Crack

A Washington County Circuit Court jury Tuesday convicted a Hagerstown man of selling crack cocaine a short distance from the Hagerstown courthouse where the trial was held. Gregory Harris, 45, was found guilty of distribution of cocaine and possession of cocaine. Judge Donald E. Beachley sentenced Harris to 10 years in state prison without parole, according to Robert Veil, the supervising state's attorney for the Washington County Narcotics Task Force. “I think it's an adequate sentence,” Veil said.

Initially charged with robbing a Washington County Narcotics Task Force informant during a drug deal, a Hagerstown man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Judge Daniel P. Dwyer sentenced Ryheim Maurice Pearson, 21, of 1062 Ross St. to six years in prison. Charges of armed robbery, robbery, attempted robbery, theft and making false statements to police were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. "I do what I do to try and get drugs off the street.

A Washington County Circuit Court judge Tuesday sentenced a woman with a previous narcotics-distribution conviction to seven years in prison after she pleaded guilty to distribution of crack cocaine. "You could be a poster child here today for the devastation that drug abuse" causes individuals and families, Judge M. Kenneth Long Jr. told Trina Elizabeth Earl, 50, of Hagerstown. He sentenced her to 15 years, but suspended eight years of the sentence. "I lost my home and all my possessions.

LAKEWOOD, N.J. — Hagerstown didn’t tear the cover off the baseball, but the Suns bunched together what they needed at the right time to pull out a 4-3 win over Lakewood on Tuesday.å The Suns (8-5) rallied back from a 3-1 deficit with a three-run eighth inning to remain in first place in the South Atlantic League second-half standings. å Hagerstown’s rally began with a single by Cole Leonida, who went to third on a double by Chris Curran. Blake Kelso walked to load the bases and Adrian Sanchez then drove in Leonida with a sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to 3-2. Curran moved to third on the fly and Kelso then stole second, setting up a two-run double by Kevin Keyes for a 4-3 Suns lead.

A Mt. Airy man faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison after a Washington County Circuit Court jury this week convicted him of distribution of crack cocaine. Anthony Darnell Oram, 48, of 3745 Old Mill Bottom Road, was convicted Tuesday of distribution of crack cocaine, criminal conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to court records. Sentencing for Oram was deferred until a presentence investigation is completed, said Robert Veil, the supervising prosecutor for the Washington County Narcotics Task Force.

A Hagerstown woman was sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading guilty Tuesday in Washington County Court to distribution of crack cocaine. Judge W. Kennedy Boone III sentenced Linda Carol Knapp, 36, of 139 Summit Ave., Apt. 3, to 10 years in prison, but suspended six years. “You’ve been to the women’s prison before. Guess what? You’re going back,” Boone told Knapp, who reminded the judge that he had sentenced her in 2003 to eight years in prison with five years suspended.

The Pennsylvania State Police placed 139 trucks out of service and issued 572 traffic citations during a one-day statewide enforcement effort focusing on commercial vehicles that transport hazardous materials, Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski announced Tuesday in a press release. The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safe Transportation of Placarded Substances detail (STOPS) was conducted Sept. 22 by state police motor carrier enforcement team members. "Each year, about 200 trucks transporting hazardous materials on our nation's highways are involved in fatal crashes and 5,000 others are involved in nonfatal crashes," Pawlowski said in the release.