Bullets

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Several gunshots were fired at four people on Ramer Court early Sunday during an argument, the Martinsburg Police Department said in a news release. No one was hit by the gunfire but some bullets struck a neighbor's house at 105 Ramer Court, which is off West Burke Street near the intersection with North Samuel Street, police said. Four people were standing outside at 103 Ramer Court when two people walked past and started the argument, police said. One of the people who walked past fired several shots at the other four people, said police, who responded at about 1:15 p.m. The two men then fled toward Franklin Manor, police said.

MEN'S BASKETBALL Frederick CC 77, HCC 66 Tommy Cox had 19 points to lead Hagerstown Community College in a Maryland JuCo Conference loss to Frederick Community College. Marquis Waters had 15 points and five assists and Leon Nelson had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Hawks (5-16, 3-8), while John Long had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Robert Wescott added nine points. YOUTH LEAGUES Hagerstown Junior Basketball Elementary Division AMVETS 40, AFSCME 16 AMVETS: Carlin 6, Levine 2, Morey 2, Akens 2, Stiner 6, Schrieber 10, Kretzer 6, Liberman 2, Scott 2, King 2. AFSCME: Conrad 2, J. Smith 1, Berry 2, Seibert 9, Schurtz 2. Harley-Davidson 52, Jerry's Sports 19 Harley: Staubs 6, Proctor 2, Yacyk 3, Henson 5, Harrell 1, Schoek 3, Ober 10, Troxell 10, Griffin 2. Jerry's: B. Johnson 3, Byers 11, Kesslinger 2, Muthoka 1, Lassiter 2. Junior Division PTL 42, St. Mary's 40 PTL: King 5, Bitner 2, Louderback 15, Stoner 11, Bens 9. St. Mary's: Burdick 3, Morel 20, Haupt 2, Rajahpillay 3, Gantt 9, Hart 3. Funkstown Legion 52, Ruritan 22 Funkstown Legion: Hovermale 2, Maust 13, Prather 9, Nedimyer 3, Pierre 19, Provitt 6. Ruritan: Franklin 4, Wailey 9, Wink 5, King 4. Clear Spring Junior Basketball 7th & 8th Grade Division Bulls 58, Nuggets 41 Bulls: Hill 11, Mentzer 10, Sensenbaugh 9, Snyder 8, McCoy 8, Shanholtz 4, Mellott 4, Burgesser...

An Army National Guardsman who was carrying a training rifle and wearing military desert camouflage and a ballistic vest was arrested Monday morning after he was spotted running near two Martinsburg schools, police and military officials said. Monday was the first day of classes for the 2012-13 school year in Berkeley County. William Everett Alemar, 23, of 1013 S. Raleigh St., Apt. 3 in Martinsburg, was charged with committing a terroristic act and wearing body armor while committing a felony offense, according to police and court records.

Albert H. “Big Al” Cohen, 89, of Frederick, Md., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at his residence. He was the husband of the late Etta Fleisher Cohen, who died March 29, 2008. Born Aug. 12, 1922, in Frederick, a son of the late James Robert Cohen and Rose Harrison Cohen, he grew up in Hagerstown and graduated from Hagerstown High School, then moved back to Frederick. He then served in the U.S. Army in World War II from 1942 to 1946, as a captain in the U.S. Army's 90th Infantry Corps of Engineers, where his courage earned him a Purple Heart, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - Police charged a Hagerstown man with armed robbery Wednesday after receiving tips that he was involved in a robbery at a Berkeley County 7-Eleven store. Dale Anthony Shoop, 32, of Mount Tabor Road, was charged with one felony count of armed robbery. The robbery happened on Sunday, May 4, at the 7-Eleven on Berkeley Station Road. The robber, who wore a ski mask and wielded a gun, took $26 from a Berkeley County 7-Eleven store.

Rooting for an old friend to get back into the lineup By John League A business friend of mine is about ready to retire, and I asked him what he would miss most when he stopped working. He told me that the one thing he loved about his job were the conversations he had with employees. Not during meetings. But the casual talk you have about your wife, your kids, your hobbies. The conversations we have at the coffee pot and copying machine. Where you get to know folks.

Friday will be a sad day for Lynn “Ed” Hull. That's when G. Gordon Liddy, Hull's favorite conservative radio talk show host, signs off the air for the last time. Hull, 64, a military retiree and regular caller to “The G. Gordon Liddy Show,” realized a dream when he was invited to meet Liddy in person on Monday's show. Hull said he and Liddy talked during the first 20 minutes of the show, mostly about how bullets are manufactured. “He seemed to know a lot about it,” Hull said.

A Washington County man who fired multiple shots at his estranged wife and mother-in-law last July was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison during a hearing Thursday at Washington County Circuit Court. Before Judge M. Kenneth Long Jr. passed sentence, Jamie Hiler Wainwright, 37, of 10106 Saint George Circle in Saint James Village North, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and using a firearm to commit a violent crime. “This is a very dangerous situation that occurred, Mr. Wainwright,” Long said.