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Hagerstown man pleads guilty to assaulting infant, gets 14 months in jail
dona@herald-mail.comCharged with breaking his infant son’s leg, a Hagerstown man was sentenced to 14 months in jail after pleading guilty Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court to second-degree assault. Circuit Court Judge John H. McDowell sentenced 31-year-old...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Abusive Behavior, Punishment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Mail Call - May 14
“Thank you to the nice woman who planted such wonderful flowers in front of the old library in downtown Boonsboro. We appreciate you, and your care for our community.” — Boonsboro “I see that Professor Powell wrote a hit piece...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Politics, Executive Branch, Benghazi, Death Penalty
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POW/MIA service set for Saturday at Letterkenny
The Chambersburg area’s annual POW/MIA Service of Remembrance will be on Armed Forces Day, which is Saturday, at 11 a.m. at the Letterkenny Chapel, 2171 Carbaugh Ave. The service will be followed by memorial dedications at the adjacent Franklin...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Prisoners and Detainees, U.S. Army, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Ex-Jefferson County sheriff sentenced to 1 year in federal prison in beating of robbery suspect
The Associated PressA former West Virginia sheriff was ordered into federal custody Monday and will spend a year in prison for his role in the 2010 beating of a bank robber after a high-speed chase. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey rejected pleas that ex-Jefferson...Tags: Broken Nose, Laws, Judges, Lawyers, Justice System
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Hagerstown man sentenced in assault case
dona@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown man was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $30,000 in restitution after pleading guilty Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court to assaulting another man. Matthew Edward West, 40, of 121 Southern Oak Drive,...Tags: Broken Nose, Punishment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Hagerstown man charged with assaulting ex-girlfriend five times
A Hagerstown man was in Washington County Detention Center on $650,000 bond Wednesday, charged with assaulting an ex-girlfriend five times, including twice on the same day. Timothy J. Gardner, 41, no fixed address, is charged with assaulting the woman...
Tags: Prosecution, Abusive Behavior, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights scrutinized after Baltimore City Detention Center scandal
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Correctional Officers’ Bill of Rights, which was sponsored by a former Washington County senator and signed into law in 2010, is getting fresh scrutiny in the aftermath of a scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, where 13 female...Tags: Christopher B. Shank, Organized Crime, FBI, AFSCME, Michael E. Busch
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Mail Call - May 10
“As a Department of Public Safety retiree after 30 years, this repeal of the death penalty has far-reaching opportunities for criminals. People don’t realize that in prison, if you’ve killed a policeman or anybody associated with law...Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Lloyd Waters: There's a big Guerilla in the room
Gov. Martin O’Malley wants to be president; Lt. Gov. Brown wants to be governor; and Tavon White, an accused murderer and alleged member of the Black Guerilla family in Baltimore City, wants to be in charge of the Baltimore City Detention Center....Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Safety of Citizens, Regional Authority, Government
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Hagerstown man gets prison time in fatal motorcycle crash
matthewu@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown man was sentenced Thursday in Berkeley County Circuit Court to at least one year in prison after he pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in April 2011. Steven Edward Thompson, 47, was fined $500 by 23rd Judicial...Tags: Prosecution, Misdemeanors, Transportation Accidents, Defendants, Crimes
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Police seize 310 cartons of unstamped cigarettes
matthewu@herald-mail.comPolice seized 310 cartons of cigarettes from a vehicle that was stopped at a Martinsburg-area Sheetz on Wednesday, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court documents. Oda Qarqat, 46, of Bogota, N.J., was arraigned Thursday on charges of no...Tags: Prosecution, Defendants, Tobacco Products, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man charged in gang shooting now facing second-degree rape charges
dona@herald-mail.comA Washington, D.C., man already being held on charges involving a gang shooting last month now has been charged with second-degree rape of a teen girl, according to Washington County District Court records. Matthew Steven Gardner, 28, is being held on...Tags: Washington, DC, Sex Crimes, Rape, Juvenile Delinquency, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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