<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Crime</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/md/stmarys/crime?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><description>Crime</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Dead Boy Accidentally Shot Himself]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64857-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64857-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A 12-year-old St. Mary's County boy died last week after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a loaded gun he was playing with at his home, according to the St. Mary's County Bureau of Criminal Investigations.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forever Longing for a Mother's Embrace]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56820-2004Dec11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56820-2004Dec11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ While Alma Young turned the pages of a scrapbook full of pictures of her daughter Darlene Dowsey, Dowsey's 2-year-old daughter, Dajon Dickens, pulled a blanket over her head and staggered around the living room, giggling. "I'm a ghost!" she said, poking her head out of the blanket, then stopping to look at the photos.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence Shatters St. Mary's]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35111-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35111-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In St. Mary's, homicides are so rare that sometimes a year passes without one, but domestic violence has become all too familiar.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Square Guy Too Cool to Pass Up]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23502-2004Nov30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23502-2004Nov30.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A six-foot blow-up version of the Nickelodeon cartoon character had been perched on the roof of a Burger King in St. Mary's County for three days. Then along came Steven Simon and his buddy Conrad "C. J." Mercure Jr., both 18, who set out to kidnap the giant cartoon sponge.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slaying Victim Had Gotten Protective Order]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22312-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22312-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Darlene Dowsey asked for court protection from her husband. But Monday night, he put a handgun to her head and shot her, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Man Charged In Slaying Of His Wife]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21946-2004Sep14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21946-2004Sep14.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Despite everything she did to protect herself, Darlene Dowsey died Monday night after her husband shot her in the head, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Car Sale Leads to Robbery Suspect]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13165-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13165-2004Sep10.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Cornelius Leroy Chase loved cars until he tried to buy the wrong one.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schools Step Up Security Efforts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40702-2004Aug28.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40702-2004Aug28.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Students will return to classes in St. Mary's County tomorrow with law enforcement officers back in place at the high schools and a renewed interest in safety throughout the district.]]></description><author> Susan Kinzie</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Trooper Charged With DUI, Leaving Scene of Injury Accident]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39944-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39944-2004Aug27.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Maryland state trooper in St. Mary's County was arrested yesterday and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident after he allegedly struck and seriously injured a woman with his car in the parking lot of a bar in St. Mary's, authorities said.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Publisher Wins Press-Rights Suit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19709-2004May12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19709-2004May12.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A federal judge has ruled that the St. Mary's County state's attorney, the former sheriff and six deputies are liable for civil damages for violating the First Amendment rights of a local newspaper publisher when they participated in a plan to purchase newspapers en masse to keep unflattering stories away from the public on Election Day 1998.]]></description><author> Arthur Santana</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Sentenced to 6 Years In Drunken Driving Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2798-2004May5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2798-2004May5.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 22-year-old St. Mary's County man who  pleaded guilty to drinking and driving in a crash that killed a 16-year-old friend was sentenced to six years in prison this week.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deputies Kill Man Who Fatally Shot St. Mary's Girlfriend]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41741-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41741-2004Mar8.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[St. Mary's County sheriff's deputies fatally shot a Calvert County man yesterday after he killed his girlfriend and then held her aunt hostage in a mobile home for nearly two hours, authorities said.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Pleads Guilty in Teen's Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20824-2004Feb7.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20824-2004Feb7.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A St. Mary's County man who has never been licensed to drive pleaded guilty last week to manslaughter and driving drunk in the July death of a teenage boy who mentored other youths.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internal Trial for Sheriff's Officer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51202-2004Jan3.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51202-2004Jan3.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As a St. Mary's County sheriff's deputy, Steven M. Doolan made a name for himself as a crafty street detective, locking up local drug dealers and thieves with remarkable efficiency. His reputation stayed with him as he rose to the rank of captain and assistant sheriff, deputies in the department say.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troopers Increasing Patrols Over Holiday]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12051-2003Nov24.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12051-2003Nov24.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After two  traffic fatalities in the past week, authorities in Southern Maryland said they are gearing up for a major crackdown on drunk drivers, speeding and seatbelt use over the long holiday weekend.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man, 38, Shot to Death Outside Great Mills Bar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62962-2003Oct22.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62962-2003Oct22.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Lexington Park man was fatally shot outside a Great Mills bar early Sunday morning in the first homicide in St. Mary's County in more than a year, the county sheriff's office said this week. A sheriff's deputy shot and critically wounded one of the suspects in a gunfire exchange just after the slaying, authorities said.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charges in St. Mary's Shooting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17353-2003Sep2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17353-2003Sep2.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A St. Mary's County man randomly fired more than a dozen handgun rounds Tuesday into the sides of two homes in Loveville where his relatives live, injuring no one but prompting a massive police response, state authorities said.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Plan Crackdown On Roads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61158-2003Jul1.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61158-2003Jul1.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Calvert County and Maryland police officials unveiled a plan this week aimed at stopping a recent spurt of deadly traffic collisions by cracking down on speeders and aggressive drivers and studying flaws in some awkward intersections.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chasing Down a Rolling Problem]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53938-2003Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53938-2003Apr18.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A battle is being waged in St. Mary's County over  outlaw all-terrain vehicles that tear up driveways and front yards, with the sheriff's office issuing criminal and civil citations to six people in the past month.]]></description><author> Eugene L. Meyer and Michael Amon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Won't Investigate Sheriff Zylak]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13140-2003Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13140-2003Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/md/stmarys/crime</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Allegations that St. Mary's County Sheriff David D. Zylak intervened in the domestic breakup of an employee and her estranged husband prompted state law enforcement officials to consider launching a probe into possible misconduct.]]></description><author> Michael Amon</author></item></channel></rss>