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Hagerstown man charged with murder after man's body found off W. Antietam St.
julieg@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown man was charged with first-degree murder in the death of a homeless man who was found Saturday with severe blunt-force trauma to his head, according to Hagerstown Police Department Sgt. John Lehman and a news release from the police...Tags: Homelessness, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Prosecution, Social Issues
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Letters to the Editor - June 16
Finish the job of Medgar Evers To the editor: Mississippi’s tireless civil-rights worker, Medgar Evers, was killed 50 years ago. An assassin’s bullet mortally wounded Evers in front of his home, leaving a widow and depriving three...Tags: Business, Racism, Government, National Government, Labor Legislation
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Judge to issue retrial verdict next week in Unger case
The Star Democrat of EastonMore than 35 years after his initial conviction, a Western Maryland man will have to wait another week to hear a judge’s verdict in a retrial of his December 1975 murder case. Merle W. Unger Jr. stood trial anew this week in Talbot County, Md.,...Tags: Defendants, Crimes, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings
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Request for psychiatric evaluation delays jury selection in murder trial
waynesboro@herald-mail.comNewly filed court documents reveal that a request for an emergency psychiatric evaluation halted jury selection last week in a Franklin County, Pa., capital murder trial for a man accused of killing his mother. Defendant Marcus Wallace’s...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System, Lawyers, Judges
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Man charged in death of EMS director was stopped for speeding the same night
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comThe man charged with causing the traffic accident that resulted in the death of Washington County Emergency Medical Services Director Brigitte Heller last year was pulled over for speeding a little more than an hour before the fatal collision occurred,...Tags: Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Motorvehicle Accidents, Maryland State Police, Prosecution, Talbot County
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Teen charged as adult in 2012 crash that killed Washington County EMS director
A teenager has been charged as an adult in the 2012 traffic death of Washington County Emergency Medical Services Director Brigitte Heller, police in Easton, Md., said Friday. Jeffrey Daryl Neuman Jr., who was 17 at the time of the June 14, 2012,...
Tags: Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Motorvehicle Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Automotive Equipment, Talbot County
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Attorney for man charged in 2006 slaying seeks dismissal on grounds of double jeopardy
dona@herald-mail.comThe tables were turned Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court when a judge, attorneys and court officials took the witness stand in a hearing in which the attorney for an accused killer is seeking to have the case dismissed due to double jeopardy....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System, Lawyers, Witnesses
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Unger to get new trial for 1976 conviction in death of Hagerstown police officer
davem@herald-mail.comMerle Unger will get a new trial for his 1976 felony murder conviction in the shooting death of a Hagerstown police officer, but only after agreeing to a number of conditions, including giving up his right to a jury trial. Talbot County Circuit Judge...Tags: Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Crimes, Litigation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Jury selection begins in trial for man charged with murdering his mother
waynesboro@herald-mail.comJury selection began Monday in Franklin County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas for the capital murder trial of a man accused of beating his mother to death. The trial is expected to start later this week for Marcus Wallace, 42, who is charged with first-...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Punishment, Prosecution, Litigation
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Information-sharing issue delayed murder trial for Pa. man accused of killing mother
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAn information-sharing issue between prosecutors and defense attorneys apparently delayed the start of the capital murder trial in the Franklin County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas for a man accused of killing his mother. A trial for Marcus Wallace was...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Justice System, Trials, Judges
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Capital murder trial delayed for man accused of killing his mother in Pa.
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThe capital murder trial of a man accused of killing his mother scheduled to start Friday in the Franklin County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas has been delayed. The Franklin County Court Administrator’s Office confirmed Wednesday that Marcus...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Justice System, Judges, Prosecution
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Charges dropped against Berkeley County man in 2011 beating death
matthewu@herald-mail.comA voluntary manslaughter and assault case against a Berkeley County man accused in the May 2011 death of Keith L. Douglas of Hagerstown has been dismissed due to a lack of admissible evidence, according to court documents and the county prosecutor’s...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers, Defendants, Witnesses
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