ANNAPOLIS â Law enforcement agencies in Cecil County are among several police departments in Maryland recognized by The Governorâs Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services for recent successes in battling crime through the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN).
Started in 2017 and funded through the Governorâs Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services, the MCIN is a criminal justice strategy that âencourages local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to collaborate and share information to target, disrupt, and dismantle criminal gangs as well as criminal organizations involved in drug, firearm, and human trafficking operations,â the spokesperson explained.
ELKTON â Lt. James Greene has gained a keen insight into the drug problem in this county during the past 26 years while serving with the Cecil County Sheriffâs Office, where he started his law enforcement career as a road patrol deputy before moving up the ranks.
âWhat Iâve seen during my career is that drugs have gotten harder, much more dangerous,â Greene said. âWhen I started with the Sheriffâs Office, weâd see marijuana and some cocaine. Now we are seeing heroin, fentanyl and methamphetamine on a more consistent basis. It wasnât as common in the 1990s. Itâs much more prevalent now.â
January 28, 2021
Governor Larry Hogan announced another successful year for law enforcement agencies focused on reducing violent crime in Maryland as part of the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN). MCIN, a criminal justice strategy announced by Governor Hogan in 2017 and funded through the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services, encourages local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to collaborate and share information to target, disrupt, and dismantle criminal gangs as well as criminal organizations involved in drug, firearm, and human trafficking operations.
“I am proud of the work of the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network to keep Marylanders safe, especially during the challenging and unprecedented events of this past year,” said Governor Hogan. “Their efforts have disrupted nearly 1,000 criminal organizations since 2018 and send a clear message that we will not accept behavior that compromises quality of life in our com
ELKTON â A man with schizophrenia who had been missing for eight days was found dead over the weekend in the Elk River, a short walking distance from his Elkton residence, and an investigation is continuing to determine how he wound up in the water and what caused his death, according to the Elkton Police Department.
EPD Lt. Lawrence Waldridge, an agency spokesman, told the Cecil Whig that a resident discovered the body of William Paul âBillyâ Acklin, 28, at approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday in âless than two feet of water during an extremely low tideâ on a section of the Elk River that runs by a community park in the Kensington Courts neighborhood.
ELKTON — A Cecil County woman remained jailed on Tuesday after an Elkton-area traffic stop led to investigators confiscating more than a half-ounce of suspect methamphetamine and other purported evidence,