Cocaine conspiracy trial nears verdict in Maryland case
Jurors may decide today if Georgia Mechlin of Gaithersburg and Robert Hargett of Brunswick joined a Frederick cocaine operation. They face charges of conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute. Evidence includes Mechlin’s links to Dean Thomas and Thomas’s drug profits, plus Hargett’s role as a driver and prior fire-related charges. Judge Smalkin set closing arguments and scheduled juror deliberations by noon as U.S. attorneys prepare additional witnesses.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Brunswick
Georgia E. Mechlin
Gaithersburg
Robert Lee
Mark” Hargett
U.S
Maryland
Miss Mechlin
Dean Thomas
Old Annapolis Road
Mr. Thomas
Ernest Frederick Mechlin
Hargett
James Richard Harding II
Harding
Tasker’s
Frederick City
Thomas
Mr. Harding
Eagles Club
Glenn A. Longshore
Longshore
Patuxent Institute
Frederic Smalkin
Michael Middleton
Former Routzahn's manager guilty of falsifying slips
Constance McCollum, former manager at Routzahn's in Frederick, pleaded guilty in District Court to falsifying five return slips totaling about 2493 dollars. She received one year probation, 200 hours community service, and restitution to Routzahn's, with status short of a felony record.
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Routzahn’s
Frederick
Constance 5
McCollum
Herbert L. Rollins
Maryland
Routzahn
Mount Airy man guilty in diamond ring theft case
James B. Hessel, 23, pleaded guilty in District Court to stealing his mother's diamond ring on August 5 and selling it to a Prince George's County pawn shop for 120 dollars to fuel his drug habit. The ring was missed two days after she set it down. Sentencing was deferred.
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Mount Airy
James B. Hessel
Prince George's County
Mr. Hessel
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