A car was found engulfed in flames early Sunday morning, according to United Communities Volunteer Fire Department.  They say the car was located on Romancoke Road, near the fishing pier.  Fire officials say they put out the fire and there were no injuries reported.  The scene was turned over to the Queen Anne’s County Office of the Sheriff for further investigation. 

A 52-year-old man from Cordova tragically died in an oyster diving incident near the mouth of Greenwood Creek in the Eastern Bay.  According to reports from the United States Coast Guard, officials received a distress call last Thursday  regarding a commercial fishing vessel where a diver had become tangled underneath the boat. Local marine rescue units reported that the diver had initially entered the water an hour prior, but failed to resurface.  Emergency crews quickly responded to the scene, and a Queen Anne’s County fire boat retrieved the man from the water. First responders performed CPR, but the diver was unfortunately pronounced deceased shortly after reaching the shore.  The incident occurred on the opening day of the commercial oyster diving season. As of right now, the exact cause of the accident remains under investigation by authorities. 

A man has been sentenced for a murder that happened in Ridgely last year. Tyler Davis pled guilty to second-degree murder and abuse of a vulnerable adult.  For the second-degree murder charge, the court gave Davis 40 years in prison;  twenty of which were suspended.  For the abuse of a vulnerable adult charge, Davis received 10 years in prison with five years suspended. The two sentences will be served simultaneously,  not consecutively.  Davis will serve his time in the Maryland Department of Corrections.  Sheriff Baker said no sentence can undo the loss of the victim, and they hope this outcome brings his family some justice and closure.