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– News and commentary on the Criminal Class – Featuring the Chesapeake Region of Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
OUTLAW POACHER PIRATES OF THE CHESAPEAKE: Gregory Parks Sent to Slammer for One Year for Poaching in Virginia and Smuggling to Maryland NORFOLK, Va. – A Tangier Island man was sentenced Aug. 22, 2019, to one year in prison for violating the Lacey Act by harvesting oysters from the Chesapeake Bay in excess of Virginia […]
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CHARLES COUNTY WATERMAN DANIEL BOWLING PLEADS GUILTY TO VIOLATING CLOSED OYSTER HARVESTING AREA Daniel Warren Bowling, 50, of 14950 Deer Haven Place, Newburg, Md., was cited on Dec. 21, 2018 by NRP Officer Luke Santere for harvesting oysters from an area closed to the public due to unsafe bacteria levels that can cause serious illness […]
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CLICK THE VIDEO TO SEE FOOTAGE OF THE EX-CON WHO POUNDED ON THE DOOR OF THE VICTIMS AND WAVED HIS KNIFE IN THE AIR, DEMANDING ENTRY THE CRAVEN Once upon a fall night dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore – While I […]
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ILLEGAL RECREATIONAL FISHERFOLKS: Two face fines of $7,000 for poaching rockfish and crabs Maryland Natural Resources Police officers on patrol near a Queen Anne’s County waterfront park in early September charged two men with illegal fishing activity and seized 47 fish and six female crabs. Bernardo Salvador Rivera Palma, 52, of 716 Clopper Road, Apt. […]
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OUTLAW PIRATES OF THE CHESAPEAKE: Commercial Fishing Suspensions/Revocations and Aquaculture Suspensions UPDATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 This list compiled by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is updated frequently COMMERCIAL SUSPENSIONS Jerry L. Bloodsworth, Sr. – Crab Authorization under TFL # 7831 Suspended o Prohibited from engaging in ANY commercial crabbing activities during the […]
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Outlaw Poacher Pirates of the Chesapeake: Commercial Fishing Suspensions/Revocations and Aquaculture Suspensions for May 2, 2018 COMMERCIAL SUSPENSIONS updated Busted and Banned List for May 2, 2018 Jerry L. Bloodsworth Sr. – Crab Authorization under TFL # 7831 Suspended o Prohibited from engaging in ANY commercial crabbing activities during the following period: 4/1/18 […]
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OUTLAW POACHER PIRATES of the CHESAPEAKE: Jody Jackson pleaded guilty to poaching oysters in Little Choptank River sanctuary CAMBRIDGE MD. – As the great majority of watermen in Virginia and Maryland abide by the law and the regulations of harvesting natural resources of Maryland another outlaw poacher was caught and now has pleaded guilty. […]
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Chesapeake Bay Outlaw Recreational Anglers Charged with Poaching and other NRP citations during 2017 in Queen Anne’s County by Maryland Natural Resources Police Hildson Albertson Alvarado, 2717 Munson Street, Silver Spring, Md., on May 2, 2017 in District Court. CHARGE: fishing without a Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing License. RESULT: Guilty on June 29, 2017. […]
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Emergency Action Seeks to Reduce Minimum Size Requirement for Striped Bass Move to 19-Inch Rockfish Comes After Robust Stakeholder Input; Maintains Conservation Levels The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is moving forward with emergency regulations that will reduce the minimum size of striped bass for charter boat and recreational anglers in the summer and fall fishery in the Chesapeake […]
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