THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY – ALL CRIME, ALL THE TIME
– News and commentary on the Criminal Class – Featuring the Chesapeake Region of Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
Three Coast Guard aircraft perform a flyover for the President’s Salute to America in Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July, 2019. The flyover included an MH-65 Dolphin, an MH-60 Jayhawk, and an HC-144 Ocean Sentry. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Drummond.
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing boat technician in Curtis Creek, Md. BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing boat technician in Curtis Creek at 6:28 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2019. The missing man, Allen Van Dyke, was last seen working on a 25-foot vessel at Jaws Marine boat shop Saturday […]
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OUTLAW PIRATE POACHERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE: Recreational fisherfolks busted for poaching Rockfish Department of Natural Resources has eliminated press releases on those arrested for poaching or violations. LIST OF FINES FOR VIOLATIONS CENTREVILLE, MD. – The following persons have been charged with violations of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources rules on harvesting of Chesapeake […]
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OUTLAW POACHERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE: Montgomery County Market Cited for Selling Egg-Bearing Female Crabs GERMANTOWN, MD. – Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Lotte Plaza Market, located at 13069 Wisteria Drive, in Germantown, Md., with offering three bushels of egg-bearing female blue crabs — known as sponge crabs — for sale in violation of the state’s […]
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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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