Richard Worley (other)
Richard Worley may refer to: * Richard Worley (pirate) (died 1718/19), pirate active in the Caribbean and along the east coast of the American Colonies * Richard Worley (police officer) (born 1964 or 1965), American police officer and commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department since 2023 See also * Rick Worley, American cartoonist * Richard Worsley (other) {{hndis, Worley, Richard ...
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Richard Worley (pirate)
Richard Worley (died 1718/19) was a pirate who was active in the Caribbean Sea and the East Coast of the United States, East Coast of the Thirteen Colonies, American Colonies during the early 18th century. Piracy He is first recorded leaving New York City, New York with a small boat and a crew of eight men hoping to make their fortune in the so-called Golden Age of Piracy. However, their first prize resulted in the capture of household goods from a shallop in the Delaware River near New Castle, Delaware, New Castle in September 1718. This attack was technically burglary rather than piracy, as according to British maritime law at the time the attack did not take place in international waters. Local authorities mistakenly attributed the attack to Worley's better-known counterpart Blackbeard, who had raided the same waterways earlier in the year. Vessels were armed and sent to intercept the robbers but, after cruising for several days without setting sight on Worley, returned empty ...
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