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– 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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Search for pair on jet skis called off in Potomac River ST. GEORGE’S ISLAND, MD. – A couple who had been on a great adventure from the Camp Merryelande located on the tip of St. George’s Island, was the subject of a search by various agencies overnight on July 3, 2019. By early in the […]
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BOATING MAYHEM LEAVES 6 DEAD: Careless, carefree and reckless marked numerous tragedies prior to the Fourth NRP Superintendent Colonel Robert Ziegler, along with officials from the Maryland Park Service, Coast Guard, and Anne Arundel County Fire Department addressed reporters from several media outlets regarding the many recent water related tragedies. Maryland State Parks, U.S. Coast […]
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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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MARYLAND HUNTING SEASON MISHAPS AND TRAGEDIES FOR 2018 REPORTED BY NATURAL RESOURCES POLICE Is there a better way to test a tree stand? A 59-year-old Montgomery County Deer Hunter (Stand was being set-up prior to the opening of archery season) fell approximately 17 feet while setting up his ladder type stand. Once the stand was […]
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A U.S. Coast Guard 45-foot Motor Life-Boat crew from Station Cape Charles, Virginia transports five people back to shore after their boat capsized near the Old Plantation Flats Light near Cape Charles, June 20, 2019. The Coast Guard was assisted by four good Samaritans during the rescue.(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class […]
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A 42-foot sailing vessel gets towed through the waters of the Chesapeake Bay to Cape Charles Harbor by a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Cape Charles, Virginia, June 16, 2019. The sailing vessel was previously adrift and disabled in the Chesapeake Bay shipping channel, which is part of our country’s Marine Transportation System […]
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The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Lawrence Lawson, a 154-foot fast response cutter homeported in Cape May, New Jersey, approaches a capsized 55-foot wooden sailboat about 65 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 29, 2019. An aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, rescued two mariners, who they found clinging […]
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CAPE MAY, N.J. — The Coast Guard suspended their search for a missing pilot Wednesday evening, which began when a single-engine airplane was seen crashing into the water near Cape May Point, just before noon. Crews across multiple agencies search for a pilot off Cape May Point, New Jersey, where the plane he was in […]
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