A retired Maryland Natural Resources Police officer has filed suit against the department, alleging he was fired from his civilian employee position in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. Norris Paul Carey Jr., who retired from MNRP in 2013 ...

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OCEAN CITY — Authorities say a person hit their head and had to be airlifted to a hospital after jumping off an Ocean City pier. Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson says the person suffered neck injuries after jumping ...

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CRISFIELD — Officials say a Virginia man illegally caught more than 600 undersized crabs near Somerset County. Maryland Natural Resources police say 40-year-old Daniel Mariano Jr., of Tangier, Virginia, was charged with violating Maryland’s fishing regulation after he was found ...

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GIBSON ISLAND — Authorities say eight people have been rescued from a burning boat near the mouth of the Magothy River. Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson says the incident happened Sunday afternoon. Officials received a call at 4 ...

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WINGATE — Authorities say a good Samaritan rescued 22 people, including schoolchildren, after their boat sank in the Chesapeake Bay. The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement it received a distress alert Wednesday saying a boat had sunk off ...

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BROOKEVILLE — Authorities in Maryland say a man found a small alligator in his backyard koi pond. The man called 911 Friday to report his discovery, telling the operator in a recording released by police: “This may sound a little ...

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ANNAPOLIS —  Officials are searching for a man missing after a 17-foot sailboat sank in the Chesapeake Bay near the Bay Bridge. Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson says the boat ran into trouble around noon on Sunday. She ...

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Rare is the court docket where the charging officers more than double the number of defendants. But there were 15 members of the Maryland Natural Resources Police on Friday in Towson, taking up one side of a Baltimore County District Court courtroom.

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CHURCHTON — Maryland Natural Resources Police say search crews have found the body of an Anne Arundel County man who disappeared while retrieving a friend’s hat from the Chesapeake Bay. Police spokesman Sgt. Brian Albert said the body of 20-year-old ...

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SANDY POINT — A police spokesman says a Maryland lawmaker was operating a boat that was in a collision causing serious injuries, and a blood sample was taken from him because investigators believe alcohol could have been a factor. Capt. ...

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