Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of September 9-15: September 9 Service to advise, 100 block East Main Street. Subject advised. Traffic enforcement, Hancock area, three stops. Check well-being, 200 block East Main Street. Subject was sleeping. Personal injury accident, first block Blue Hill Road.[Read More…]
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Four sentenced for meth trafficking in region
Four people were sentenced for methamphetamine trafficking in the Northern District of West Virginia. Terry Lee Mason, Jr., 37, of Martinsburg was sentenced to 324 months for the possession with intent to distribute 50 or more grams of crystal methamphetamine. Robert Joseph Wilson, III, 38, of Hagerstown was sentenced to[Read More…]
Accident injures four, three flown to hospital
by Geoff Fox Three people, two of whom were children, were flown to D.C. area hospitals after a single-vehicle crash last Tuesday morning on Interstate 70. According to Maryland State Police, shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 10, troopers from the Maryland State Police Hagerstown Barrack responded to the[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of August 26-September 1: August 26 Disorderly conduct, 200 block West Main Street. Report to follow. Service to advise, 100 block West High Street. Subject advised. Found person, 200 block North Pennsylvania Avenue. Infant juvenile roaming alone. Report to[Read More…]
Hancock man arrested on drug, firearm charges
by Geoff Fox Hancock Police arrested a Hancock man on August 15 after investigating crimes involving controlled dangerous substances (CDS). According to Officer J. Walls of the Hancock Police Department, the Hancock Police, assisted by the Washington County Narcotics Task Force and Washington County Special Response Team, executed a search[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of August 12-18: August 12 Service to advise, Hancock area, subject advised. Property accident, 100 block Fulton Street. Information exchanged. Traffic enforcement, Hancock area, two stops. Service to advise, 100 block West Main Street. Subject advised. Suspicious person, 200[Read More…]
Hancock’s old police vehicles to be auctioned off
by Geoff Fox With the recent arrival of the first of five new vehicles for the Hancock Police Department, the current fleet of police vehicles will be heading to new owners. Town Manager Mike Faith said those vehicles will be auctioned off around the end of the month. Faith said[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of July 1-7: July 1 Check well being, 100 block Pennsylvania Avenue. Subjects not home. Assisted Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Hancock area, 200 block East Main Street. Service to advise, first block Grand Street. Subject advised. Warrant attempt, 300[Read More…]
Allen guilty in 2021 murder of roommate
by Geoff Fox Everett J. Allen was found guilty in murder of Eddie Wayne Smith in the early morning hours of March 27, 2021, at a residence on Fleming Drive in Hancock. The verdict came on the final day of Allen’s trial in Washington County Circuit Court, Friday, May 10.[Read More…]
Hancock Police Report
Hancock Police report the following arrests and incidents from the week of April 29-May 5: April 29 Traffic enforcement, Hancock area, two stops. Service to advise, first block Brent Street. Subjects advised. April 30 911 hang-up, 100 block Pennsylvania Avenue. Medical emergency. Property damage accident, Franklin Street. Information taken. Assisted[Read More…]
