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Editorial:
Catch
and Release for Punks
Man
charged with killing PG cop
found dead in jail cell
Double
Fatal:
ST. JAMES --- Illegal alien driving drunk kills two of
his pals, injures self and two others when he failed to
stay on the roadway and hit one of those big trees on
his way down to the Elms Beach Saturday evening between
6 and 7 pm, reports Sheriff Tim Cameron.
"He was wanted by ICE for deportation and failed to
appear when he was instructed and they were looking for
him," said Sheriff Cameron from the National Sheriff's
Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. "He is under
guard at the PG shock trauma center and we will be
charging him with two counts of vehicular homicide while
intoxicated.
Illegal aliens in the Southern Maryland region have been
increasingly involved with drunk driving crashes and yet
the State of Maryland continues to issue driver's
licenses to illegal aliens....is this a great state or
what....
Learning the ropes of rounding up bad guys...
St. Mary's drug cops have been busy while they prepare
for real fireworks for local drug dealers while their
boss Sheriff Tim Cameron is out west at a national
Sheriff's conference, perhaps learning how to ride
horses, corral bank robbers and shoot bad guys from a
moving stagecoach....more
Kitty's bad smells cured by $300,000 fire.....
HUGHESVILLE --- The fire caused by burning scented
candles in a Hughesville area home on Saturday night,
ended the sale of the home, at least for now, when
$300,000 in damage was done to the one story wood frame
home owned by Darrin Flerlage, according to Deputy State
Fire Marshal J. Frye. Waldorf, Hughesville,
Benedict and PG County Station 36 responded to the fire
on Clayton Road at about 5:22 pm Saturday. The
candles were intended to mask the smell of cats
urinating in the home....not pretty what kitty can
do...burning candles, unattended food on stoves and
setting hot embers from wood stoves and fireplaces on
decks and in garages....putting gasoline in kerosene
heaters continues to be popular....all can lead to house
fires.
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Gone fishing...these young farmers loaded up a canoe and
headed to Leonardtown Wharf this past Saturday afternoon
ready for some fishing. ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Still going to the fairgrounds and getting stuck in
traffic? Get a spot early at Leonardtown Wharf
park to watch and enjoy some fishing along the seawall.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
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Rear
Ender on Rt. 235 Leaves Woman Injured
This wreck on Rt. 235 near the intersection with Shady
Mile Drive left this woman being bundled up for a trip
to the hospital and the driver in the other car looking
for a tow truck. ST. MARY'S TODAY photos |
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The
ABC's of Boozing: Drinking too much will do what?
This liquor store at the Hickory Hills Center suffered
damage over the weekend as a sign of the times.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
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Violent
Gang Beat Couple Leaving Movies
The scum who beat
this couple with brass knuckles were not
sent to a juvenile holding
facility but were released to their parents!
LEXINGTON PARK (June 19, 2008) --- SPECIAL ALERT ---
Couple leaving movie in Lexington Park on
Wednesday June 18th were mugged and beaten by three
thugs, 2 teens captured, police seek third member of the
gang
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DWI
Trooper Report
DID MARYLAND STATE TROOPER DRIVE DRUNK
AND HIT AND RUN ANOTHER VEHICLE AFTER HE 'BADGED'
ANOTHER COP WHO TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER? Maryland
State Police confirm that Trooper Towers of the Prince
Frederick Barrack has been assigned to desk duty in the
barrack while an internal investigation is underway.
Sources report that the trooper has been testifying in
court in DWI cases which would be undermined by his
credibility should he be charged with hit and run and
DWI. A State Police spokesman says that while the
internal investigation is underway there is not too much
they can say and cannot confirm if Trooper Towers has
actually been charged with any violations.
The trooper allegedly was operating while intoxicated
when another officer attempted to pull him over,
displayed his badge, which is a time honored tradition
for drinking police officers, and kept on going, but in
this case, ran into a parked car, which was reported and
has led to whatever is going on now. State Police
confirm that Trooper Towers police powers have been
lifted. More on this story as details are released by
police.
* New Jersey man charged in fatal boat wreck and other
POLICE BRIEFS
How
will you heat your home this winter?
Obama brings back the Jimmy Carter
solution to energy costs: wear a sweater
Obama opts out of public financing
so that 'those who give the most can have the most
influence'...as he criticized the system of using
private money for presidential campaigns...
CHEAP SHOTS UPDATE:
All former St. Mary's Sheriff's
meet for first time with Sheriff Cameron
In Baltimore, they are probing the
Mayor's fur coats...
Battleground States:
Obama leads in four, McCain leads
in two
First two arrests of investment
bank executives involved in subprime mess
What's with Democratic Senators Kent Conrad and Chris
Dodd getting cozy deals on mortgages from Countrywide?
Obama's Image: campaign volunteers
gave Muslim women the boot from photo op with Barack
Pigs who swam to safety
to levees shot to death by deputies to keep them from
damaging plastic sandbags...left as roadkill
Taking his half out of the middle!
(CALIFORNIA June 19,
2008) --- When you handle the 'World Wide Moving'
sometimes it's the corners that will get you....this
Wheaton moving truck got stuck on a median strip at the
entrance to Wal-Mart on Wednesday, blocking traffic
while the driver cooled his heels and perhaps studied
the driver's handbook. Did this guy get his license at
Sears...or at Wal-Mart? ST.
MARY'S TODAY photos
Crab catch up sharply
despite doom and gloom from State regulators who are
shortening season
Could this be Governor Martin O'Malley's Ghost Train to
Southern Maryland?
STORY
FBI, State Prosecutor Probe
Maryland Senate Budget Committee Chairman
Sen.
Ulysses Currie (D. Prince Georges) at a hearing of the
Senate Budget Committee this past spring.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Comptroller going after video
poker devices in major crackdown
Maryland
Comptroller Peter Franchot, with Del. John Bohanan and
Senator Roy Dyson, all opponents of the illegal slot
machines which have swept the area and will be banned on
July 1st. Slot machines are on the ballot in
November for approval by the voters.
ST. MARY'S
TODAY photo
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This man was captured after he fought
this St. Mary’s deputy sheriff on Great Mills Road on
Tuesday evening. He was operating this tractor pulling a
small trailer on Great Mills Road. A signal 13
indicating an officer in trouble was sounded, bringing
other law officers to assist St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Dep.
Chimko-Fahey. ST. MARY'S TODAY action news photos
by Matthew Ivancie
From making tacos and trimming lawns to breaking and
entering
As illegal immigrants lose work in
down economy they turn to crime,
fueling wave of burglaries in region
Sound off on illegal immigration, send your views to:
Reader
Feedback
staff1@stmarystoday.com
Tired of paying for those who are not citizens to get
free health care at St. Mary's Hospital; have access to
Pax River that you don't have, get free services from
the county government? Local nurseries and
contractors don't mind having them here to work for them
and when they get laid off they know where your house is
to make a midnight visit...
Illegal Immigrants Scam Connected to Housing Bubble,
Now Both Have Burst
Police say
gunman blasted man at party and then killed himself
Party
boy blasts pal with gun after argument over...maybe a
woman, drugs, who can hit a home run further, who has
the hottest car...or even who is the fastest draw and
then went into a nearby barn and police say killed
himself....MORE
Man Overboard During Storm
Man who fell
off boat during storm was wearing life jacket....body
found floating
Copper Cuffs Uncouth Customer Who Couldn’t Count but
Could Cuss
LUSBY --- Calvert Sheriff’s DFC Mark Robshaw
responded to Walgreens Pharmacy on Rousby Hall Road in
Lusby on June 13 at 3:09 p.m. for the report of a
disorderly subject. Police say employees advised DFC
Robshaw that a customer, later identified as Gene Barry
Smith, Sr., 43 of Lusby, became irate when he believed
that he did not receive the correct change after making
a purchase. The employees stated that Smith became
loud, using profanity, and demanding his money. After
determining that Smith had been given the correct
change, Robshaw arrested him and charged him with
disorderly conduct.
Big Mouth Mommas Sent to Slammer
for Coaching Riot at B-Ball Game
Woman critical after boat
collision,
woman found dead in river, teens take booze and
girlfriends into woods and more
Amtrak scores big gains in
revenue; new support for funding in Congress
Starting commuter rail on a
budget: Nashville did it and it 's a lot smaller
than DC area
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Coast Guard to the Rescue!
Coast Guard rescues woman who had fallen ill from
sailboat near Tangier Island
Hey
Martin, where's the train?
Gov. Martin
O'Malley, with Congressman Steny Hoyer and area
legislators, posed for this photo on the CSX tracks in
Waldorf and campaigned on bringing commuter rail to the
region.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Gas Hits $4 a gallon and still the O'Malley
Administration fails to come through for promised
commuter rail for Southern Maryland....look at what the
rest of Maryland that has
MARC service is getting to ride to
work in while you sit and sweat in traffic
jams on Rt. 4, Rt. 5, and Rt. 301...
Virginia Railway Express
has more Kawasaki cars coming on line now to handle the
demand for more service...
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Fire Consumes Hermanville Home
Fire at this Whitehall Farm home in Hermanville, just
south of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station at
Lexington Park, was likely started by lightning from a
series of storms which ripped through Maryland, going
west to east, from about 3 pm until after midnight.
Tornadoes were down on the ground in Northern Virginia,
Charlotte Hall and Chesapeake Beach.
MORE Send your
storm photos to
staff1@stmarystoday.com
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie
Quick action helped elderly neighbor during storm
Reader
Feedback:
Question for you
and/or perhaps your readers. HOW does one reach the
county government
offices AND get a 'live' person or response? On numerous
occasions I've tried to reach an office. I always get a
recording telling me to dial such-and-such extension. IF
by some miracle, I happen to KNOW of such an
extension, I get another recording telling me the person
is away from the desk, unavailable, etc., leave a number
and someone will get back to me. One call was returned,
last year.
I WENT to an office I'd been trying to reach. Most of
the personnel was out and no one there could answer my
questions. When I expressed frustration about trying to
reach someone via phone, the response was a guffaw and
the comment of "stand in line".
Don't I shell out enough tax dollars in this county to
reasonably expect a response to a phone call?
Do you have any hints on how to reach the county
agencies/office? I wonder if it would help if I, and
others, started calling the commissioners in the evening
at their homes?
Waiting for a CALL
(Editor's Note: We will post home numbers and cell phone
numbers for the St. Mary's Commissioners --- online.)
Dan Raley cell-240-538-4145, home-301-994-2688; Larry
Jarboe cell 240-577-1240 home 301-883-0380; Kenny Dement
cell 240-298-1665 .... more coming
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Broadcom co-founder indicted on
conspiracy, drug charges
Obama blows away 'whitey' remark
by his wife as gossip
Tells reporter to bring it on; remark
is a reminder of when
Sen. Gary Hart, leading in the
polls in 1984 in his run for president, told
the press to follow him if they think he is cheating on
his wife and then they caught him with a hooker on the
yacht "Monkey Business"....and there was Bill Clinton,
who in a broadcast from the Oval Office said he never
had sex with 'that woman'....
The Armed
and the Lawless
DC Police Finally Set Up
Check-Points to Stop Murders and Gun Violence
Less planes at higher fares
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Apparently, the idiots who painted this sign at the pier
at Lower Marlboro Road in Owings didn't know enough to
give the Nazi symbol the right tilt. Calvert
Sheriff's officers are looking for tips on the identity
of those who painted these signs.
Hillary says it ain't over until it's over and it ain't
over
Cops seek shrimpy little drug dealer
LA PLATA ---
Charles County cops are looking for this guy
Richard Steven
Deakins
Hurrah for DC's Strict Gun Laws!
NBC
4 REPORT:
ONLY 7 DEAD AND 7 WOUNDED IN A
WEEKEND
Cain Slays Able
PORT REPUBLIC --- Calvert County Sheriffs and
State Police detectives report that a man blew away his
brother who was outside watching TV on the first day of
June....MORE
Beer
Bottle Battle Barricade Between Bickersons
Couple Whacks Each Other With Beer
Bottles & Then Barricade Began
Fish, Bottle and Weenie
Arrested for fish, bottle and weenie attack was
Marcellus Coleman
Man attacked by bozo while pumping gas; hit with beer
bottle and then a fish before attacker pulled out the
big equipment and flashed his weenie....MORE
Hurricane season begins...Isabel flooded St. George's
Island in 2003 as the category 2 storm
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Editorial:
Get Us the Hell Out of Iraq
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Dyson Warns State to Speed Up New Bridge
The
defects in the bridge over the Patuxent River were repaired by
the state 20 years ago when the bridge was closed for three
months. The Maryland SHA insists the bridge is safe, but
those who use it know it is inadequate. The steel
bands were tied around the top of each bridge piling after the
cracks, the white streaks show above, began appearing just ten
years after the bridge was opened in 1977.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
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Burglars make off with safe from slot machine palace
St. Mary's
Landing owner Billy Hill, left, with Frank Moran the
Godfather of slot machines in Southern Maryland, owner
of Frank Moran and Sons, pose with some of the dozens of
slots in the popular restaurant in Charlotte Hall.
ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo
Right,
Christopher Sutton, who police say got a key to the
slots parlor and walked away with the safe.
CHARLOTTE HALL ---- Just weeks after a
court decision which allowed slot machines to return to
St. Mary's County, at least until July 1st, crime took
an upturn right inside one of the slot machine parlors.
Police report that burglars ripped off a safe from St.
Mary's Landing Restaurant in Charlotte Hall and have
made their first arrest in the case, a man carrying
around $700 worth of cocaine.
MORE
One of Top Leaders of Home-Grown Cocaine Ring Sentenced;
Ford's
Turn Next
Charles Cops Make Quick Work of
'Crack Manor' Armed Robbers
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O'Malley Hypes Israel Trip
Governor's junket to Israel results in
drug firm opening office and hiring one executive in
order to justify hundreds of thousands spent by roving
O'Malley in search of foreign policy experience....
Calvert Cops Warn of Fake 50's
More on drugs in region; burglaries etc. in Southern
Maryland Police Briefs
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Elderly Man Saved from Hospital Bed Fire
CALIFORNIA (May 26, 2008) ---
Maryland State Fire Marshal Don Brenneman reports that
William J. Dent was saved from a fire in his home on Old
Rolling Road by his caregiver who rushed him out of his
house after the electric motor on his hospital bed
overheated and caught the house on fire. More than
$150,000 damage to the structure and $50,000 damage to
the contents was caused by the fire which took place on
Saturday at 10:57 am. Avenue and Hollywood
assisted Bay District in putting out the fire in the
one-story frame house. Mr. Dent, in his 90's,
reports the fire marshal was saved and out of the house
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Mischief Not Unchallenged by Bomb Squad
LA PLATA --- The next attack on America is likely
to take place west of La Plata and the firefighters
there are ready for it. When some ding-a-ling set
off a fire in child's motorized toy car, the fire
department called out the bomb squad as they feared the
fire was caused by a pipe bomb, which is likely on the
top of the list of the way Bin Laden is going to take
down some backwoods Mecca of suburbia such as farm
country outside of La Plata, an important part of our
national defense. The Bomb Squad of the Maryland
State Fire Marshal determined there was no pipe bomb or
American Airlines jet involved in this plot. This
incident which took place just before midnight on
Poorhouse Road was likely the work of local perpetrators
who wanted to see their own fire truck from Marbury
leave the station on a Saturday night right when the
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Man
Blows Away Wife; Shoots Self in Head
LUSBY (May 15, 2008) --- Disturbing
the peace really isn't possible in the good old
Chesapeake Ranch Club...or Estates...its a wild and
wooly place most anytime with daytime burglaries and
people leaping to their deaths in lakes. On Tuesday
evening police report that Robert McGinty went to
another residence near his home where his estranged
wife, Juanita McGinty, was located and asked her to come
outside. Police say that McGinty killed his wife
with a gunshot to the chest and then plugged himself in
the head with a bullet to the brain. The McGinty's
had one child and she had two other children.
Calvert Sheriff Mike Evans reports that this incident
was a murder-suicide. Both husband and wife were
in their thirties and police didn't have reports of
previous domestic incidents at their home.
O'Malley Appoints Harford District
Court Judge
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Hillary wins smashing victory by
2-1 margin in West Virginia,
adding that state to Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Texas, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, California, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Florida, Michigan, Indiana...all states that a Democrat
must carry to win in November....Obama has won states
that the GOP will win in the fall...but with the
apportioned delegate process and caucus states, Obama is
leading and if he is the nominee, McCain will win...
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Want
Fireworks for the
4th of July? Go to DC!
Photo courtesy of WUSA 9
Don’t
expect that St. Mary’s
County government can
actually get the 4th of July
right, they can’t, so they
will be holding the 4th of
July fireworks on Saturday,
the 5th of July at the St.
Mary’s County Fairgrounds,
Leonardtown, Route 5. 5 PM -
10:30 PM. The fireworks can
be seen from Breton Bay for
those who have a boat or go
down to the new waterfront
park at Leonardtown Wharf
and enjoy the fireworks from
afar and escape the traffic
tie-ups at the fairgrounds.
Have dinner first in
Leonardtown and walk down
the hill to the water for a
great combination of eating
and exercise.
Fireworks
The best show in town
is free and is the National
Mall Concert at the U. S.
Capitol and is free.
Activities on the Mall all
day at the Smithsonian and
fireworks are at 9:00 pm,
all of course, on Friday,
July 4th
A
Jazzy 4th
Join Jeff
Silberschlag and the
Chesapeake Orchestra for a
Fourth of July celebration
featuring jazz great Hilary
Kole, the Wyle soloist,
Americana favorites and stay
for a fireworks
extravaganza. Concerts are
free and begin at 7:00 p.m.
at St. Mary’s College of
Maryland
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Could this be O'Malley's promised train?
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Fire Marshal Charges Bait Burglar with Arson
More coming on this one-man crime spree
David T. Dillow
Sheriff Tim Cameron told ST. MARY'S TODAY that this cat came into the jail looking like this, as he had been injured in a ATV crash. "The jail wouldn't accept him until he had been examined at the hospital," said St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron.
Fishbait Dillow Arrested!
LEXINGTON PARK (June 10, 2008) --- Police report that they got a man who may have had the bait start stinking and leave a trail for the nimble nosed detectives of the joint St. Mary's and State Police gumshoes. Police say that on June 9th, St. Mary’s County BCI detectives arrested David T. Dillow, 23 years of age, from Hollywood Maryland, for the June 6th burglary to the Tackle Box Store in Lexington Park. Dillow was charged with Burglary, Theft and Property Destruction. He was incarcerated at the St. Mary’s County Detention Center.
Why are Obama supporters still beating up on Hillary?
From a Washington Post blog on the presidential election:
Hillary Clinton said today, "I am embarassed by my loss to an unknown Negro. This is a travesty, when some uppity Negro is allowed to take the Presidential Nomination away from a HARD WORKING WHITE WOMAN. What has America become? Are we in a time warp, living in 1871 and undergoing the recontruction. Carpetbaggers have allowed this uppity Negra to steal from a WHITE WOMAN." Her husband, former president Bill Clinton was heard to remark, "You tell 'em, baby. I never cared much for Negras, 'ceptin' when they was a votin' for me. Why has my WHITE America allowed this college 'coon clown to disrespect my woman? If'n this was 1858, instead of 2008, I'd see that that uppity colored 'coon was whupped, and whupped good."