ELKTON — A new criminal case has been filed against a convicted sex offender who, while on probation, allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl near Elkton last month — after befriending
ELKTON — A 28-year-old woman who allegedly pushed an 81-year-old woman inside the Walmart in Elkton last month, knocking the elderly shopper to the floor, now stands charged with assault
By Carl Hamilton
cahamilton@cecilwhig.com Apr 29, 2021
PHOTO COURTESY OF SAMANTHA MALLOY
A neighbor captured this photo of a Cherry Lane house on fire,
just moments after the blaze was intentionally set Thursday
afternoon.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON
Firefighters battle a blaze in the unit block of Cherry Lane,
northeast of Elkton, on Thursday afternoon.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON
Averee Hammond, 24, and Travis Sellers, 25, were doing work
across the street when they watched a woman set fire to a house on
Cherry Lane. Sellers rescued another woman who was trapped in the
basement.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON
ELKTON - A man is facing numerous charges after investigators confiscated 401 baggies holding suspect heroin mixed with fentanyl, in addition to bags containing other purported drugs, while raiding his guest room at a motel in Elkton, according to the Cecil County Sheriff s Office.
Investigators identified the suspect as James Jamar Jordan, a 37-year-old North East resident who goes by Country as a nickname, reported Lt. Michael Holmes, a CCSO spokesman.Â
CCSO s Street Level Crimes Unit investigators raided Jordan s room - Room 118 - at the Deluxe Inn in the 600 block of East Pulaski Highway (Route 40) on Thursday, with the assistance of Cecil County Drug Task Force agents, Maryland State Police Apprehension Team members and CCSO patrol deputies, Holmes said.
ELKTON â A North East man was sentenced to time served â slightly more than 15 months â after a jury found him guilty of three counts of simple drug possession at the conclusion of a half-day trial on Wednesday.
During his testimony on Wednesday morning, the defendant, Lamont E. Hall, 47, admitted ownership of a bag of crystal meth, a baggie of raw heroin and nine bundles of heroin mixed with fentanyl â all of which investigators had found during a pat-down search of him in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven in the 200 block of East Pulaski Highway (Route 40) at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 9, 2020.