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A July 14 preliminary hearing was scheduled in Washington County District Court for a Hagerstown man charged with raping a mentally disabled woman. William Glenn Hungerford, 52, of 61 E. Franklin St., Apt. 1, was in court Friday for a bond hearing on charges of second-degree rape, second- and third-degree sex offenses, second-degree assault and sodomy, court records said. Judge Ralph H. France II kept Hungerford’s bail at $150,000. A Hagerstown police detective met with the 57-year-old woman Wednesday at Easter Seals Adult Day Services, the statement of probable cause said.

Clinton “Leeds” Corbin remembered the day in October when he fell 11 feet headfirst into a hole in the ground. The fall broke his neck, leaving him without use of his arms and legs. “That's the sad part,” he said Tuesday from a Philadelphia physical rehabilitation center. “My doctor said I'd never walk again or use my arms.” Corbin, 62, of Summit Point, W.Va., doesn't accept that fate. “I'm doing exceptionally well, well above where I'm supposed to be at this point.

Click here to view the slideshow. The Italian village has a cobblestone path, a foot bridge that juts out from its background and flowers that cascade out of window boxes. The French cathedral has dozens of columns inside with intricate detail work inside and out, including rows of pews and a simulated stained glass window. Another church has a wooden pipe organ in one corner while a wedding is occurring nearby. Neither the village nor the church are real, though the French cathedral is Laon Cathedral in northern France - a replica of it, that is. Hagerstown-area resident Jorge Portalea carved details such as the columns out of wood and assembled them with glue to create the approximately 18-inch-high cathedral.

Success of new wells leaves area man happy By ANDREW SCHOTZ andrews@herald-mail.com Water flowed freely from David Herbst's shallow wells until about a year ago. The one at his home on Misty Meadow Road - hand-dug, about 15 to 20 feet deep - started to "suck air and spritz," Herbst recalled. "That scared us," he said. "It might have been 24 hours and it would have been out. " The one down the road at his tenants' house - about 30 or 35 feet deep - began to run short.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A 24-year-old Sharpsburg man faces a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to postal theft, according to the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia. According to a press release, James Willis Giffin III, of 17474 Millers Sawmill Road, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of an indictment charging him with theft of postal matter. The Aug. 16 theft involved $14,431.16, which represented the money collected by the Ranson, W.Va.

A 22-year-old Williamsport man died Friday night when the motorcycle he was riding on Alternate U.S. 40 near Cool Hollow Road crashed head-on with a truck hauling an empty fuel tanker, Maryland State Police said. The man's name wasn't released pending notification of family members, police said. The motorcycle crossed the center line of the road on a curve and struck a westbound AC&T truck just before 6:30 p.m., police said. Police said the fuel truck had just made a delivery prior to the accident, which closed the road for more than three hours.

charlestown@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A 25-year-old man was arraigned Monday afternoon on charges in connection with a shooting outside a nightclub along W.Va. 9 west nearly two years ago in which two people were injured, according to court records. Terrick LeGrande was arraigned on two charges of wanton endangerment, two counts of malicious wounding and felonious possession of a firearm, said Berkeley County Magistrate Kristy Greer. LeGrande was being held in the Eastern Regional Jail Monday night on $100,000 bond, jail officials said.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Hedgesville, W.Va., man was charged Sunday with trying to hit a state trooper with his car, according to records filed in Berkeley County Magistrate Court. Kenneth C. Markley II, 26, of 1079 Conservation Drive, was charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of fleeing from police while driving under the influence. At about 12:19 a.m. Sunday, West Virginia State Police Trooper S.R. Smith responded to the intersection of Cannon Hill Road and Go Away Lane in Hedgesville for a report of a car accident.

A Boonsboro area man was being held on $1 million bond after being charged with sexually molesting a girl over a period of years. Richard Lee Magaha, 42, who lives on Sharpsburg Pike, was charged with sex abuse of a minor as a continuing course of conduct, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years, and sex abuse of a minor, an offense with a 25-year maximum sentence. District Judge Ralph H. France II declined to lower Magaha's bail during a Monday bond review hearing in Washington County District Court.

Clinton “Leeds” Corbin remembered the day in October when he fell 11 feet headfirst into a hole in the ground. The fall broke his neck, leaving him without use of his arms and legs. “That's the sad part,” he said Tuesday from a Philadelphia physical rehabilitation center. “My doctor said I'd never walk again or use my arms.” Corbin, 62, of Summit Point, W.Va., doesn't accept that fate. “I'm doing exceptionally well, well above where I'm supposed to be at this point.

The Sharpsburg-area man who was the subject of a massive search by police Thursday afternoon and who turned himself in to Maryland State Police on Friday, was released Friday after posting bond, according to Central Booking. Terry Allen Porter, 46, of 4433 Mills Road, was charged with seven counts of possession of a firearm after conviction of a drug felony and seven charges of possession of a shotgun or rifle after conviction on a disqualifying offense, Assistant State's Attorney Leon Debes has said.

A Sharpsburg area man who was the subject of a massive search by police Thursday afternoon turned himself in to Maryland State Police on Friday and was charged with 14 firearms violations, according to the Washington County State's Attorney's Office and Sheriff Douglas W. Mullendore. Terry Allen Porter, 46, of 4433 Mills Road, was being held on $75,000 bond Friday night at the Washington County Detention Center, according to a jail spokesperson. State police on Thursday issued a warrant for Porter on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a rifle or shotgun and being a felon in possession of a firearm, court records said.

Five police agencies were involved in an unsuccessful search of the Greenbrier State Park area Sunday morning for a man who was involved in the theft of a Chevrolet Lumina in Hagerstown, and at one point was wanted in connection with a homicide case in Hagerstown, Maryland State Police said. More than 20 officers were involved in the search because, initially, the lookout call for the man had him matching the description of a homicide suspect, though Hagerstown police weren't sure whether he was actually connected to the homicide, State Police Cpl. Tim Lease said.

A 52-year-old Martinsburg area man arraigned Friday is accused of sexually assaulting a female neighbor while she slept last month, according to Berkelely County Magistrate Court documents. Joseph Lee Stephens Sr., of 137 Energy Drive, Martinsburg was charged with second-degree sexual assault by Berkeley County Sheriff's Lt. B.F. Hall,  court records said. In the arraignment hearing, Magistrate Joan V. Bragg set a $20,000 bond for Stephens, who also was wanted by authorities for failure to appear in Berkeley County Circuit Court on an unrelated felony case.

A July 14 preliminary hearing was scheduled in Washington County District Court for a Hagerstown man charged with raping a mentally disabled woman. William Glenn Hungerford, 52, of 61 E. Franklin St., Apt. 1, was in court Friday for a bond hearing on charges of second-degree rape, second- and third-degree sex offenses, second-degree assault and sodomy, court records said. Judge Ralph H. France II kept Hungerford’s bail at $150,000. A Hagerstown police detective met with the 57-year-old woman Wednesday at Easter Seals Adult Day Services, the statement of probable cause said.

The road from crisis to confidence isn't an easy one — not when you've dealt with years of broken bones, black eyes and a constant litany of verbal threats. It's a road that often takes a lot of twists and turns. But, often, the path leads to CASA (Citizens Assisting and Sheltering the Abused). Here, victims hope to escape a life of uncertainty and beatings and break the cycle of domestic violence. They expect to be welcomed by a group of women who will offer support and counseling through a traumatic experience.

The Franklin County (Pa.) Sheriff's Office said Wednesday it arrested a Waynesboro, Pa., area man on a rape warrant from Missouri. Mitchell Lee Hudson, 19, was taken into custody without incident at his Scott Road home at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, sheriff's deputies said in a news release. Hudson is charged in Newton County, Mo., with forcible rape on May 1, 2010, the news release states. Deputies said Hudson was on probation in Franklin County for corruption of a minor. He was taken to Franklin County Jail on a fugitive charge, and bail was set at $75,000, according to the release.

A Harpers Ferry area man accused of robbing a City National Bank branch in Ranson, W.Va., on Monday has been charged in the Dec. 22 robbery of BB&T bank just outside of Martinsburg, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday night. An arrest warrant charging Mark Daniel Haines, 40, with non-aggravated robbery in the BB&T holdup was issued Thursday, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Deputy Lt. Gary Harmison said. Haines, who lives at 152 Red Bird Lane in the Shannondale subdivision, also is a “primary suspect” in the Dec. 22 robbery of a Susquehanna Bank drive-up office at 17301 Valley Mall Road near Hagerstown, Cpl. Greg Alton, an investigator with the Washington County Sheriff's Office, said Thursday night.