May 11-17

Reminder for the week: Personal watercraft operators need to review rules for their vessels

DOVER (May 22, 2015) – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between May 11-17 made 1,257 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public, including 111 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks. Officers responded to 44 complaints and issued 33 citations, three of which were related to the C&D Canal Conservation Area and associated recreational trail, where there is an increased Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police presence.

John F. Nash Jr., a mathematician who shared a Nobel Prize in 1994 for work that greatly extended the reach and power of modern economic theory and whose decades-long descent into severe mental illness and eventual recovery were the subject of a 2001 film, \”A Beautiful Mind,\” was killed in a car crash Saturday in New Jersey. He was 86.

Dr. Nash, and his wife, Alicia, 82, were killed when the taxi they were riding in lost control and hit a guard rail and another vehicle, said Sgt. Gregory Williams of the New Jersey State Police.

Sergeant Williams said the taxi was traveling southbound on the New Jersey Turnpike when the driver lost control while attempting to pass another vehicle. Dr. and Ms. Nash were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. The taxi driver and the driver of the other car were treated for non-life threatening injuries. There are no criminal charges at this time.

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The 24th Annual Governor\’s Surf Fishing Tournament was held Sunday May 17, 2015 at Island Beach State Park. A cloudy morning gave way to sun and an easterly breeze for more than 600 registered participants, and their families and friends. Although fishing was slow with only 13 fish caught for the day, everyone still enjoyed a beautiful day at the shore.

By BRIAN GROSH / May 23, 2015

 CLEVELAND (CN) – A judge acquitted the police officer Saturday who killed two unarmed, black suspects after vaulting onto the hood of their car and firing 15 shots through the windshield.
With Michael Brelo, 31, having waived his right to a trial by jury, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John O\’Donnell took two and a half weeks to decide the Cleveland police officer\’s fate.
When O\’Donnell began deliberations at the conclusion of the five-week trial on May 5, he noted that he would likely hand down his verdict after the conclusion of Cleveland Police Week, which ran from May 9 to May 17.

DOVER (May 20, 2015) – DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers cited three commercial fishermen in Kent County for violations last week.

• On May 14, Fish & Wildlife officers cited Joseph Cherneski, 44, of Milford, for failure to tend a commercial gill net within 48 hours in the Delaware Bay near Pickering Beach. Cherneski was fined $107, including court costs.

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), in partnership with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (VVMF), is hoping to locate more than 600 photos of Pennsylvanians who sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam War.

\”As part of DMVA\’s participation in the 50 ^th anniversary of the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, we have partnered with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to encourage the public to support their \”Faces Never Forgotten\” campaign,\” said Maj. Gen. James R. Joseph, adjutant general of Pennsylvania and a Vietnam Veteran. \”If you have a picture of a loved one or fellow veteran whose name is inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., please help us honor these individuals by putting a face with a name.\” 

The 24th Annual Governor\’s Surf Fishing Tournament was held Sunday May 17, 2015 at Island Beach State Park. A cloudy morning gave way to sun and an easterly breeze for more than 600 registered participants, and their families and friends. Although fishing was slow with only 13 fish caught for the day, everyone still enjoyed a beautiful day at the shore.

HARRISBURG, Pa., May 22, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), in partnership with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. (VVMF), is hoping to locate more than 600 photos of Pennsylvanians who sacrificed their lives in the Vietnam War.

\”As part of DMVA\’s participation in the 50 ^th anniversary of the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, we have partnered with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to encourage the public to support their \”Faces Never Forgotten\” campaign,\” said Maj. Gen. James R. Joseph, adjutant general of Pennsylvania and a Vietnam Veteran. \”If you have a picture of a loved one or fellow veteran whose name is inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C., please help us honor these individuals by putting a face with a name.\”