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		<title>ELECTION: Amanda Bessicks Wins State&#8217;s Attorney Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 04:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amanda Bessicks, a first-time political candidate who promised to shake up the State’s Attorney’s office and make it more responsive to crime victims, won in a three-way contest in Tuesday’s Republican primary. There was no Democratic candidate in the race. Bessicks, 34, has been prosecuting cases involving crimes against children since January and was been a prosecutor for four years. She is a graduate of the University of Delaware and the Widener University Law School and served as a law clerk in the local Circuit Court before joining the State’s Attorney’s office. Despite being a newcomer to local politics, Bessicks drew strong support from victim advocates, especially the family of Terri Ann McCoy, who was brutally murdered in a Chesapeake City home invasion several years ago. She was also endorsed by the Republican Club of Cecil County. Other candidates in the race were Karl Fockler, deputy State’s Attorney since last year and a more than ten-year veteran of the office; and Kevin Urick, a prosecutor with over 12 years’ experience in Cecil County and previously a Baltimore City prosecutor for over 15 years. With all but two precincts reporting, Bessicks won 50.5 percent of the vote. Fockler drew support from31.9 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Incumbent Judge Will Davis Wins Cecil County Circuit Court Seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 03:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge William W. Davis, Jr., known locally as “Will” in his work with youth groups and charities to aid troubled children, won election to a 15-year term on the Cecil County Circuit Court bench on Tuesday, as voters confirmed Gov. Larry Hogan’s choice of Davis for an appointment to the bench in 2016. To win election to the seat, Davis defeated two challengers—Edwin B. Fockler IV, an assistant public defender, and former state Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr. All of the candidates were Republicans. But since judicial positions are considered non-partisan, candidates appeared on both the Democratic and Republican primary ballots. Under state law, if one candidate won the Democratic primary while another person won the Republican primary, then those two names would proceed to the general election ballot for voters to make a final choice. But with Davis winning both party primaries, he will appear unopposed on the general election ballot and thus has already won de-facto election to the post. Circuit Court judges serve a 15-year term after being elected by local voters. With all but two precinct tallies completed, in the Republican primary, Davis won 53 percent of the vote. Fockler received 29.1 percent, while Smigiel garnered [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Karl Fockler, State&#8217;s Atty Candidate, has $2 Million Debts, Wage Garnishment; Court Cites Conflicts in Brothers&#8217; Roles in Assault Case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A CECIL TIMES SPECIAL REPORT Karl.H. Fockler, a candidate for Cecil County State’s Attorney in the June Republican primary, is under court-ordered garnishment of his salary as a prosecutor due to court judgements for millions of dollars in unpaid debts. If elected state’s attorney, he would get a major pay boost and would be in charge of managing a more than $2.4 million annual budget, virtually all of which is provided directly by county taxpayers. Multiple Circuit Court judgements, in Cecil County and other jurisdictions, total at least $1.8 million for unpaid debts against Fockler while another judgment against Karl Fockler and his wife, Suzanne, amounts to $473,014, bringing the total to over $2.3 million. Several other judgements or liens, including for unpaid state and federal taxes, were also filed but were subsequently listed as “satisfied,” or paid off, according to state court records. In addition, Karl Fockler and his brother, Edwin B. Fockler IV, an assistant public defender who is a candidate for a Cecil County Circuit Court seat in the June Republican primary election, recently insisted at a GOP candidates’ forum that their familial relationship would not be an ethics or conflict of interest issue if both were [&#8230;]]]></description>
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