THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY – ALL CRIME, ALL THE TIME
– News and commentary on the Criminal Class – Featuring the Chesapeake Region of Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
An Air Station Atlantic City MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew hoists a man and his two dogs from his disabled sailboat two miles south of Smith Island Oct. 17, 2019. The man requested assistance after his sailing vessel became disabled due to weather conditions. U.S. Coast Guard video CRISFIELD, MD — The Coast Guard hoisted a man […]
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While on routine patrol in the Eastern Pacific, Valiant’s crew interdicted a self-propelled semi-submersible in international waters carrying approximately 12,000 pounds of cocaine, worth over $165 million and apprehended four suspected drug smugglers.
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Coast Guard and salvage crews extracted the remaining four Golden Ray crew members Sept. 9, 2019, in St. Simons Sound near Brunswick, Georgia. The crew members were transported by a Coast Guard Station Brunswick 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew to Glenn County EMS for further medical evaluation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Station […]
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BOOZING BOATER: Boat operator cited for impaired operation of the vessel after discovering he was missing one of eleven passengers on 22′ skiff when returning home; Coast Guard found overboard woman after search OCEAN CITY, Md. — The Coast Guard rescued a 20-year-old female from the water after she was reported missing from a vessel […]
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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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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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SHIP WITH $1 BILLION IN COCAINE UNLOADED BY FEDS – The good ship MSC Gayane wasn’t carrying lollipops. PHILIDELPHIA, PA. – The cokeheads of the Philly region are going to be paying more for their snorting at the beach this weekend when they find out their fun lines of coke will cost more due to […]
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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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