Woman critically injured in jet ski collision in Ocean City

By The Associated Press
May 28, 2018 | 5:57 AM

OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman whose personal watercraft was struck by another in Maryland has been hospitalized in critical condition.

The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that 23-year-old Christine Doty of Indiana, Pennsylvania, was injured Saturday evening. Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson says she was driving a jet ski that collided at around 35 mph (56 kph) with another jet ski driven by 45-year-old Randhir Muddam of Houston.

Doty, Muddam and Doty’s passenger, 27-year-old Michael Barnicle, were thrown into the water before being rescued and brought to shore.

Thomson says Doty suffered neck and head injuries. She was airlifted to Christiana Hospital, where she underwent surgery.

Both men declined treatment. Muddam was charged with negligent operation. It’s unclear whether he has a lawyer.

Thomson says both watercrafts were rentals.

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Information from: The Daily Times of Salisbury, Md., http://www.delmarvanow.com/

Fentanyl seizures plummet as Trump administration shifts focus to immigration

By Maryland Matters
August 22, 2026 | 8:26 PM

WASHINGTON — Fentanyl seizures decreased by 39% during the first year of the second Trump administration after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shifted the Department of Homeland Security’s criminal investigations arm to conducting immigration enforcement, according to a report government investigators published Friday. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations, a subagency of DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reported an “all hands-on deck” environment toward immigration enforcement began in January 2025, according to the DHS Office of Inspector General report. “With ICE dedicating more staff hours to immigration investigations, staffing hours for fentanyl investigations declined,” the report said. The report found that the hours dedicated to fentanyl investigations for fiscal 2025 declined by more than 250,000 hours, or 31%, compared to fiscal 2024.

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