When Merle W. Unger Jr. was younger, one of his dreams was to be jailed in all 50 states so he could escape from all 50. “I think he probably could do it,” said Blake E. Martin, the public ...

On the night in 1975 that Merle W. Unger Jr. killed Hagerstown police officer Donald Kline, a black cat named Midnight gave away his hiding spot in a local basement. It was one of many attempts ...

The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown reports that a Talbot County Circuit Court judge sentenced Merle Unger Jr., 63, on Monday. Unger's first trial had been moved from Washington County, where this year ...

Talbot County (Md.) Circuit Judge Broughton Earnest announced his verdict Tuesday in the retrial of 63-year-old Merle Unger Jr. Earnest also found Unger guilty of armed robbery and a handgun ...

Merle W. Unger Jr., serving a life sentence for the 1975 murder of Hagerstown Police Officer Donald Kline, is scheduled for a new trial in June, Washington County Deputy State’s Attorney Joseph ...

Talbot County Circuit Judge Broughton Earnest announced his verdict Tuesday in the retrial of 63-year-old Merle Unger Jr. Earnest also found Unger guilty of armed robbery and a handgun offense in ...

Michael said his most significant professional accomplishment thus far was the post-conviction litigation and re-conviction litigation of Merle W. Unger Jr. An escapee from a Pennsylvania prison ...

Merle W. Unger Jr. was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole on Monday, Oct. 7, by Talbot County Circuit Court Judge Broughton Earnest. Follow me on Twitter @jboll_stardem.

EASTON, Md. (AP) -- Almost 40 years have passed since a Talbot County Circuit Court jury found Merle W. Unger Jr. guilty of first-degree felony murder in the December 1975 shooting of Hagerstown ...

A judge in Talbot County ordered the release of Mere Unger yesterday. "Merle has shown his remorse and rehabilitation. It has been a long journey, and I am so glad that he can be home with his ...

The men are free because of a court of appeals ruling involving the case of Hagerstown cop killer Merle Unger. The heart of it is that before 1980, many Maryland judges gave juries improper ...