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A man from Hebron, Joseph Burton, has been handed a 65-year prison term for the sexual abuse of three minors over an extended period of time. Joseph Burton, aged 70, admitted guilt to three counts of sexual abuse of a minor on January 23, 2024. The incidents involved three children living in his household, with the abuse starting in 2018 when the children were between eight and sixteen years old. On March 22nd, a judge at Wicomico County Circuit Court sentenced Burton to 65 years in prison and ordered him to register as a Tier III Sexual Offender for life.…

In Berlin, Maryland, a former employee of a local child care center is facing serious charges after being indicted by a Worcester County grand jury on 90 criminal offenses, including 90 felony counts of child abuse. The accusations against Heather Ward surfaced when her 8-month-old child was brought to Atlantic General Hospital with a fractured tibia, leading to Ward’s initial arrest in November. A subsequent examination of surveillance footage from a classroom at the Berlin Education Station child care facility revealed disturbing incidents of Ward mistreating multiple children. During a recent presentation to the Worcester County Grand Jury on March…

Maryland State Police have apprehended a teenager from Salisbury, Cashmir Holbrook, in connection with a shooting incident that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Ja’siah Sin’cer Johnson and injuries to 22-year-old Jamere Capri Maynes in Wicomico County. Holbrook is facing charges as an adult, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and other related offenses. He has been taken to the Wicomico County Detention Center and is being detained without bail pending an initial court appearance before a District Court commissioner. Another teenager involved in the incident, Mykel Elliott, 17, was arrested on July 6th, 2023, and is also charged as…

Many boys and men are facing challenges in fulfilling their roles as sons, students, employees, and fathers, and in finding a sense of purpose rooted in marriages, communities, churches, and country. Most of the research on the boy crisis highlights the significant social science findings that clearly show boys and men are lagging behind. “Men Without Meaning: The Harmful Effects of Expressive Individualism,” an essay I recently wrote, aims to summarize this research and delve into how expressive individualism, which champions radical autonomy of the inner self, is a major factor in the boy crisis. The rise of expressive individualism,…

Two 14-year-olds have been taken into custody following a fire that erupted inside an Acme grocery store in Newark, Delaware, on Sunday night. The teenagers were presented before family court and then released on bail set at $9,000 and $5,000 each, as stated by the Delaware State Fire Marshal in a press release. The Aetna Hose Hook and Ladder Company of Newark promptly responded to the blaze at the Acme grocery store situated within the Grove Shopping Center on Grove Lane around 11 p.m. Sunday. Officials from the Delaware fire department reported that the Acme store was engulfed in smoke…

A section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, collapsed after a large boat collided with it early on Tuesday. Reports indicated that a large container ship struck the bridge that carries north and southbound lanes of Interstate 695, leading to a fire and causing multiple vehicles to fall into the Patapsco River below. A video capturing the collision was livestreamed on YouTube on Tuesday morning. (Credit StreamTimeLive) A statement from petty officer Matthew West of the Coast Guard in Baltimore revealed that a container ship named “Dali” flying under a Singapore flag was involved in the crash.…

The new Media Resource Selection and Review Policy of Wicomico County Public Schools does not effectively safeguard children from accessing inappropriate materials. It introduces a flawed provision where a parent can flag a book to prevent their child from checking it out at the media center. However, this measure gives a false sense of parental control as children can still access any book regardless of parental intervention. The policy lacks safeguards to prevent a child from viewing obscene content within the school media center. During the March 10, 2024, Legislative County Council meeting, Wicomico Public School officials, including board chair…

Key Democratic figures and community leaders demanded the removal of the state’s diversity chief last year following his controversial “DEI is dead” statement. In response, the General Assembly integrated provisions in its budget to reallocate resources from the Office of Diversity, Opportunity, and Inclusion to a loan program aiding licensed cannabis merchants until the term “equity” is reinstated in the office’s title by the approaching summer. In January 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin modified the title of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to “opportunity” by means of an executive order, contrary to the state’s regulations. This decision triggered swift…

What are the chances of winning the lottery? What are the chances of winning the lottery? Winning the lottery is even less likely than getting struck by lightning. A man from Maryland who goes by the name “Stone Cold Money” found a silver lining in his stressful work situation by purchasing lottery tickets. Preferring to remain unidentified by any name other than “Stone Cold Money,” he shared that he visited a Giant grocery store in Glen Burnie, a Baltimore suburb, to distract himself from work-related stress by buying multiple lottery tickets. After acquiring his tickets along with some groceries, he…

Scammers are becoming increasingly inventive in their tactics when carrying out fraudulent activities, according to the Salisbury Police Department. A recent alert issued by the department cautions the public about a scam in which perpetrators are using the department’s phone number to impersonate SPD officers. Victims of this scam are informed that they are the subject of a Homeland Security investigation. Although no financial demands have been made by the fraudulent callers, Captain Ryan Koerner noted in a statement to 47abc that these types of deceptive calls are uncommon. If you suspect that you have fallen victim to this or…