Juvenile Tries 5-finger Donut Discount
CALIFORNIA — A juvenile who was allegedly walking off a Wawa store without paying for donuts early morning found it was not so sweet to do so, according to the Maryland State Police. On Wednesday, January 11, 2006 at 4:00 am, TFC A. J. Rossignol was patrolling Route 235 when he observed a juvenile walk across Route 235 and walk through the front door of the Wawa, California. As TFC Rossignol approached the rear of the building, the juvenile was observed exiting the rear door carrying a clear bag of donuts. Contact was made with the juvenile who identified himself as being 15 years old. The juvenile allegedly admitted to taking the donuts without paying for them. The juvenile was arrested, transported to the Leonardtown Barrack, processed and released into the custody of an adult pending disposition by Juvenile Justice Authorities.
Woman Gives Cigarette Filled with MJ to Trooper
LEXINGTON PARK — Search for a missing person ended with the arrest of a 20-year-old woman who allegedly gave a marijuana-loaded cigarette to a Maryland State Trooper. On Monday, January 16, 2006 at 7:52 pm, TFC A. J. Rossignol said he responded to Flower Drive, Lexington Park, to conduct a follow-up investigation involving a missing person. On arrival he noticed a female sitting in a vehicle in front of the residence. Upon contacting the female, Nicole Ann Parker, 20, of Lusby, a bag of marijuana was observed in her lap. When she exited her vehicle, she handed a marijuana cigarette to Rossignol. Parker was arrested and charged with Possession of Marijuana and Possession of CDS Paraphernalia. She was taken to the St. Mary’s County Detention Center and held pending a bail review.
CURRAN TO PUSH FOR IMPROVED LIVING WILL FORM
Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr., today announced that he would ask the General Assembly to change Maryland’s suggested advance directive form to make it easier to understand and use.
“Especially in the wake of the tragic Terri Schiavo case, all of us should take steps to plan for difficult medical decisions. Our State’s law should help people do this,” Curran said. Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee Chairman Paula Hollinger and House Health and Government Operations Committee member James Hubbard will sponsor the bill in the ongoing legislative session.
Curran proposes that the Health Care Decisions Act, Maryland’s basic law on end-of-life decision making, offer a simplified, more user-friendly form. This form would let Marylanders select their preferred decision maker (called a health care agent) to act for them once they cannot make their own decisions, state their preferences about medical interventions in dire circumstances (often called a living will), or both. One innovative feature of the new form is that those who state their treatment preferences in a living will can say whether they want it to be strictly binding on their health care agent or to be guidance that can be applied flexibly.
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