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Pines woman pleads guilty to heroin charge
(May 17, 2013) A pre-sentence investigation was ordered May 7 after Jayna Lynn Griffith, 27, of Ocean Pines pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess heroin with the intent to distribute it. She is scheduled to be sentenced July 10.
Griffith …
Machen found not guilty of beer can assault
(May 3, 2013) The Ocean City woman who was accused in February of assaulting her fiancé with a can of beer left jail Wednesday after being found not guilty.
Kathleen T. Machen, 47, was charged with second-degree assault on Feb. 5 after allegedly…
ACLU claims Bdwk. performer’s rights violated
(April 19, 2013) Ocean City and its rules for Boardwalk performers are again targets of a federal lawsuit.
The American Civil Liberties Union announced last week that it was challenging what it called an unconstitutional ordinance that has…
Former Booster head goes to jail
(April 19, 2013) The former president of the Pocomoke City Band Boosters was sentenced last Friday to three years in jail, although all but eight months was suspended.
Tracey Whittington Colbert, 39, of Crisfield was charged with stealing…
Berlin nursing home head cleared of assault charge
(April 12, 2013) The administrator of the Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was found not guilty last Thursday in Circuit Court in Snow Hill of assaulting a resident in October.
Donald Scott Boger, 49, had been charged with second-degree…
Va. man guilty of Pocomoke arson
(April 12, 2013) A pre-sentence investigation was ordered Tuesday after a Virginia man was found guilty of arson in connection with a fire near Pocomoke last year.
David Clifton Parks, 38, of Melfa, set fire to a two-story barn on Sheephouse…
Sterner sentenced to one year in jail
(April 12, 2013) Brian Daniel Sterner, 37, of Ocean City was sentenced April 2 to one year and one day in jail after being found guilty of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute it.
Additional charges against him were not…
Intoxicated victim in Machen attack goes to jail for four days
(March 22, 2013) The boyfriend and alleged victim in the case of the Ocean City woman charged with assaulting him in the head with a can of beer one day and a can of beans the next day was jailed Wednesday because he was too intoxicated to testify.…
Intoxicated victim in Machen attack goes to jail for four days
(March 22, 2013) The boyfriend and alleged victim in the case of the Ocean City woman charged with assaulting him in the head with a can of beer one day and a can of beans the next day was jailed Wednesday because he was too intoxicated to testify.…
Burbage-owned property slated for medical units loses rezoning
(March 22, 2013) A judge on Monday thwarted developer Jack Burbage’s proposal to build medical offices on Route 589, delivering a ruling so quickly that it surprised nearly everyone in the Snow Hill courtroom.
“Mere changes are not enough,”…
Murderer sentenced to 30 years again, but with 10 suspended
(March 15, 2013) A 32-year-old man headed back to prison last week after being re-sentenced for the September 2010 fatal stabbing of another man.
First, however, James Edward Ballard listened as the mother of his murder victim spoke…
Murderer sentenced to 30 years again, but with 10 suspended
(March 15, 2013) A 32-year-old man headed back to prison last week after being re-sentenced for the September 2010 fatal stabbing of another man.
First, however, James Edward Ballard listened as the mother of his murder victim spoke…
Former Berlin teacher facing prison for theft
(Feb. 22, 2013) A former Stephen Decatur Middle School teacher was sentenced to state prison after admitting Tuesday that she stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Worcester County Teachers Association for gambling.
“I knew …
Caretaker of Ocean City man admits to theft
(Feb. 22, 2013) A former caretaker of an elderly Ocean City man is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for stealing from her client.
Laura Lee Baker, also known as Laura Haislip Baker, 55, was indicted in November and charged with obtaining …
Berlin man, three others face federal prison terms
(Feb. 22, 2013) A Berlin man and three New Jersey men are facing federal drug charges.
Tony Lamont Mills, 32, of Berlin had an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Baltimore last Wednesday.
An undercover police detective met Mills in…
