltimore County fire and rescue personnel and the U.S. Coast Guard all responded to the site near Anchor Bay yesterday to find the unmanned boat, which was no longer circling in the open water but was lodged beneath a pier, Turner said.
NEWS
August 21, 2008
City man charged in robbery, break-in A Baltimore man was arrested and charged with robbing a Brooklyn Park convenience store at knifepoint, then trying to break into a house and steal a car from a woman while fleeing from police, county police said. Ike Elijah Brown, 37, of the 3000 block of Mardel Ave. is accused of going into a 7-Eleven at 9:25 p.m. Monday, walking behind the counter, showing a kitchen knife and ordering the clerk to open the cash register. He took the money and packs of cigarettes and lighters and fled, police said.
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By Karen Shih | July 9, 2008
A body discovered by a boater near Kent Island last week has been identified as a 17-year-old Severna Park High School student, Maryland Transportation Authority Police said. Emily Rose LeClare had been missing since Dec. 18, when her vehicle was found abandoned on the Bay Bridge. The police "don't know how she got in the water," said Cpl. Jonathan Green, a spokesman for the Maryland Transportation Authority Police. The boater who found the body first contacted the Maryland Natural Resources Police, who then contacted the MdTA police, Green said.
NEWS
July 4, 2008
Van escapee is convicted in his absence A man who escaped from a state prison van on the way to Baltimore Circuit Court was convicted of handgun charges in his absence last night, according to a prosecutor with the city state's attorney's office. On Tuesday, Marcus Anderson, who was unrestrained, leaped out of a road crew van when it stopped at a red light at Baltimore and South streets. Because of a missed connection in Jessup, Anderson, 22, was being driven to court by a corrections officer who normally doesn't transport prisoners, according to testimony.