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Allegany County – On Saturday, Jan. 5, at 1:41 a.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) charged a Lonaconing man with driving while intoxicated on Route 36.
NRP initiated a traffic stop on John W. Long, 38, of Lonaconing for allegedly driving erratically. During the course of the traffic stop, Long was arrested for driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol per se, and driving a vehicle while impaired by alcohol. He was released on his signature.
Allegany County – Saturday, Jan. 5, at 3:24 a.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police arrested a Grantsville boy for driving while intoxicated on Douglas Avenue in Lonaconing.
NRP initiated a traffic stop on the 16-year-old Grantsville youth for allegedly driving erratically. During the course of the traffic stop, he was arrested for driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol per se, driving a vehicle while impaired by alcohol, driving vehicle in violation of provisional license requirement and possession of an alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 years of age. The youth was released to his mother and referred to the Department of Juvenile Services.
Baltimore County – On Saturday, Jan. 5, at 9:14 a.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Jimmy W. Humphrey, 51, of Baltimore and Joseph P. Linsenmeyer, 27, of Randallstown with multiple hunting violations in the 3700 block of Wards Chapel Road.
NRP was called to the area after Baltimore County Police initiated a traffic stop on the white van the two occupied matching the description of a call from a citizen who had observed two individuals shooting from the vehicle while it was on the roadway. Officers also located an injured deer along the roadway in the vicinity.
NRP seized as evidence two 12 gauge shotguns and ammunition and both men were issued citations for hunting from a vehicle, possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle and shooting on, from or across a roadway.
Calvert County – On Tuesday, Jan. 1, at 5:07 p.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged William M. Oliver, 61, of Dunkirk with hunting waterfowl with bait on private property off of Southern Maryland Boulevard near Dunkirk. Oliver was observed allegedly hunting geese with corn scattered around his blind. He was issued a citation for hunting waterfowl with the aid of bait with a court date of March 3 scheduled in Calvert County District Court.
A person may not hunt, or attempt to hunt wetland game birds, by the aid of baiting, or on or over any baited area. Baiting means the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed that would lure, attract, or entice wetland game birds to, on, or over any areas where hunters are attempting to hunt them.
However, this regulation does not prohibit the hunting of all upland game birds and wetland game birds on or over standing crops, flooded standing crops (including aquatics), flooded harvested crop lands, grain crops properly shocked on the field where grown, or grains found scattered solely as the result of normal agricultural planting or harvesting.
Cecil County – On Monday, Jan. 7, at 8:15 a.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged John R. Howard, 43, of Chesapeake City with hunting waterfowl with bait on private property off of Randalia Road. Howard was observed allegedly hunting ducks over a pond with shelled corn scattered around the area. He was issued a citation for hunting waterfowl with the aid of bait with a court date of March 7 scheduled in Cecil County District Court.
A person may not hunt, or attempt to hunt wetland game birds, by the aid of baiting, or on or over any baited area. Baiting means the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or other feed that would lure, attract, or entice wetland game birds to, on, or over any areas where hunters are attempting to hunt them.
Cecil County – On the night of Wednesday, Jan. 2, the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Randy G. Meherg, 41, and Stephen James Arthur, 25, both of Elkton with multiple hunting violations.
NRP responded to private property off of Belvidere Road for a report of a truck driving in a field. Once on the scene officers found Meherg’s truck stuck at the bottom of an embankment along the field. During the course of the stop, NRP located and seized as evidence one loaded Yugoslavian SKS-type 7.62x39 caliber semi-auto rifle, one loaded bolt action rifle and ammunition. Both men were charged with casting rays of artificial light on fields or woodland while having a weapon in possession capable of killing deer, possession of a loaded weapon in a vehicle and operating a vehicle on private property without written permission in possession.
Cecil County – On Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 12:45 p.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Joseph G. Letts, 62, of Charlestown with hunting from a vehicle at the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area.
Letts was observed allegedly hunting from his vehicle by Maryland Park Service personnel. NRP was called to the scene and issued Letts a citation for hunting from a vehicle and he was released on his signature.
Queen Anne’s County – On Tuesday, Jan. 1, at 1:48 a.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged a Baltimore man with driving while intoxicated on US Route 50 near Queenstown.
NRP initiated a traffic stop on Brandon Anthony Moore, 22, of Baltimore for allegedly speeding and driving erratically. During the course of the traffic stop, Moore was arrested for driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol per se, driving a vehicle while impaired by alcohol, driving vehicle on highway at speed exceeding speed limit and failure to drive right of center line. He was released on his signature.
January 11, 2008 Contact: Sgt. Ken Turner
410-260-8003 office I 443-534-5598 cell
kturner@dnr.state.md.usThe Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is the enforcement arm of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). With an authorized strength of 280 officers and a dedicated staff of civilian and volunteer personnel, the NRP provide a variety of services in addition to conservation and boating law enforcement duties throughout the State of Maryland. These services include homeland security, search and rescue, emergency medical services, education, information and communications services on a round the clock basis. NRP is the only police force aside from the Maryland State Police that has statewide jurisdiction.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the state agency responsible for providing natural and living resource-related services to citizens and visitors. DNR manages more than 449,000 acres of public lands and 17,000 miles of waterways, along with Maryland's forests, fisheries and wildlife for maximum environmental, economic and quality of life benefits. A national leader in land conservation, DNR-managed parks and natural, historic and cultural resources attract 12 million visitors annually. DNR is the lead agency in Maryland's effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the state's number one environmental priority. Learn more at www.dnr.maryland.gov