From the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Mar. 14, 2013) – Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 held a memorial service for two navy divers aboard Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Ft. Story, March 14. The ceremony honored two navy divers who died while conducting dive operations at Aberdeen Proving […]
Gahler: “Sheriff Bane Continues to Fail the Men and Women at the Detention Center and the In-Custody Population”
From Jeffrey R. Gahler: Dear Harford County Readers, On January 26, 2013, the Harford County Detention Center was the scene of yet another death. This was the ninth death of an inmate under Sheriff Bane’s watch and the ninth death while in custody within a protected environment. Any loss of life is tragic and every […]
Man Found Dead in Aberdeen Parking Lot
A man was found dead in his car in a vacant parking lot in Aberdeen Tuesday evening, city police said. The man was found slumped in the front seat of his vehicle in the parking lot of a new office building off Route 22, near the Aberdeen Target store, at approximately 5 p.m. according to […]
Navy Divers Killed in Aberdeen Proving Ground Accident Identified as Missouri, Ohio Men
From U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2: VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 27, 2013) – Navy Diver 1st Class James Reyher, 28, of Caldwell, Ohio, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Ryan Harris, 23, of Gladstone, Mo., died while conducting dive operations at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Aberdeen, Md., Feb. 26. Harris and Reyher were […]
Two Navy Divers Killed in Incident at Aberdeen Proving Ground’s “Super Pond”
Two Navy service members died in a diving accident at Aberdeen Proving Ground’s Unexploded Ordnance Range pond Tuesday afternoon, nearly a month after a diver employed at Aberdeen Test Center died at that location. Killed in the incident were two members of the Navy’s Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two, based in Virginia Beach, Va., […]
Medical Examiner: Harford County Detention Center Inmate Died Four Days After Hanging Self
The man who hung himself at the Harford County Detention Center died Jan. 29, the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed Wednesday. Norman Michael Miller, 42, died Jan. 29, according to the medical examiner’s office. The cause and manner of his death are pending. According to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, at 4:55 […]
Man Attempts Suicide at Harford County Detention Center
A male inmate attempted to hang himself at the Harford County Detention Center Friday afternoon and was hospitalized in critical condition, police said. According to Harford County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Edward Hopkins, at 4:55 p.m. a 42-year-old male inmate attempted to hang himself. The man was treated at the jail and later transported to Upper […]
Harford County Fatal Crashes Up in ’12 Amid Falling Overall Accident Numbers; Permanent Traffic Safety Commission Sought, But Not Speed Cameras
Less than a half-hour remained in 2012 when the teenager brought his car around a curve of Bush Chapel Road in Aberdeen. According to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, 17-year-old Austin Remines was on the yellow center line a moment later when he swerved back into his own lane, lost control of his vehicle, and […]