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Richard Worley (other)
Richard Worley may refer to: * 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 N ... (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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Worley (police Officer)
Richard J. Worley Jr. (born 1964 or 1965) is an American police officer who has served as the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department since 2023. Born in Baltimore's Pigtown community, he graduated from Cardinal Gibbons School in 1983 and earned a degree in criminal justice from Oklahoma City University in 1987. Worley began his law enforcement career in 1998 with the Baltimore Police Department, working his way up from a trainee to positions such as lieutenant, major, lieutenant colonel, and ultimately, police colonel. He played a role in implementing the city's deployment plans for protests related to the killing of George Floyd in 2021. In September 2022, Worley became the deputy commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department under Michael S. Harrison and assumed the role of acting commissioner on June 9, 2023, following his predecessor's resignation. Despite some controversy surrounding his nomination, he was confirmed as commissioner by the Baltimore City Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Worley
Rick Worley is an American cartoonist, known primarily for his comic strip ''A Waste of Time''. Career Worley began the strip ''A Waste of Time'' in 2008. A collection of the strips was published by Northwest Press in 2011, followed by a series of new material beginning in 2014. The strip is about an anthropomorphic rabbit named Rick (a stand-in for the creator) and his friends and associates, which include Truckstop (a sexually adventurous fox), Prester (an alcoholic teddy bear), Rickets (an amnesiac robot), and Capitalist Pig (a piggy bank). The series also depicts realistic human characters, including Rick's boyfriends, and fictionalized versions of cartoonists Bill Watterson and Jim Davis. In February 2013, Worley co-curated with Justin Hall the San Francisco art exhibit "Batman on Robin", featuring works exploring the theme of homoeroticism between Batman and Robin. His work has been featured in ''No Straight Lines'': ''Four Decades of Queer Comics'', published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
