June 1, 2004 to June 20, 2004 news stories

Third Murder Was the Charm for Oken
Death Row Inmate Executed
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Maryland's Death Penalty:
A Synopsis
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One Maryland man was hung twice. When the rope broke they carried his lame figure back up on the scaffold and did it again.
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Who was executed in Maryland since 1923?
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They were hung, gassed and injected, here is a list of how many were executed in this manner
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A Statistical Profile of those executed
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A Maryland Chronological History of the Death Penalty
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Maryland's gas chamber being delivered after the last man was hung in 1955.
Photo courtesy of Maryland Division of Corrections

State Police Drop the Hammer on Truckers In Charles County
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President Bush Told Military Free Iraq's Future Is Coming Into View
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Should Business Step Up To
The Plate for Metro Funding?
Metro Makes Changes in Bus, Train Schedules
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Pepco Pays to Revitalize Shellfish, Turtles and Fishing on Patuxent to Make Up for Oil Pipeline Spill
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Meleana on the car, she told the deputy when asked to perform field sobriety test
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news from the Walled City of Leonardtown...
Wal Mart Expansion and more...
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Police Investigate Assault by Student on Bus Driver
Big kid elbowed little old lady as he got off the bus, two weeks after she reported him to schools for horseplay on bus
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St. Mary's Board Cooks Up Republican Waffle
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Sheriff Zylak's Top Priority is Pay Hike for Wife
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Sovereignty Transfer Won't End Mission, House Panel Told
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New Plane to Replace Aging P-3 Will Be Built by McDonnell Douglas
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Rules Proposed to Keep Ships from Bumping Into Whales
Hint: It ain't turning them into Chicken of the Sea or lamp oil...
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Coast Guard Nabs
Boat Load of Pot
Did this cargo grow in Maryland fields?
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Bear Killed at Virginia Hospital
Game Warden showed no mercy to this black bear when he showed up at ER
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Police Find Body In Woods
St. Mary's Sheriff's Lt. Doolan, the former Assistant Sheriff and currently a duty officer with the agency, told ST. MARY'S TODAY that the search for Wanda Lee Denton which had taken place in Spring Ridge over the past 48 hours has been suspended.
"I am not authorized to say if the woman has been found but the search is called off, we expect to have more information later," said Doolan.
Police sources say that the body found in a wooded area near St. James is likely to be Denton and that a funeral director was called to the scene to remove a body.  She was last seen on June 13^th, 2004, at approximately 4:00 a.m. in the Spring Ridge – Lexington Park area. She suffered from a medical condition requiring medication, and it was presumed she wandered on foot from her residence in an unknown direction, reported the Sheriff's Department.
America Arrested by St. Mary's Deputy
It had to happen sooner or later. The county which has the distinction of a United States Court of Appeals likening several of the command staff of the local sheriff's deputies to the Ku Klux Klan has another reason to gain notice.  America was placed under   arrest in St. Mary's County, Maryland.
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State DNR Sheds Old Logo in Favor of New Design
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources got rid of it's old logo, one which looked much like a design drawn up in the old Soviet Union. While some folks wonder what was wrong with the old one and fret over the Republican Administration of Gov. Bob Ehrlich spending money on new decals and letterheads, the new logo is a reality. Here it is:

Rural Legacy Funds Awarded to Calvert and Charles by Board of Public Works
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Salmonella Cases in Maryland on the Increase
Five year trend shows number of food borne illnesses doubling
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State Fish Is Safe Dish to Eat
The Maryland Department of Environment puts it's stamp of approval on chowing down on Rockfish after results of a three year study were completed.
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Socialist Claims Carver School Located Next to Environmental Dumping Ground Due to Racial Makeup of Students
Look at the racial makeup of this school.  The 'dumping ground' that Bob Lewis, a Green Party candidate for commissioner and anti-growth advocate, who once was a self-proclaimed Socialist Party stalwart, says is next to the school is simply a gravel mining operation.  Other gravel mines are located in the center of St. Mary's County in Helen, surrounded by neighborhoods where the average price hovers around $250,000.  St. Mary's Commissioner Dan Raley is a neighbor to the new Carver school about to open in Great Mills.
Read more on this story in this week's print edition
racial chart
St. Mary's 10th Graders reading slightly better
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Man Saved After Boat Burned
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Baltimore Police Officer Convicted of Attempted Fraud Over Phony Laptop
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Woman Attempted to Extort Deputy
Rocket scientist charged by police for offering to give up info on critically missing person in exchange for bucks
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Maryland Court of Appeals Orders Indefinite Suspension
of Leonardtown Lawyer for Procedural Errors
Court Rejects Disbarment in Complaint, Says Attorney Earned Disputed Fee
Ruling
It's Still One Nation Under God for Now
The United States Supreme Court ruled that a California man lacked proper legal standing to bring a case forward and reversed the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit which struck the words "under God" from the pledge of allegiance.
text of ruling
Southern Maryland Police Beat:
Cain Was Able To Sell Drugs
Armed with Digital Scales
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More Police Beat News from St. Mary's & Charles County --- Sheriff's Departments and Maryland State Police
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General Assembly and Governor Spending Money with Wild Abandon
Commentary by Dr. Terry McGuire
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Woman Charged with Torching Auto to Defraud Insurance Company
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Man Stabbed Wife, Fought Cops Twice
First time he fought cops he went to jail; then he fought them again and this time he was flown out to trauma center....
See details in this week's print edition...
Southern Maryland Police Briefs
Stupid Kid Tricks, You C the Money, Now You Don't and more news of Charles County crime...
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Charles Detectives Seek Aid From Public:
Do You Know This Man?
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Backdoor Burglars Nabbed by Alert Deputy
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St. Mary's Farms To Be Added to Ag Preservation
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Health Alert:
State Says West Nile Virus Infection "Significant"
in Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
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Ehrlich Appoints Kershaw Head of Commission to Nominate New State Prosecutor
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Coast Guard Found Missing Boy Under Capsized Sailboat
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Pax River SAR Team
Best on East Coast
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Large Allied Force Exercise Will Span East Coast
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Crash Sends 4 to Hospitals
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Lexington Park:
Booze Cruise Behind Rear Ender
Leaving Child Near Death
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The Petunia Gang
Why would a gang of 40-year-old men stop at a closed greenhouse in the middle of the night and rob it of seven potted flowers?  See details in print edition now on newstand
Vehicle Registration Fees Going Up Thanks to Governor and General Assembly
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Snakehead # 5 Found in Potomac
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Maryland Plants the Seed
Eelgrass harvesting project may lead to restoring lost underwater wildgrass
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Bank Robbers Strike Twice in Waldorf
Winnie the Pooh Bandit brandished handgun, ordered clerks to the floor
Charles County Sheriff's detectives need help in tracking down two armed robbers.
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Ocean City Named One of Nation's Top Restored Beaches
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Flood of Virginia Residents to Point Lookout Park Move On to County Parks and Boat Ramps
Point Lookout rangers handed out directions to St. Mary's Parks in Spanish
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Coast Guard Plucks 11 from Water as Holiday Got Underway
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Another Snakehead Found in Potomac
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What do Snakeheads look like; similar looking native species
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Ehrlich Moves Woman Superintendent Out of
DNR Police Post to Make Room for Political Pal
ANNAPOLIS --- Being the first female to be the superintendent of the Maryland Natural Resources Police didn't last long for Col. Tammy Broll.  She was moved aside last week by Governor Robert Ehrlich so a friend of his who had just been demoted by State Police Superintendent Col. Tim Hutchins could have a place to land. Named as Maryland's new DNR chief is recently retired Maryland State Police Capt. Mark Chaney.  Chaney, who had the rank of Lt. Colonel  as chief of field operations for the former State Police chief who pleaded guilty to corruption charges, now gets the rank of colonel at DNR.  Col. Broll will now get the rank of Lt. Col. and be assigned as a commander to make room for Chaney, who had been demoted by Hutchins.
See this release from DNR Secretary Ron Franks
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