The Daily Times from Salisbury, Maryland • Page A3

OURTOWNS Thefirethattookseveral dozenareafirefighters20 minutestocontrolstarted whencombustiblema- terialsinadryervent caughtfire. Theblazebeganat the500blockofCharles Streetinaone-storyhome thatalsoservesasaday carecenter.Therewere onewasinthehousebe- causeallofthechildren andcaretakerswereplay- inginalocalpark. Thefirecaused sessions. manfortheMardela SpringsVolunteerFire firefightersfromEldora- SharptownandViennare- spondedtotheblaze. Housefire startsin dryervent TimesStaffReport Firefightersfromsix companiesbattledahouse fireinMardelaonFriday.

Sharptowncutaholein therooftoventthesmoke frominsidethehouse. TODD DUDEKSTAFFPHOTO ABerlin manwhosedrunken-driv- ingrecordisextremely disturbingtoWicomico Countyprosecutorsis scheduledforsentencing prosecutorswanttodou- blethemaximumpenalty. WicomicoCounty hasfiledforasubsequent offenderpenaltyfor JamesDavidNibblett, sentencedinCircuit Courtona2011DUIcon- viction.Thatwouldallow CircuitCourtJudgeKath- leenBecksteadtodouble themaximumsentenceof MatthewMaciarello. CourtJudgeJohnRueis expectedtosentenceNib- blettinhiscourtontwo separateDUIconvic- tions.Inthosecases,Ma- seekconsecutive-running sentences.Sentencingin waspostponedThursday untilaftertheCircuit Maciarello. Allthreeofthese caseshavebeenmadepri- Thisofficehasfiledfora subsequentoffenderpen- alty.Werecommendtwo years(incarceration)for theCircuitCourtcase, andwewillseekconsecu- tivesentencinginall JohnRenderofSalisbury, wantscounselingormed- icalattentiontobepartof thesentencinginallthe cases.

Sentencingissup- posedtobepunishment beforrehabilitationand day. gettheattentionheneeds forwhatappearstobea singularproblem.What appearstobemissingis muchcounselingwith mostofthe(earlier)sen- ThenightNibblettwas foraJune17drunken drivingchargeonRoute 50andWalstonSwitch dayinCircuitCourtre- gardingadrunkendriv- ingchargeeightmonths earlier. Abondwasrevokedin waitedhisfatebehind hicularthreattohimself Heobviouslyneeds Maciarellosaid. Weare aboutsafetytothepublic. CircuitCourtwillreview anevaluationthatin- cludesmedicalorcoun- attorneysaid.Ruewants (Rue)wantstolookat wentrightandwhatwent IfNibblettweresen- tencedasasubsequentof- fenderonallthreeconvic- barswouldbeconceiv- carcerated(untilnow)is 410-845-4641 WicomicoprosecutorsseekmaxsentenceonrepeatDUIoffender ByDeborahGates StaffWriter.