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Unger found guilty again in Hagerstown police officer's 1975 murder
The retrial of a man convicted of murdering a Hagerstown police officer has produced the same verdict as in 1976: guilty of first-degree felony murder. Talbot County (Md.) Circuit Judge Broughton Earnest announced his verdict Tuesday in the retrial of...
Tags: Punishment, Judges, Prosecution, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Crimes
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Attorney says client charged in double stabbing was acting in self-defense
julieg@herald-mail.comThe public defender for a Hagerstown man charged in a double stabbing Friday night told a Washington County District Court judge on Monday that her client was acting in self-defense after he was attacked by three males. Robert Lee Pettaway, 19, of 237...Tags: Lawyers, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System
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Hagerstown man waives right to preliminary hearing in fatal vehicle crash
A Hagerstown man charged in a fatal vehicle crash in October 2012 that killed his brother and left another man paralyzed waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Berkeley County Magistrate Court. Timothy Lee Kegarise, 33, is charged with...Tags: Accidental Death, Court Preliminary
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Martinsburg man arraigned for possession with intent to deliver
A Martinsburg man accused of selling $3,000 in crack cocaine to a confidential informant was arraigned Friday on one felony count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, according to court documents. James Willard Johnson, 37, of 325...Tags: Cocaine, Drug Trafficking
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Pa. court denies request for new trial for man convicted of killing neighbor
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently denied Chad Kirby’s request to review a lower court’s decision, effectively ending his current quest for a new trial in the August 2009 shooting death of his neighbor. In June 2011, Franklin County...
Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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Hagerstown pharmacist and owner of Russo's Rx pleads guilty to health care fraud
A Hagerstown pharmacist pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Baltimore to fraudulently selling powerful pain killers and billing Medicare and Medicaid for nearly $200,000 of the cost, the U.S. Department of Justice said. David Russo, 62, pleaded...
Tags: Medicaid, Health and Medical Professionals, Alprazolam (drug), U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Trafficking
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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: Lawyers, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Prosecution
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Few attend first public hearing on Columbia Gas proposed rate hike
julieg@herald-mail.comOnly three Washington County residents testified at a public hearing Monday night on a request by Columbia Gas of Maryland to raise residential and commercial customers’ total natural gas bills by more than 16 percent. The utility company’s...Tags: Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Court Preliminary
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Woman sentenced for taking medication meant for patient
A 55-year-old woman was recently sentenced to 14 days in prison for taking medication that was meant for a patient at Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, where she worked as an emergency room nurse, U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II’s...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Punishment, Health and Medical Professionals, Banking, Cocaine
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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: FBI, Shootings, Judges, Prosecution, Crimes
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Attorney: Charges dropped against Boonsboro man mistaken for bank robber
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comCharges have been dropped against a Boonsboro man whose attorney said a case of mistaken identity led to his client being wrongly accused of robbing a Hagerstown bank last month. During a hearing that lasted only a few minutes Thursday in Washington...Tags: Lawyers, Criminals, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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Family members of man shot to death by Martinsburg police file lawsuit
matthewu@herald-mail.comFamily members of a man who was shot to death by Martinsburg police in March have filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its police department and 25 unidentified officers. The complaint, filed in U.S. district court in Martinsburg Thursday on behalf...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings, Laws, Justice System
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