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September 2008 News Stories

Democrats run Congress but Pelosi denies responsibility for economy

Employees of Lehman, Merrill put company junk for sale on Ebay

Obama said yesterday nation's economy is in shambles, today Obama is hosting a $28,500 per plate dinner for his campaign

Philly reporter says race war is on due to election; reader asks her why aren't the 95 percent of blacks who support Obama called 'racists'

Man flown to trauma center after

family stabbing

22509 Iverson Drive at Hickory Hills in California was the scene of a stabbing on Monday night.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo by Matthew Ivancie MORE


Waterfront festival at new Leonardtown Wharf attracted a big crowd out on a hot day on Sept. 13th, the biggest crowd to appear there since the last time bingo was held at the old tavern which formerly occupied the wharf. The Poppa Francis, shown above on display, may soon offer boat rides on Sundays in nice weather, from the Town dock.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos

Burglars Hit Two Stores

Burglars hit two stores in the Callaway Food Lion center over the weekend, breaking into one store and destroying property in an attempt the next night to break into an adjacent store, according to Sheriff Tim Cameron. Cameron told ST. MARY'S TODAY on Monday evening that his detectives have a suspect in the case.

Thousands stand in line for food, ice, water in Houston

Media attention on Palin will turn, "dooming" her phenomenon

$24 Million Momma Picks Up Lottery Check

Coast Guard & Navy Make Hay out of Sneaky Cocaine Haulers

Coast Guard nabs semi-sub with $187 million in cocaine headed for San Diego from South America. In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, members of Coast Guard law enforcement detachment 404 survey the deck of the self-propelled, semi-submersible craft they seized on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. The LEDET, embarked aboard the USS McInerney (seen to the left of the SPSS), seized seven tons of cocaine from the vessel. The estimated street value of the cocaine is more than $187 million. The seized vessel has the capability to travel from Ecuador to San Diego, Calif., without having to stop for replenishment.
(U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Nico Figueroa)

What kind of stupid redneck wears flip flips to rob a store?

Flip Flop Bandit Attempted Daylight Robbery

in Wildewood Center

Man Dead; Speed Blamed in Sunday Crash

Truman did just fine as VP propelled into White House

How much experience did Harry Truman have prior to becoming president?

During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry S Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with Soviet Russia. Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman's to solve when, on April 12, 1945, he became President. He told reporters, "I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me." MORE
On January 20, 1945, he took the vice-presidential oath, and after President Roosevelt's unexpected death only eighty-two days later on April 12, 1945, he was sworn in as the nations' thirty-third President. MORE

Incompetent Fat Cats Never Die

It looks like one of the mortgage honchos who was tossed out on his Fannie may not be wanted in a ritzy club even though he is getting a $9 million golden parachute Post report

Bloodbath for Big

Wall Street Bozos

Lehman Brothers bankruptcy official, stock market down

it's the biggest in history

AIG looks for cash and Merrill Lynch sold

Wall street's sickness will make Main Street catch cold too...

Is this the collapse of the financial system? Not with the safeguards in places say experts

Expert says 1,000 troubled banks could close in coming months

King Rat Obama?

Report: Obama tried to manipulate schedule for withdrawal of troops to election

Obama supporters ready for fight as most liberal Democrat in Senate slips in the polls

1.7 million without power in Houston as nation's 4th largest city is in the dark

Death toll rises to 30 as hundreds are pulled out of devastated coastal areas

23 Arrested in Weekend Drug Sweep

St. Mary's Cops Drag In Four Cocaine Dealers for Federal Drug Rap

Four cocaine cockroaches crawling with heavy charges:

"Red Dog", "Ray-Ray", "Junior Maddox" and "Buck Shade"


Junior Maddox     Laray Maddox         James Shade        Tyrone Butler

LEXINGTON PARK --- Junior Maddox mum on drug charges, he doesn't answer his phone but his recording repeats over and over, 'he did it, he did it, he did it' lyrics of a rap song. If and when he calls back to ST. MARY'S TODAY, we'll let you know what he says about his indictment....Maddox won't be calling back on his cell phone anytime soon, he is in federal lockup along with his fellow drug dealers awaiting bond hearings in Federal Court in Greenbelt on Monday and Tuesday.

Who asked Kenny Dement to raise their taxes?

St. Mary's Commissioner Kenny Dement says he has strong support despite his vote to raise taxes to record levels.   Dement used to campaign by saying he wouldn't raise taxes and that he listens to people. If you are one of the citizens who asked that Dement raise your taxes, please send your name and phone number so we can verify that information and list your name as a Dement supporter who likes high taxes. Send to: staff1@stmarystoday.com

When is Kenny Dement having O'Malley to dinner at his house?
Reader Feedback:
I was not one of the souls that had the pleasure to ask Dement to raise my taxes. I just wanted to know when he was going to ask our governor to his house for dinner. It sounds like they are both on the same page, when it come to this state and county issues. I saw a bumper sticker that stated WELCOME TO O'MALLEY LAND! WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET ? and to no ones surprise the answer was "NOTHING". That should answer everyone's question on who he is looking out for....
Susan Glenn

Coast Guard plucks 2 from river, 1 rescued by boater

Investigators probe fire that destroyed new hotel in Alexandria

Fire investigators seek tips on who torched home in Newburg

Nationwide Identity Theft Story Updated:

Kelli's boyfriend Bill Thayer makes

her look like Mother Teresa

Triple murderer in Super Bowl pizza joint slaying gets 100 years

State Damn Slow to Give Self Permits to Fix Leaking Dam

Two Ryken High School students in a soccer game at the school collided, both are down, one is unconscious with Medic unit and ambulance dispatched at just after 5 pm Friday...

Teen Fails to Yield, Causes Wreck



Palin under fire for invoking God on America's side

The ignorance of American news media of U. S. history is appalling...

who are these idiots of the left-wing who despise God, religion and the USA?

John F. Kennedy said in a speech on July 4, 1946 in Boston as a candidate for Congress:
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"Wherever freedom has been in danger, Americans with a deep sense of patriotism have ever been willing to stand at Armageddon and strike a blow for liberty and the Lord." complete speech

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on D-Day (June 6, 1944) delivered this prayer asking God for victory:

"And, O Lord, give us Faith. Give us Faith in Thee; Faith in our sons; Faith in each other; Faith in our united crusade. Let not the keenness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose."
complete prayer given by FDR as American troops stormed ashore at Normandy

Gov. Sara Palin:

"I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words. But what Abraham Lincoln had said, and that's a repeat in my comments, was let us not pray that God is on our side in a war or any other time, but let us pray that we are on God's side." ABC interview with Charles Gibson

The left-wing press really fear Palin!

Washington Post distorts Palin comments

Bear that wandered Southern Maryland believed to have been caught in Arbutus, now another bear is touring the Eastern Shore

Women Kicked Man's Butt and Busted Up Rolling Stock

Hurricane Ike takes aim at Houston; million flee fury of storm

Free Pass at

Red Light District!

St. Mary’s Crossing and

Toxic Dump Estates

Residents tell tale of woe on Rt. 4 and ask Board to nip PUD in the bud

$24 Million lottery winner purchased ticket in Baltimore

Commentary by
Sen. Roy Dyson:
Lowering Drinking No Way To Curb Campus Binge Drinking

Tracking dope, heroin playland and Dexter's Crack Shack and other police briefs


Mental Midget Majority of Commissioners Advance Spread of Waldorf Look in St. Mary's
Signs such as these digital billboards will soon be completing the circuit of highway deterioration thanks to the Mental Midget coalition on the St. Mary's Board of Commissioners. Commissioner Tommy Mattingly led the successful fight to allow the rolling, blinking, flashing, gyrating, scrolling and rolling digital billboards, with his fellow Mental Midget commissioners Kenny Dement and Jackie Russell voting with him. Commissioners Jarboe and Raley voted no.

Suspect in Rape of Daughter Kills Self

Beagle Bash to raise money for lonely Beagles

Bus Driver Teaches Kids Lesson

About Staying on Road

8 students and driver hurt when bus plows into woods

2nd arrest wised up sex offender

Palin kept pregnancy secret until 7th month

Will Dam Burst?

Living down stream of the St. Mary's River lake at the state park? Sen. Roy Dyson wants you to know that there are serious problems with seepage at the lake which contains 250 acres of water and if it bursts due to a huge amount of rainfall in a sudden storm with another hurricane there will be no warning and could cause a serious loss of life. See more details in print edition now on newsstands.


Obama's Muslim Faith

McCain and Palin up in polls

25 Billion in new loans coming for Big 3 automakers

Bailout of Mortgage Giants Spells Big Trouble for Taxpayers

America in love with McCain and Palin

People more interested in GOP than Democrats; Republican convention had biggest audience in history

Oprah afraid to let Gov. Palin on her show!

Gov. Palin now more popular than McCain or Obama!

Obama's broads will fight for him as Palin excites race

8 year old passed out hundreds of fake 20's at school; now who might have made them?

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com

Who started this fire?

Torch job says investigators, call with tips and win cash rewards

Investigators say fire at this home on Thompson Lane in California was started intentionally and is a case of arson. Tips on who and how the fire was started at the outside of the home can be called to 443-550-6820 and speak directly to a fire investigator or call 800 492 7529 for a tip line. Information on arson can make the informant eligible for cash rewards and your identity can be protected.


CALIFORNIA (Sept. 4, 2008) A house fire caused considerable damage to a one story home in California with the cause of the fire yet to be determined. The home belonged to Lillian Shade and damage was set at $150,000. Bay District and Hollywood responded and got it under control in about 30 minutes, reports Dep. Fire Marshal Don Brenneman.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie.

Thinking of converting your car or truck to natural gas? Here are a few tips on doing this, how to or even should you...

Coast Guard Readies North Carolina Ports for Hurricane Hanna

Two Dipsticks Arrested for Fake Suicide Call

Police make arrest of Two Great Mills High School Students for Telephone Misuse, Disrupting Schools

Will Parents of These Punks Pay the Bill?

Gun Report Locked Down 3 Schools; Dozens of Cops Responded, 4,000 students affected....

Lock down ends, cops staying close

UPDATE: 1:45 PM --- Police are maintaining their positions at perimeters of schools, Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack Commander Lt. Mike Thompson arrived at the scene at about 1 pm.
St. Mary's Sheriff's spokesman Deputy Cindy Allen reports that all after school activities at Leonardtown High School have been canceled and parents, teachers and students are being allowed to come and go as they wish wile police remain around the schools to be sure there is not any substance to the earlier report of a suicidal student armed with a gun.

A St. Mary's Sheriff's deputy blocked off traffic from entering Leonardtown High School as the schools were locked down while police searched for two teens, one of whom was said to have a gun. Right, a Maryland State Trooper guards Leonardtown Middle School. ST. MARY'S TODAY photos

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Cops Seek Barnes in Armed Robbery

Tell Eric to call the cops and turn in his gun! Eric Lionel Barnes, wanted for armed robbery of hair salon owner on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 at about 8:30 pm.

Man tried to hold up chicken joint

Most restaurants leave their back doors unlocked and robbers often waltz right in!

LEXINGTON PARK (Sept. 3, 2008) --- Still think Great Mills Road is safe? Cops seek info from public on gunman who attempted to rob a chicken joint on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park early today....

Two flee from store theft


Mechanicsville (Sept. 3, 2008) ---Two men fled from the scene of the Wonder Bread outlet in Mechanicsville. While this incident took place, four deputies were conducting a speed trap just south of the location at the Schmidt Bakery warehouse with officers posted in both the north and southbound lanes.   ST. MARY'S TODAY photos

Woman dead in ATV crash at home of Redskins player in Newburg. STORY Photo courtesy of ABC 7 News.

DC cop arrested by Park Police for smoking dope after police chase

Dumb cops being produced by academy

Academy Functions Well at Training But Rookies Often

"Feel Their Oats" and Overstep Authority

To the Editor:

While I have been retired and away from Southern Maryland for a few years I have maintained many close contacts with people still working there. In the article about the Police Academy producing 'dumb' cops I have to take exception with your verbiage.

To my personal knowledge the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy has a excellent staff of instructors assigned to it by the three Sheriff's of Southern Maryland. They devote many hours to the academy for which they are not fully reimbursed by their agencies for. That is a fact of life in training in any academy anywhere. Officers who are not good instructors, or don't have a keen interest in training just don't last long in training. While student officers are undergoing training at the academy and during their Field Training Officer period after graduation they are extremely closely monitored at all times. Once they are turned loose by their respective agencies from their Field Training Officer and placed on patrol the degree of supervision drops greatly. This is the norm throughout law enforcement all over the country. They do receive a much higher degree of supervision than do veteran officers but can, and do, make rookie mistakes. In the heat of being on a scene of a critical call I would not be the least surprised that a rookie would make a mistake. It could be the result of a rookie "feeling his oats" and overstepping his authority.

I would hope that your reporter/photographer immediately approached a supervisor on the scene and reported the officers improper actions. If this was done that I would fully have expected the on scene supervisor to have corrected the problem and followed it up with counseling of the offending officer. If not then in your capacity as editor I would hope that you contacted the Sheriff of Charles County and brought the whole situation to his attention. In reading your article I noticed that you had spoken with Major Montminy. You failed to mention if he took any action or not so I couldn't comment on the even any further.

I have often commended your reporting of the news as you have seen it. In this instance I have to express my disappointment in your usage of a inflammatory headline that maligns one, if not the best, of the finest law enforcement academies in the entire State of Maryland. I would encourage you to do a follow up story on the Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy. I am confident that Sheriffs Tim Cameron and Mike Evans will both follow up themselves as I know they are keenly interested in the Academy and have demonstrated their interest by assigning excellent instructors to the academy.

Respectfully

David B. Wright

Lt #86 Ret.

Former Director of SMCJA

(Editor's Note: When rookies from this academy continually demonstrate their lack of training by their illegal behavior, its time to hit the nail on the head. The three Sheriff's of Southern Maryland need to take action as bringing these repeated acts 'to their attention' have not corrected the situation. These Sheriff's will now have to provide us with a plan to properly train officers in the academy as well as provide in-service training to those on the job or they will face a lawsuit. If we do not act to protect our Constitutional rights we can no longer rely on these police officials to do it for us. Our photographers have been assaulted by police officers, had their cameras illegally confiscated and only returned after supervisors were called, have had prior restraint illegally conducted in the most egregious way by being ordered not to take photos or video, all in violation of the Constitution. In short, when your Constitutional rights to gather news are being violated by the police, don't bother calling 911 or even calling the Sheriffs. We will follow up with news stories as to actions taken to properly train these law officers or arrange for a proper academy to send their officers. We have even had officers order photographers not to take photos because they could be terrorists. The only ones committing acts of terror in this region have been these bozo cops. Dumb Cops? Feeling their oats? What a load of crap. No newspaper in America supports law enforcement more strongly than this one or routinely tells our readers of top cops at work. That doesn't mean that when cops shoot dogs or people that we will simply lay down our pens and cameras and say gee whiz. If a cop has dispatched a bad guy with good cause, then we say good shooting. But it better be a good shoot. Shooting at unarmed dogs is always baloney especially when the dog is tethered and all the bozo cop had to do was back up. What was that cop scared of? What was Officer Dumbo at the Mall scared of? It is possible that the investigators would have liked to review the video and stills of our photographer at this scene. If these Sheriffs can't figure out what to do, we shall let a Judge explain it to them.)

Article on Dumb Cops Offensive to Charles County Police Officers

To the Editor,

I read your article written by the bold and rude Kenneth C. Rossignol named "Southern Maryland Police Academy Continues to Turn Out Dumb Cops" and was very offended and disturbed by what I read. You scrutinized a whole region of police officers because of one "rookie" officer's inexperienced actions. Yes, that officer did not have the right to dismiss the media from their right to take pictures, video, etc., but to call Charles County Police Officers demeaning names such as "Dumbo", "Idiot", or "Bozos" is so disrespectful and offensive. These officers protect and serve the lives of this region and yeah you, Mr. Rossignol, an A**hole writer like yourself. You have no idea what the men and women of Law Enforcement endure everyday they are at work. They risk their lives for jerks like you, and when one officer gets wrapped up in a moment like the mall shooting, you take that one officer's actions and blow it up into an offensive article against all Southern Maryland Law Enforcement. People like you who publish demeaning articles about law enforcement aide in the ever growing disrespect from the young generation of this community towards police officers.

As far as the Southern Maryland Police Academy? Many great Law Enforcement Officers have graduated from that program and have helped changed the community in a positive way, so don't base one rookie's stepping over authority as an example of an "untrained" and "inexperienced" police academy. People make mistakes, and yes, Police Officers are human too, and being in a high stress criminal scene can make some rookie officers cross the line of authority. The media did have the right to do whatever you all needed to do to get your story, but don't offend a whole community based on your little incident with a rookie officer. You have made the "St. Mary's Today" very distasteful to read and it's too bad that you have writers like Mr. Rossignol who write articles that are repulsive and offensive to the community.

Mr. Rossignol, You obviously need to go back and get training on how to write your stories in a more mature and professional manner.

Emili Zywusko

Charles County Resident

Pomfret, MD

(Editor's note: You have had your say and we stand by our article. You clearly are a new reader as you haven't seen the 20 years of positive coverage of Charles County officers. But when a public official violates the Constitutional rights of the media, and this happens over and over again, then it is proper for us to ask those in charge to correct the situation as well as to inform our readers of their acts to prevent our readers from learning of the news. That we do so with flair and slang is consistent with our editorial focus of being blunt. We have likely had far more experience with what law officers go through on a day to day basis than you and we have gone to great extents to relate that experience to our readers. We will not, however, make them sacred cows to please your desire to sanctify them. Police officers earn respect from young people by doing a good job, not as a result of news coverage which fails to tell the whole story. Our past coverage has included the illegal arrest by a Calvert officer of a Washington Post reporter, Annie Gowen, who was released from custody after supervisors became aware of the arrest. The Post reporter was simply trying to do her job to inform her readers of a police operation.)

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Arrest made in murder of Will Smith

Walmart shut down for bomb threat

California --- Sept. 30, 2008) --- The Walmart store located on Rt. 235 was emptied of employees and customers by police following a bomb threat at about 7:30 pm. More on this story as details are available....

Employees wait for the all clear to be able to go back to work at the busy store, while below, a Bay District VFD fire engine stands by in case there really is a bomb and not just a nutcase making a false call.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie

Who was looking out for the kids?

Now, after two kids are dead, Maryland officials leap into action!

Lori Louise Chesser Cromwell, dead at 48

Longtime 7-11 owner found dead at her home, services on Wednesday, circumstances surrounding her death point to possible suicide, pending a final determination of the medical examiner's forensic report.
For years Lori operated the 7-11 on Rt. 235 at Town Creek Drive and the 7-11 at Solomon's. The daughter of Ralph and Lois Chesser, Lori had three children. Popular and friendly, Lori excelled in serving her customers and making them her friends, bringing old fashioned service to a franchise business where it wasn't really expected.
Ralph Chesser formerly ran the Friendly Cab Company prior to opening the 7-11 stores at FDR Blvd., Great Mills Road and Town Creek. Her brother Steve took over his father's 7-11 stores at Lexington Park and Great Mills, at the time that the chain dominated the convenience store business. Since that time, three of the 7-11's have closed. Lois Chesser was also accomplished in business as she ran Lo-Ru's, a fashionable women's dress shop in Millison Plaza in Lexington Park.
Lori's death came with shock and disbelief to her many friends in the area, a bright light has gone out.

Governor Salutes Fallen State Police Helicopter Crew;

Funeral Arrangements Announced

Felicia’s Big Mouth and Big Feet

One man show coming to Lexington Park: The Gospel According to St. Mark

The Darwin Report:

Man stole checks and tried to cash them at bank where victim works, say police

This violent smash up on Indian Head Highway took place at Accokeek on Saturday, Sept. 27th.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie

State Police chopper down, four dead in PG County

Down in deadly crash....
Trooper Two in this photo had landed earlier this year at Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf to board crash victims for flight to a trauma center. ST. MARY'S TODAY photo by Matthew Ivancie
Medic with Waldorf Rescue Squad killed along with MSP crew, one patient, while one patient survived

Drug counseling center director uses tax-paid property for politics

LEXINGTON PARK --- The chairman of the St. Mary's County Democratic Central Committee has been using her government funded email address for partisan political purposes, according to a listing of her contact information on the website of the Maryland Democratic Party. Kathy O'Brien, the long-time director of the Walden Sierra Counseling Center is also the elected Democratic party boss in St. Mary's County and a close associate of the Democratic Commissioners who are in the majority on the Board and fund a substantial portion of the Walden budget and own the counseling center property. The use of the email or any other county government paid for services for political purposes is illegal under Maryland law. Republicans can file an ethics complaint against the St. Mary's County Government and O'Brien as well as with the state prosecutor.
The following are the listings on the Maryland Democratic Party website:

*St. Mary's County Democratic Party Democratic Central Committee of St. Mary's County
Contact Person: Kathleen O'Brien, Chair
kathleen@waldensierra.org

www.democratsofstmarys.org
41161 Knight Road , Leonardtown Maryland 20650
301-475-8242 (main)
kathleen@waldensierra.org

Send Kathy O'Brien some email messages at Walden about politics!

Democrat Party Boss Obtains New Email Address Following News of Her Abuse of Taxpayers

This notice was sent out to Democrats in St. Mary's County:

-----------NEW EMAIL ADDRESS------------

Kathy O'Brien, the Democratic Central Committee Chairman has a new email
address.

Please use:

[kathyoobrien@gmail.com]

for all email communication.

Thank you.

Guatemala Tag Team Shoplifters Put on Ice for ICE

CALIFORNIA (Sept. 26, 2008) --- St. Mary's Sheriff's spokesman Dfc. Cindy Allen reports that on 09/25/08 Dfc. J. Logalbo responded to Wal-Mart in California, Maryland for a report of a shoplifter. Police say that Elmer Garcia, 20, of Great Mills, Maryland and Edgar Caceres-Funez, 26, of Great Mills, Maryland stole a pair of “George” earrings. Elmer Garcia & Edgar Caceres-Funez were arrested for theft.
Further investigation revealed both Elmer Garcia & Edgar Caceres-Funez were illegal immigrants from Guatemala. Garcia & Caceres-Funez are currently incarcerated in the St. Mary’s County Detention Center on $3,500 bond each for the theft charges. In addition, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) were notified. Elmer Garcia & Edgar Caceres-Funez are also been held on charges/detainer’s filed by ICE.

Man Nabbed Trying to Cash Stolen Check at Cedar Point Credit Union

LEONARDTOWN --- The appearance of four police cars outside the Cedar Point Federal Credit Union located on Rt. 5 in Leonardtown had the bank robbery jitters vibrating throughout the community, sparking calls to police and to the news desk for an explanation. St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron told ST. MARY'S TODAY that his officers were making the arrest of a man who was allegedly trying to cash a stolen check.

Trucker's big rigs towed after being told they could park at Comfort Inn

Race baiting Congressman says Palin doesn't care about Blacks and Jews

Do you know this man?

Charles County Sheriff’s Office, Crime Solvers Seek Identity of Prescription Fraud Suspect
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in a prescription fraud investigation and Charles County Crime Solvers is offering a reward for information that leads to the suspect’s arrest. A man dropped off a fraudulent prescription for Oxycontin at a Waldorf pharmacy on Feb. 4. The man is described as white with black hair and is in his mid-20s. PNC Bank puts up $10,000 Reward for information leading to arrest of bandits

Kidnapping and Bank Robbery!

Robbers held baby at gunpoint while sending
woman and child into bank

MORE

Wednesday's bank heist took place here at the Esperanza Branch of the old 1st National, now PNC bank. Deputies set up road blocks all over the area.

More photos and story

Once again, just as in this 2002 editorial cartoon, the look out vehicle is a Nissan operated by black males. What is it about Nissans that makes criminals like them so much?

Biden jumbles history of depression

History in Photos

Corpus Christi Texas (1942) --- Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor.
Library of Congress Office of War Information Howard Hollem, photographer.

Another Cruise Ship to Sail from Baltimore

Man tried to drown his pot plants!

Nicholas Alexander Stubbs

LEONARDTOWN (Sept. 23, 2008) Lt. Daniel Alioto, commander of the St. Mary's Vice Narcotics Detectives, reports that they received information of a marijuana grow in the Great Mills area. A possible suspect was developed and after several days of surveillance Detectives approached the suspect as he tended to the plants. The plants were at the bottom of a ravine and were positioned around a pond. Police report that the Suspect, Nicholas Alexander Stubbs aka “Alex”, 19, of Great Mills, began ripping the plants up and throwing them into the water. Detectives entered the pond and were able to locate (2) two marijuana plants. He was charged with Manufacturing Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana. He faces additional charges after a State’s Attorney’s Office review. MORE ARRESTS

Obama to hit McCain on Keating 5

Obama Youth Pledge Allegiance in Hitler-like Mania

Palin Slams Obama as Not Qualified to be Commander in Chief

Convincing rural and blue collar Virginia Democrats to vote for Obama holds little hope

McCain-Obama race could end in a tie and even Pelosi could end up as Acting President while House makes a decision

Associated Press writer goes on defense for Obama campaign as Palin hits Democrat over his ties to domestic terrorist

"ALL WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF...." President Franklin Delano Roosevelt....yet fear was cited as the principal reason to pass the bailout...

Palin: There you go again, Joe!

Governor knocks

it out of the park!


Highest ratings of a debate since 1992 brought huge audience who don't trust the media to tell them about Sarah, they want to see and hear for themselves and they did...big-time.

Radio reporter fired over Obama T-shirt
Elizabeth Ann Cameron, 70

Everett Gerard "Bud" Gibson

Stephen Stanley Danielowich

Jenny Reyes Kennedy, 65

Pot today, the brig tomorrow for local Sailor

The Postman knocks once, the cops don't knock at all

LEXINGTON PARK --- St. Mary's Sheriff's and State Police narco cops say that a local sailor had more than mail order new shoes coming to his apartment and apparently was too lazy to grow his own weed, MORE

Tired of the same old liberal crap coming out of Hollywood?

See this review of American Carol

Where it all started:

From the pages of the New York Times on Sept. 30, 1999, a report on where the mess in America's finances all started, with a push from the Clinton Administration to lend minorities money for homes that they previously could not qualify for...would the New York Times lie to America?

The New York Times headquarters in New York City. ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

"In moving, even tentatively, into this new area of lending, Fannie Mae is taking on significantly more risk, which may not pose any difficulties during flush economic times. But the government-subsidized corporation may run into trouble in an economic downturn, prompting a government rescue similar to that of the savings and loan industry in the 1980's."

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid

Mortgage Lending



The Senators who voted NO!

Pennsylvania Ave. which connects the White House with the Capitol Building.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

Senate passed bill by large margin

Local Banker says credit is here and now

Maryland banker says that Wall Street doesn't run through Southern Maryland, the banks in this area have money to lend to qualified borrowers.

"We don't have any foreclosures in our bank, we don't have any bank owned houses and the only problem we have are silly rules that hurt our customers and now the nation," said Thomas B. Watts, CEO and Chairman of Maryland Bank & Trust. More

Restaurants take hit on credit crunch, cancel expansion plans, landlords offer concessions

Biden's verbal missteps include references to being in a helicopter which was forced down on the 'superhighway of terror'.. actually his chopper was forced down in a snowstorm...

Obama sign in yard stirs up neighbors, pushes free speech to the edge...

Is Debate Moderator in the Middle?

PBS broadcaster is moderator of VEEP debate but has written book
on Obama that she is banking on being a hit...

Teachers union advises members to wear blue to school to show support for Obama

Bonnie & Clyde of Copper Pinched by Coppers

Pair of alleged burglar/fencing team sent to slammer

Two teenie-boppers charged with making bombs

Are you registered to vote?

Check and make sure you are on the voter registration rolls, registration deadline is Oct. 14, 2008

Report: State Police Conducted Unwarranted

Surveillance on Activists

State Police Trooper Seven Flying Again

In this photo, Trooper Seven takes off from Chancellors Run Regional Park while Bay District VFD stands by. At right Trooper Seven is on the ground at the St. Mary's Fairgrounds.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo by Matthew Ivancie

Funeral processions to bring traffic in Waldorf to a halt, warn police

Stephen Bunker Obituary

Funeral Services Announced

'God Hates Fags and God Hates Cops'

WALDORF --- A group of fanatical religious bozos who usually picket outside of the funerals of American soldiers killed in action will this week picket outside the funeral service of Tanya Mallard in Waldorf. While these idiots have a right to a peaceful protest, others who have different views also have a right to exercise their freedom of speech and assembly to mount a counter demonstration.
A few words from the website of Westboro Baptist Church:
"We will go ahead and use our "Thank God for Dead Cops" sign because after all she worked for the state troopers. We will also use our "Pray For More Dead Cops" sign. If you give a darn about your never dying soul - GET OUT OF MARYLAND! God is raging mad at Maryland." MORE

X-Ray Technician Drugged and Drunk While

Taking X-Rays of Patients
Karen Norris, MRT, License #: R02887
Area of Practice: Radiation Technology (California, MD) Surrender. The Board’s action is based on the revocation of the licensee’s revocation of certification by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists for practicing medical radiation technology under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Date of Action: June 27, 2008
St. Mary's County Doctor Put on Probation
Daniel M. Howell, M.D., License #: D02975
Area of Practice: Family Practice (Hollywood, MD)
Reprimand; Probation for a minimum of 2 years and until terms and conditions are successfully completed. The Board concluded that the physician failed to meet the standards of quality care in the care and treatment of a patient and especially in regard to prescribing Controlled Dangerous Substances. Date of Action: July 23, 2008
Waldorf Doctor Reprimanded, Restricted
Shoba Mathews, M.D., License #: D38179
Area of Practice: Neurology, (Waldorf, MD) Reprimand; the physician shall not perform a specific test in her practice of medicine; other terms and conditions. The physician failed to meet the standards of quality care and failed to keep adequate medical records in her practice of neurology. Date of Action: June 27, 2008
(These actions were taken by the Maryland agency that regulates Doctors and other practitioners of medicine)

Throw the Bums Out

Reader FEEDBACK:
We elected the Congress and Senate members and trusted them to look out for and guard the welfare of the American people. Congress and Senate members have health benefits and retirement for life and they spend their time looking good and gaining approval with salary paid by our tax dollars. They have not looked out for the good of the American people or brought emerging problems to public attention for quite some time now. Were they were too busy looking out for themselves to take action before we got into the financial mess we are in today? I would welcome a movement to clean out the House and Senate of all incumbent members and give the American people new House and Senate members who can begin ruling this Country with a new slate. Americans voiced their opinion earlier this week when they overwhelmingly urged Congress to vote against another bailout. I initially wrote my Congressmen and Senators urging them not to approve the bailout of Bear Stearns and I received letters telling me this was necessary. Look how many additional bailouts we have had presented as necessary todate with no end in sight. Is it not it time we let the market do what it was designed to do? What will it take? A new House and Senate!!! I think so.

Laura Hawley, Silver Spring, Md.

stock market UP when Congress took off, its back and market tanks

Lawmakers on thin ice voted no
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's biggest failure as Congress lives up to low approval ratings
Circuit City short circuits, racks up record losses
Free Washington City Paper files for bankruptcy
U. S. Senate will rush into action on Wednesday evening with bailout bill; Bush warns bailout is vital to nation

See latest Zogby polls

Man charged with arranging death to ex and her beau

Michael D. Redman under arrest.   STORY

The Mad Hatter Runs Amuck    STORY

Marina owner Phil Dorsey asks for mistake to be corrected. Right is land use staffer Jeff Jackman who now refuses to correct his mistake. ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

Property owner asks planning commission to correct mapping error made by land use staff

Dyson bill will require State transit to

take over railroad right of way     STORY

Sen. Roy Dyson, with a map of the existing CSX rail line into Southern Maryland at a press conference he held to announce his bill forcing the state to conduct a transportation study of the region with a goal of establishing commuter rail service. ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

Why was it important for Republican Commissioner Kenny Dement and the Democratic St. Mary's Commissioners /Russell, Raley and Mattingly to not raise taxes and find ways to cut the budget this year? Only Commissioner Larry Jarboe (R. Golden Beach) voted against raising taxes and creating a new department which hired 6 new employees and voted against a no-bid contract to rent the old Bell Motors used car garage. Now the economy is faltering, the state will be pushing for moving more state funded responsibilities to the counties....

State looking to push funding for teacher's pension

on backs of counties

Obama disagrees with Biden, who agreed with McCain on economy

Obama likely to have false 6 point lead due to race

Why is Obama so vapid, hesitant, and gutless?

Electoral Map:

Florida, Ohio, Va, NC, Colo. Indiana all undecided in close count

Democrats Make Wall Street Mess Worse!

Stocks lose all of Friday's gains as Democrats roll out plans to include

all credit card and car loan bad debt, stalling bail out for Wall Street gamblers

Why has press not scrutinized Democrat VP

candidate Biden the way they did Cheney?

New York Times report from 1988: Joe Biden has had two brain surgery operations for aneurisms

USA Today report:
Biden was out of the Senate for seven months to recover, was given last rites of Catholic church

William Smith Jr. stabbed to death at college party

Great Mills High School grad was nephew of Tubby Smith, grandson of Guthrie Smith, of Scotland

Charles County School Counselor Convicted on Kiddie Porn Charges

Police Pounce on Pizza Pirate who Plundered Purveyor

Left, Anthony George Queen, Jr. 18, of Lexington Park is sought by police for robbery. Wayne Jordan, right was nabbed.
Queen can win a large all meat pizza by turning himself in to police in time for lunch...say Sheriff Cameron wants to buy your lunch...

Recession Steamrolls into Southern Maryland

Bell Motors to shut it's doors; large dealers in Waldorf not selling cars and trucks either, on verge of bankruptcy as financial crisis spreads from Wall Street to Main Street.   STORY

Bell Motor Co. in Leonardtown, the world's second oldest Chevy dealer, started in the crossroads village of Pearson in the 1920's, near Cedar Point, which was taken by the Navy to build the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. In this photo, black crepe hangs to mark the mourning for Tommy Bell, one of the two brothers who have run the dealership in recent years. Now the black drape mourns the loss of a place which was always a key part of the community, where Bell boys ran from their jobs to man fire trucks, where the showroom was cleared of new cars to host the Hospice Christmas tree display every December and which was a good place of employment for dozens of people over the years.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

Palin Pulls 60,000 at Florida Rally

Sandra Bernhard: Palin Would Be Gang-Raped By Blacks in Manhattan

Taxpayers may bail out foreign banks too

Top Democrats Kerry and Pelosi do share your pain, they and 54 other members of Congress had money in AIG, Lehman

Two U. S. Marines killed in attack on Marriott Hotel in Pakistan...more than 60 others reported dead

Bethesda firm which has grown from Hot Shoppes to luxury Marriott Hotels suffered biggest loss in history with bombing

Ike evacuees use subterfuge to get back on island; officials ready to bring back people even in back of dump trucks

Southern Maryland Police Academy Continues

to Turn Out Dumb Cops


Officer Dumbo (we don't know his real name) is marching across the parking lot at our photographer, at left. Right, the Charles County Officer is now pointing and barking orders to stop filming. Perhaps we should just be glad he didn't shoot the camera seven times like another officer did last year at a Hughesville resident's dog which was tied up in his own yard.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Spencer Stevenson      STORY

Letter to the Editor

Former Academy Director Says Academy Does Good Job; Disagrees with "Dumb Cop" Headline

Article on dumb cops offensive to Charles County Police Officers

Kids Day at the Fair

St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron, left, and State Police Leonardtown Barrack Commander Lt. Mike Thompson toured the St. Mary's Fair on Friday. Photo courtesy of St. Mary's County Fair

Coast Guard chopper assists boaters stranded in water too shallow for Coast Guard boat to reach them

...maybe they could have walked to shore!

Gunfire at the Food Court

Man flown from Mall, shot by cop

Still shopping at St. Charles Mall....veteran police officers tell us they don't go near this hell-hole mall at night.

police converge on the Mall on Friday night, left, and right a wounded suspect who was shot by a plainclothes detective is carried off to a chopper. ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Spencer Stevenson

Police say suspect was trying to steal GPS

from police car when caught

98-Year-Old Celebrates His Birthday by Working

LEXINGTON PARK (Sept. 18, 2008) --- Do you have a teenager who won't pick up his clothes off the floor, who won't get a job, who won't bother to study or help with the dishes. How about the bums who live in the woods near the Lexington Park library or those illegal aliens who come to America and get free health care, subsidized housing and pay no taxes while wiring money back to South America. Here is a news item to cheer you up. Mr. Wingate, who turns 98 today, still works 6 days a week cleaning the Lexington Park Post Office. His co-workers gave him a party today. Happy Birthday to a hard-working American.

Pelz Continues to Grow Oysters While Maryland Replenishment Program Dwindles

Credit crunch forces sale of Constellation Energy, owners of Calvert Cliffs

This photo shows Calvert Cliffs in 2000, prior to restrictions on air traffic near the plant following the 9/11 attacks. Calvert Cliffs is located on the Chesapeake Bay, the Patuxent River can be seen on the horizon.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

Rear Ender at Cadillac Jacks

LEXINGTON PARK (Sept. 19, 2008) --- City lights on Great Mills Road; it was just another Thursday night in Sin City, the Number Three Dreamland in America, according to the lame MSNBC network. St. Mary's Sheriff's deputies gathered information on the latest meeting of awkward local drivers while Bay District VFD was called from slumber to extricate the entangled combatants.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie

Biden calls paying higher taxes a patriotic act

O'Malley raised taxes in Maryland last year, St. Mary's Commissioners Kenny Dement (R), Jackie Russell, Dan Raley and Tommy Mattingly (three Democrats) all raised taxes in St. Mary's...now in a time of faltering economic conditions, the Democrats want to raise taxes even higher. While taxes on real estate went up more than $14 million on real estate in St. Mary's due to the commissioners turning down Commissioner Larry Jarboe's (R.) motion to lower the tax rate, property values have dropped as much as 50 percent.

Cop killer's death in PG County jail ruled murder

The Maryland Chief Medical Examiner has issued his final report on the death of Ronnie White, concluding the inmate was strangled in his cell and listing the cause of death as homicide. Walker was in jail after being arrested for the murder of a county police officer.

Russell Lectures Chamber of Commerce for Failing to Have Black Members

St. Mary's Commissioner Jackie Russell (D. St. George's Island)   ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

LEXINGTON PARK --- At a Chamber of Commerce luncheon this past Tuesday in Lexington Park St. Mary's Commissioner Jackie Russell (D. St. Georges Island) told the group that a look around the room showed that the Chamber of Commerce needed more diversity. With more than half of the audience being women, it appears that the diversity that Russell was lecturing the chamber on is having blacks as members. Joining the Chamber of Commerce is open to any business, even those owned by blacks, some of whom do belong to the group. Russell also pointed out that the county government needed more diversity but he failed to note that when he came into office, he supported kicking out the county administrator, who was black. George Forrest was paid $80,000 to terminate his contract and stay home for the balance of his time while EDC director John Savich, who is white, was brought in by Russell and Commissioner Tommy Mattingly to replace him.

Dement Can't Name Number Two Industry in St. Mary's County

St. Mary's Commissioner Kenny Dement ST. MARY'S TODAY photo

Who Paid for St. Mary's Commissioners and Staff to Eat Lunch with Chamber of Commerce?

From the Holy Crap Department:
Motorist tracks down hooligans shooting at street signs; aids cops in capture

Letter to the Editor: Have you checked your safe deposit box lately?

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid

Mortgage Lending