Motions

A motions hearing for a man who faces charges of first-degree assault, using a handgun and other crimes was postponed Monday after he allegedly caused a morning attack at the Washington County Detention Center. Jermaine Jackson is an "extraordinarily disruptive" inmate and officials decided not to transport him Monday morning after the alleged attack, Deputy State's Attorney Joseph Michael said. Jackson, 27, of 967 Monet Drive, was charged in connection with a Nov. 16, 2006, incident during which a family was threatened in a dispute over stolen cocaine, according to the charging document.

HAGERSTOWN - A Hagerstown man charged in a March 25 shooting that injured a Greencastle-Antrim High School basketball player was in Washington County Circuit Court on Wednesday for a motions hearing. Raymond Garfield Campbell III, 19, faces charges that include attempted second-degree murder in the shooting of Gregg Hamms. Conviction on a charge of attempted second-degree murder carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. Court documents allege that Campbell met Hamms at the 7-Eleven on Salem Avenue and followed him to the 900 block of Lanvale Street, where he fired several shots from a handgun, striking Hamms in the legs.

scottb@herald-mail.com The Maryland Health Care Commission has rejected a motion by the Washington County Hospital which would have limited the amount of feedback the Hagerstown City Council would have about a plan to build a new hospital outside the city. Hagerstown Finance Director Alfred Martin said he is pleased by the commission's direction. The council has asked the commission to deny the Washington County Hospital Association's request for a certificate of need, a document it must have to move the hospital from its Antietam Street location in Hagerstown to land next to Robinwood Medical Center on Robinwood Drive.

CHARLES TOWN, W.VA. - A routine Jefferson County Commission meeting Thursday morning took an abrupt, emotion-filled turn when Commission President Greg Corliss tried to remove longtime county employee Paul Raco from his position as executive director of the Jefferson County Department of Planning, Zoning and Engineering. Corliss' attempt to dismiss Raco sent shockwaves through county government as employees in Raco's department and others went to the commission's meeting chambers in the Jefferson County Courthouse where the issue was being discussed.

katec@herald-mail.com Poet T.S. Eliot called April the cruelest month, but in case you didn't know it, April is National Poetry month. Sure, April is a lot of other months, too - Math Awareness Month, National Humor, Garden, Food, Soyfoods and Financial Literacy for Youth Month, according to an Internet search, for William Shakespeare's sake. The Academy of American Poets started National Poetry Month in April 1996 to "celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture," according to the organization's Web site at www.poets.

One of two men convicted in the 2011 stabbing death of a 21-year-old man and wounding of another was sentenced Monday in Berkeley County Circuit Court to life in prison plus another 40 years. James Glenn Cross Jr., 34, along with co-defendant Thomas Anthony Grantham, 36, were convicted in June of second-degree murder, attempted murder and malicious assault in the slaying of Andre Jackson and the wounding of Jacques Taylor. On Monday, Cross was ordered by 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge Christopher C. Wilkes to serve 40 years in prison for the second-degree murder charge and life in prison for having been convicted of a third felony offense at his trial in June.

Editor's note: There are a lot of people you see around town that you recognize, but don't know anything about. People like ... Meghan Neumann Age: 27 Hometown: Hagerstown Where would you see Neumann? The 1996 North Hagerstown High School graduate grew up in the North End and has been on the go since. She earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Eastern Mennonite University in 2000, is working toward a master's degree in health care and will graduate from medical school at St. Matthew's University in Grand Cayman in August 2008.

Attorneys for Jack L. Hammersla Jr. filed a motion Monday that seeks to strike life without the possibility of parole as a sentencing option for their client. Read the full story in Tuesday's Herald-Mail newspapers.

HAGERSTOWN - A performer in his family's high-stakes business, Yevico Rodriguez must go to work every day knowing he's got some big shoes to fill. And, even if he does a good job, he'll be called a clown. Rodriguez sang along to flamenco music as he tapped pillows of makeup powder against his nut-brown face. Pairs of bulbous red and yellow shoes sat on the floor. Fake eggs lined a crate on a shelf on the wall. Rodriguez and his colleagues at Cole Bros. Circus came to town Monday as part of a two-day, four-show appearance.