Kitchen Knife

Gun fired into building, no one hurt FREDERICK, Md. - No one was injured late Sunday when a shot fired from a gun went into an occupied apartment, according to a Frederick Police Department news release. Police said the department received reports at 11:06 p.m. that shots were fired near Country Hill Apartments on Heather Ridge Drive. Police said one shot was fired through a sliding-glass door of a nearby apartment. Police said the resident and a visitor were inside the apartment at the time of the incident but were not injured.

Criminal homicide case to proceed By RICHARD F. BELISLE / Staff Writer Based on a preliminary hearing Friday, District Justice Larry Pentz ruled that there was enough evidence for the criminal homicide case against Antonio Barcenas to be heard in the Court of Common Pleas. Barcenas, 20, of 20 W. Washington St., is charged with the stabbing death of J. Javier Brena-Lugo, 30, during a New Year's Day incident at the home of the victim's brother, Joaquin Brena-Lugo at 38 W. Queen St. Joaquin Brena-Lugo was a key witness for the prosecution in the hearing before District Justice Larry Pentz.

chambersburg@herald-mail.com CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - A Waynesboro, Pa., man charged with attempting to kill another man with a butcher knife Sunday morning was in Franklin County Prison Monday and scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week, police and court officials said. Derek Anthony Shoemaker, 21, was charged with one count each of criminal intent to commit criminal homicide, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person, according to court documents.

Police log for Oct. 2 City man listed in fair condition A Hagerstown man was in fair condition Sunday after receiving a stab wound to his chest during a fight Saturday evening, a nursing supervisor at Washington County Hospital said. Chandler B. Jenkins, 31, of 160 W. Washington St., Apt. 5, was taken into custody shortly after the 7 p.m. incident at his apartment, police said. Jenkins was charged with attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault, Hagerstown City Police said.

A man accused of beating and stabbing a man in an apparent attempt to rob him in August 2011 was sentenced to serve three to 25 years in prison Monday as part of a plea agreement. The plea agreement also resolved charges that Michael Scott Peck, 47, broke into a house in September 2010 and stole cash, according a news release from Berkeley County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Timothy D. Helman. Peck, of Martinsburg, pleaded no contest to burglary, malicious assault and conspiracy to commit robbery, Helman said.

Sentenced to state prison in September for a second-degree assault conviction, a Smithsburg man was back in Washington County Circuit Court Thursday to plead guilty to first-degree assault for slashing a man with a knife in May. Judge M. Kenneth Long Jr. sentenced Robert B. Heare, 28, of 7B N. Main St., to 20 years in state prison with 10 years suspended. That will run concurrent with the 10-year sentence, with five years suspended, that he received when sentenced in September. "It's clear you have committed a number of violent crimes," Long told Heare after Assistant State's Attorney Brett Wilson read off the defendant's criminal history, which included an eight-year state prison sentence in 2000 for another first-degree assault conviction.

Some people who dined out Saturday night at Fountain Head Country Club were treated to more than just a meal. Those who attended the Washington County Arts Council's Art of Cooking had a side serving of cooking lessons and a heaping helping of entertainment as well. The council's fourth annual cooking event featured local couples Sam and Debbie Cool, Mike and Beth Johnston, Ira and Carrol Lourie, and Joe and Chris Tischer as guest celebrity chefs. More than a mile's length of cable delivered the chefs in action in the prep kitchen to the two big screens in the club's ballroom for live viewing by attendees.

Thumbs up to West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, for an $83,000 grant that will make it possible to place sidewalks near Shepherdstown Elementary and Middle schools, so children can walk to class safely. Perhaps officials at Lincolnshire Elementary School in Washington County, where some students have to walk in the street, could ask Gov. Martin O'Malley for the same kind of help. Thumbs up to the late Tammy Day, who put up a valiant fight against cancer for two years, so that she could see her daughter Megan graduate from Chambersburg (Pa.)

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Martinsburg man charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman more than three years ago appeared in court Tuesday afternoon for a final pretrial hearing, with his jury trial scheduled to begin today. Miguel Delgado, 36, of Martinsburg, was indicted in February 2002 on one count of murder in the death of Robyn Renee Richardson, 29. Richardson's nearly nude body was found in a grassy area outside her Moler Avenue apartment complex on June 16, 2001.