THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY – ALL CRIME, ALL THE TIME
– News and commentary on the Criminal Class – Featuring the Chesapeake Region of Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
Soft crabs, peelers and Solomon’s Island by Pepper Langley Pepper Langley, one of the founders of the Calvert Marine Museum, is shown here in this 1989 photo guarding the front door of the new building and holding two politicians at bay. Left, is Maryland Comptroller Louie Goldstein, Pepper at the center, and right is Maryland […]
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Paul Youngk’s body recovered from capsized boat in Norfolk NORFOLK, VA. – Following a frantic yet, complex, search of the Chesapeake Bay by numerous friends of the missing Paul Youngk, as well as several rescue agencies and the U. S. Coast Guard on Easter Sunday, his body wasn’t discovered until the next morning. Norfolk Police […]
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Letter from High Chimneys by Jack Rue Jack Rue fakes it without his spectacles as he lost them on his last joke about the Priest leaving the house of ill repute where he had ministered to the poor working girls. Letter from High Chimneys: Bars Going Broke Rue Stops Drinking – Part OneBy Jack RueI have […]
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HEROIN HIGHWAY TO HELL: Hello Deadheads! Some quality weed ain’t gonna make it to your party this weekend! Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton crew members load bales of marijuana for storage within the ship March 22, 2019, in the Carribean Sea. The Hamilton crew seized approximately 2,000 pounds of marijuana worth over $3.5 million. (U.S. Coast […]
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The Coast Guard Cutter Reliance crew works to rig the sailboat, C’est La Vie, for towing 110 miles east southeast of Virginia Beach, Va., Feb 8. 2019. U.S. Coast Guard photo. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Cutter Reliance is bringing two crewmembers and their disabled sailboat back to shore Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, after a Navy […]
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Virginia Gov. Mark Warner with Indian rent payment of a deer each year. Mark Warner is now a U.S. Senator and called for the resignation of Gov. Ralph Northam for a racist photo displayed on his medical school yearbook page.
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Instead of a catfish, it was a longnose gar, a fish that dates to prehistoric times and can grow up to 6 feet long. Maryland Department of Natural Resources staff verified the species, and Kool Ice and Seafood Company in Cambridge certified the fish’s official weight. Confair’s catch surpassed the state’s previous record holder, Justin Kelly, who caught a 17-pound longnose gar in the Potomac River back in 2011.
Confair kept his catch alive for more than two days and released it back into the creek after the record was certified. “It deserves to live,” Confair said. “I’m hoping to set a bigger record. I know there are bigger ones, I’ve seen them.”
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“Insurance? Heck no,” said Leonard. “Those people want too much money each year from you, it’s hard enough making a living without paying those big insurance companies those big numbers. We’ll fix up our place, dry things out and replace anything that’s damaged, and we’ll be back open for business really quick.”
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Crash in old Village of Mechanicsville Fatal to Career St. Mary’s Official Tony Malaspina Sr. MECHANICSVILLE, MD. A pickup truck which left the roadway and crashed into a building near the intersection of Old Village Road and Mechanicsville Road took the life of the St. Mary’s County Animal Control Director Tony Malaspina, who was also […]
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Coast Guard Safety Checks Ensure that Pleasure Craft Have Required Safety Equipment in Order to Save Lives.
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