Raid

The Washington County Narcotics Task Force arrested nine people on drug-related charges during three separate raids this month in Hagerstown, according to task force press releases that were issued Friday. The task force and members of the Washington County Sheriff's Department on Thursday arrested two women in their Apple Blossom Court residence after a search of the home produced suspected marijuana and crack cocaine. Lakima Tracy Neal, 22, of 17402 Apple Blossom Court in Hagerstown, and Jennifer Lynn Brown, 24, of the same address, each were charged with one count of possession to distribute crack cocaine, possession of crack cocaine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, the task force said.

HAGERSTOWN - State and federal agents took a Hagerstown man they described as an original member of a violent motorcycle club into custody Wednesday morning when they went to search his home for illegal weapons and explosives, officials said. Jay Carl Wagner, 66, surrendered peacefully at his 604 Antietam Drive home Wednesday morning after about 50 law enforcement officials arrived. Wagner was charged later with possession of a regulated firearm after conviction of a violent crime, according to the Washington County District Court Commissioner's office.

WILLIAMSPORT - Crack cocaine, prescription medications and drug paraphernalia were seized and four people were arrested after the Washington County Narcotics Task Force raided a Williamsport home Monday. Police said they carried out a search warrant at 9:20 p.m. at 17 W. Sunset Ave. Lee Edward Stine III, 45, a resident of the home, was charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled-dangerous substances, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of controlled-dangerous substances paraphernalia and maintaining a common nuisance, police said.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The Chambersburg Police Department searched three homes on the same block Thursday, charging several people with drug-related offenses and another with giving police false identification. The raids came at the end of an investigation of suspicious activity in the first block of West Washington Street by the department's Crime Impact Team, police said. Houses at 20, 22 and 30 W. Washington St. were searched, police said. Police said the following were charged Thursday: · Aaron Daniels, 22, of 212 S. Second St., was charged with two counts of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

martinsburg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A man who thought he was helping to direct a normal U-Haul moving van into the parking lot of an apartment complex last Friday night got a surprise when the back door opened and 12 members of the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department jumped out wearing SWAT-like gear. The man was one of two arrested on a drug charge during a raid at the Capital Heights apartment complex outside of Martinsburg. The names of the two men charged were not available Monday.

waynesboro@herald-mail.com GREENCASTLE, Pa. - Greencastle native William "Bill" Guenon says he took part in one of the more unusual missions of the Vietnam War - a daring raid to rescue 61 American prisoners who were being held in a rural POW camp about 20 miles west of Hanoi, the North Vietnamese capital. According to Guenon (pronounced Gunnon), the raid into the Son Tay POW camp on Nov. 21, 1970, was a success except for one thing - no American prisoners were there to rescue.

Police made five arrests stemming from drug raids conducted Thursday at three Hagerstown residences, the Washington County Narcotics Task Force said. Police said they found crack cocaine and marijuana at 11106 Jade Court and 412 Reynolds Ave. Those arrested include: Phillip Nathaniel Taylor, 20, charged with two counts of distribution of crack cocaine, two counts of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and two counts of possession of crack cocaine. Ashlee Danielle Watkins, 21, charged with maintaining a common nuisance, manufacturing controlled dangerous substances, possession of a controlled firearm and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine.

tarar@herald-mail.com WASHINGTON COUNTY - Washington County Sheriff Charles F. Mades has asked for a law that would allow the county to toughen regulations aimed at preventing massage parlors from being used as fronts for prostitution. The request was prompted by a Sheriff's Department raid in May at Deanna's Massage Therapy and Wellness Center at 13508 Pennsylvania Ave. The raid resulted in prostitution charges against two female employees who were also charged with working without state-certified massage therapist licenses.

marlob@herald-mail.com WASHINGTON COUNTY - Crime doesn't pay but don't tell that to the Washington County Narcotics Task Force. The agency on Tuesday accepted a $59,827.49 check as its share of the proceeds from a March 2000 drug raid in Hagerstown in which 5 pounds of cocaine and $85,610 in cash were seized. "The money was forwarded to the Drug Enforcement Administration, which kept 20 percent and returned the rest to us," said Mark Holtzman, current director of the task force, which is composed of city, county, state and federal drug agents.

laurae@herald-mail.com Ben Troupe, 7, decided to wear his gray wool cap instead of his blue one Saturday. The young Civil War buff wanted to match the garb Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart wore 140 years earlier when he raided Ben's hometown of Mercersburg, Pa. Residents of the small town are gathering this weekend to remember that day when the reality of the war hit home for those living north of the Mason-Dixon line. Some may regard the two-hour raid as just a footnote in the history books.