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LEONARDTOWN (May 15, 2008) --- St.
Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron confirms that a deputy
sheriff has been suspended for his alleged conduct in an
incident which took place in the south end of St. Mary's
County. Possible criminal charges are
pending against the deputy.
Exclusive
interview with the man who was beat up by a drunk St.
Mary's Deputy Sheriff
Man Murders Girlfriend
Over Use of Her Car
WALDORF ----
(May 16, 2008) Police say that a woman who
objected over the use of her car by her druggie
boyfriend was brutally strangled by the guy on
Wednesday.
St. Mary's Cops Nail Grandma's House of Cocaine
COLTON'S POINT
(May 16, 2008) The St. Mary's drug and vice
cops are at it again, this time surrounding the infamous
Young House in the Seventh District, a popular open air
drug market for the past 25 years and a recreational
drug purchase destination for hundreds of white
professional and business style folks who like to have
their coke and snort it too.
In addition to dealing coke from Grandma Young's house,
her clan of criminal offspring have hidden behind her
aprons, as the owner of the house, while continuing to
deal drugs. As part of St. Mary's Sheriff
Tim Cameron's crackdown on drug dealing this latest raid
comes on the heels of dozens of arrests made in raids
last week.
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Video Rental Shop Held Up in
Leonardtown
READER FEEDBACK:
Did we need a fleet of new police cars? Bell
Motors has a fleet of old ones at their former used car
lot in Leonardtown. No wonder taxes are so high in
St. Mary's County.
Samuel Smith
Horseshoe Crabs Ready to Spawn
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Read what this bozo
told ABC 7 News:
Project spokesman
John Undeland
apologized for the
delays, blaming
gawkers who slowed
to check out the
gathering of VIPs
and media.
"We did schedule
this in the middle
of the day, trying
to avoid when we're
doing our ceremony,"
said Undeland. "But
of course the set-up
got everybody's
attention. We're on
the same level so
people are going to
rubberneck. Our
message to motorists
is to keep moving."
While gas prices go
through the roof, the governors of Maryland and Virginia
tied up traffic for hours, wasting millions of gallons
of gasoline while they posed for pictures and listened
to a band.....just a bunch of gasbags!
The
politicians from DC, Maryland and Virginia decided to
"dedicate" the new second span of the Woodrow Wilson
Bridge today and as a result they backed up traffic all
the way to Rt. 5 into Maryland as the illustrious and
pompous pontificated while motorists fumed...we will try
to obtain a complete list of those officials who were
present so citizens can mark down their names to make
sure you never again vote for these idiots....even
though all lanes were open on the northbound side,
traffic coming from Maryland was slowed as the right
lane was diverted for those attending the dedication.
The dedication could have easily been held on over at
the National Harbor where a full view of the bridge is
available and traffic would not have been tied up
unnecessarily for the blowhards to give speeches....
NBC 4 report
ABC 7 Report
WTOP listeners were fed
up at delays by ceremonies featuring Virginia Governor
Caine and Maryland Governor O'Malley
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Governor
O'Bull?
Governor O'Malley
with Congressman Steny Hoyer, Senators Roy Dyson and Mac
Middleton, Delegates Bohanan and Jameson, along with Lt.
Gov. Anthony Brown posed for a photo on the CSX tracks
in Waldorf two years ago and promised commuter rail to
Southern Maryland. The O'Malley Administration has
not done anything to get commuter trains on these
tracks. ST. MARY'S
TODAY photo
Editorial:
All Aboard O’Malley’s Train…..but
where is it?
A mile marker on the railroad right-of-way which leads
from the CSX tracks in Charles County to Lexington Park.
Local nitwit politicians who can't grasp the value of
the right-of-way have given away dozens of easements
over the 60' wide right of way and are now building
walking trails on parts of it. Sen. Roy Dyson (D.
Charles, St. Mary's, Calvert), above with a map of a
railroad which once served the Southern Maryland region
and was built more than 100 years ago, sponsored
legislation for a feasibility study for preserving the
right of way for future rail use which found that the
State of Maryland must keep the rail right of way for
commuter use and prevent further erosion or
encroachments. When that study was done, gas was
under $2 a gallon. Dyson sponsored a bill
requiring the State of Maryland to conduct a
transportation study for all types of travel for the
region, a bill which was vetoed by Gov. Robert Ehrlich
and then which was passed when the General Assembly
overrode his veto.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
Arrival gates at
Washington's Union station where dozens of trains each
day arrive from the south and from the northeast.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Above are Amtrak
trains in Penn Station, New York, left, and at Union
Station, Washington. Right, Times Square in New
York.
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos
Amtrak currently runs
high speed trains only between Washington Boston with
service from DC to New York in under 2 1/2 hours on the
Acela trains with only
4 stops. Other regional trains add about a half
hour to the time with up to 8 stops. Intercity
train service once ran competitive passenger service
which died off as air travel expanded and the interstate
highway system was built in the 1950's.
Quiet cars offer quiet
service and are popular on many trains.
Bill will open the door to
commercial high-speed passenger
trains.....like it used to be before air
travel killed off train travel and the creation of
Amtrak in early 70's.
Travel
Green
Amtrak: The
environment is a precious resource that we should all do
our best to protect and rail travel is at the head of
the class when it comes to eco-friendly travel. Trains
consume less energy and produce less harmful pollutants
than either car or air travel. Hopping on an
Amtrak train will save you gas and
daily wear and tear on your car. It also
reduces the ever-increasing traffic congestion on the
roads and in the skies.
Train stations
across America are being revitalized, see the
Great American
Stations
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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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Price
for White Folks Using Coke in 7th District Will Go Up
Look for your dealer here or
here
Oscar Richard Tyer Jr., left, had
his cocaine, cash, guns and SUV seized by cops; Julius
Andre Redmond, center, was charged with possession of
cocaine, Patrick Fenwick, of Lexington Park, next, was
charged with dealing drugs while armed. Next;
Kevin Jerome
Chase, happy to buy cocaine for cops. Last on right,
Jackie Pixley, charged with dealing cocaine.
Oscar Richard Tyer Jr. (Age 31 of Leonardtown) was located in the
Longview Beach neighborhood and arrested on an open felony drug
warrant. Suspect Tyer was indicted by Vice Narcotics Detectives for
three (3) counts of Distribution of Cocaine. More than $650.00 in
cash was recovered and his GMC Yukon was seized.
Two (2) Search and Seizure warrants in the Longview Beach area
revealed $750.00 in “Crack Cocaine”, approximately $300.00 in cash,
two handguns, a vehicle valued at $4,000.00 and nearly $3,500.00 in
property was seized.
Dozens more under arrest in Spring Cleaning of Crime
Roundup
No Sale
on Sex in Lust Bust
Hey
big spender!
Threesome?
Nickels for Nooky
Police say Michael
Missimer, left, offered a cop $20 for sex and was
arrested; next, another big spender, Richard Aker,
allegedly offered 2 female cops $50, and right is
Patrick Leon Towns, who is charged with paying a local
streetwalker for doing more than walking the street, as
he was caught in the act, say police.
3 Offered $50 to Policewomen
Posing as Hookers
St. Mary's Sheriff's Posse Chase Prostitutes, Drug
Dealers into Jail
Charged with perjury
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Man With Shotgun Cleaned Out
Solomon's Laundromat
Stolen Truck Leads to Deadly
Police-Involved Shooting
A man stole this truck in Croom and then fled from
police to Upper Marlboro where he was shot dead by
police. Photo courtesy of ABC 7 News
"P. G. County is a toilet, get out
while you can" says post in ABC 7 forum on shooting in
Upper Marlboro
Atlantic City
Helicopter Makes 5th Rescue in Day
Sailboat runs
aground in surf, sailor hoisted to safety.
Research ship prepares to go down to Davey Jones Locker
while two crewmen are rescued by Coast Guard.
U.S. Coast Guard photos
Plucks man from sailboat off of
Ocean City, Md.
Video of research ship sinking,
sailboat from rescue chopper
NBC 4 Reports:
Screw Pump Keeps Town From
Flooding NBC 4:
Flooding continues
Rt. 260
flooded in front of the site of the now gone Stinnetts
Restaurant in Chesapeake Beach. Right, the Rod n
Reel now has water on 3 sides.
Photos for ST. MARY'S TODAY by Cheryl Emery
Storm
brings flooding to region; building collapse in
Chesapeake Beach
Schools close in Charles, 2 hours late in St. Mary's
Rally to stop Maryland from
providing more illegal aliens with driver's licenses....
News 4 forum on 59 illegal aliens
found working at exclusive Landsdowne Resort in Virginia
More than a half million District residents were not
shot in hail of gunfire over weekend,
but 5 were plugged in Northeast DC
DC police, Marshals, FBI take down
gang responsible for 6 murders, crime spree in District
Fire at Toyota / Chevy dealership
ruled accidental
Drunk likely at fault for arson attempt at Seabreeze
Restaurant
SANDGATES (May 12, 2008) --- State Fire Marshals
are looking for tips on who set a fire on the outside of
the Seabreeze located at Sandgates at about 10:41 pm on
Saturday. The popular restaurant suffered
about $250 in damage and the fire was out upon arrival of the
first fire truck from Hollywood VFD, reports State Fire
Marshal Jeff Frye.
Henry Hager and Jenna Bush exchange vows at the altar
Saturday, May 10, 2008, during their wedding ceremony at
Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas. Presiding
over the ceremony is the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell of
Houston's Windsor Village United Methodist Church.
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editorial:
Cut Spending to Essentials
Southern Maryland Police Briefs:
Pot not in danger of going out of style anytime soon!
While 92% of blacks support Obama, Hillary notes that
whites vote for her
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Freedom Firefighter Special Chief’s Edition Ridge
Fire Dept. Gun Raffle
Wellington LTD Henry ‘Big Boy’The Ridge Volunteer
Fire Department will be selling 1000 raffle tickets for
the Big Boy. Tickets are $10.00 each, and RVFD is the
sole beneficiary of the sales. Once all 1000 tickets are
sold, the drawing will be held. Presence will not be
required during drawing to win. Ticket purchasers must
be 18 years of age or older. Winner must present a State
issued identification for valid prove of age. The Spirit
that drives them is a national treasure, the "Unsung
Heroes" of every community across our great nation, the
American Firefighter. Wellington LTD takes pride
in honoring these great men and women who give so much.
Scenes depicting our firefighters and the test they face
each day are captured forever in the 24-karat gold on
the receiver and in the American Walnut stock of this
Henry Big Boy. 301-872-5571 or 301-866-0466
info@ridgevfd.org
tim.ridgell@ridgevfd.org
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Splish Splash...not taking a bath...now body is found!
Family claims police broke man's arms, threw him in
lake...man who ran from cops drowned when he failed to
swim, walk on water, have a straw to breath through like
in the movies...a likely candidate for the Darwin Awards
for this year....
LUSBY (May 6, 2008) --- Calvert Sheriff Mike Evans now
confirms that a man who ran from police on Friday night
when neighbors called to complain about a loud party was
found dead today in Lake Lariat, near his home.
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Heroes
at Work:
Drivers couldn't figure out the meaning of Stop at the
intersection of Shangri-la Drive and Willows Road in
front of the Lexington Park Baptist Church and ended up
in a classic "T Bone" crash between the white car and
the Mustang. The woman at right with the
baby said she was the at fault driver and she wasn't
posing for no show. PS. The STOP
sign is red and nailed to a
big post at the intersection.
MORE
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos by Matthew Ivancie
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just when you thought it was safe to go back in the
water....
Slots Coming BACK!
'Slots Queen ' Judge Rules in Favor of Her Old Friends
St. Mary's
Circuit Court Judge Karen Abrams
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Judge
Karen Abrams sat on the boards of the "charities" who
had sought an injunction forbidding the State of
Maryland, the St. Mary's Sheriff and States Attorney
from blocking placement of slot machines at Fred's
Liquors in Charlotte Hall. The action had been sought by
Alternatives for Youth and Families Inc. and Center for
Children Inc. and Sorrells Liquors and Sporting Goods
t/a Fred's Liquors.
LEONARDTOWN (May 2,
2008) --- "The operator of Fred's Liquors admitted in
court that the charities only got $63,000 from the slot
machines while the supplier of the machines, Impact
Gaming got half of the total take and Fred's was paid
$178,000 during the time the machines were in place,"
said St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron. "I am
disappointed over the Judge's ruling."
Slot machine opponents: Comptroller Peter Franchot,
Delegate John Bohanan and Senator Roy Dyson.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Comptroller Calls for Appeal of Ruling;
Says Slots Breed Crime & Corruption
"It is my hope that today's
ruling is appealed so that local law enforcement can get
back to cracking down on this illegal gaming. Today's
development reinforces why we should not enshrine slot
machine gaming into our state's constitution this
November as it is a regressive tax which breeds crime,
corruption and addiction," Comptroller Peter Franchot
told ST. MARY'S TODAY.
More details later online and in print this weekend on
newsstands....
St. Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron, left, and St. Mary's
States Attorney Richard Fritz, right.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photos
St. Mary's Sheriff
Tim Cameron accepted the court ruling on Friday as a
temporary setback and said he will continue to push
ahead with any legal steps possible to rid the county of
the slot machines.
"We were already seeing the first incidents of the crime
involved with these machines, robberies, prostitution
and more domestic problems, I am hopeful we will be able
to develop a strategy to keep them out of the county,
this is not good for the people of this county."
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Slots raid by cops as easy as ABC at ADF
Comptroller says slots are bad bet for Maryland
St. Mary's
Sheriff's Deputy Julian Schwab, right, puts his brawn
into the chore of seizing slot machines and ramping up
the investigation of the Sheriff which has gone on for
the last four months. All slot machines in St.
Mary's were believed to have been removed prior to today
as a result of warnings that an Attorney General's
advisory that these machines were not legal "instant
bingo" machines but were indeed illegal slot machines.
Detective Clay Safford pulls on a machine while Deputy
Michael Worrey pushes. ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos
NEW MARKET
(May 1, 2008) St. Mary's Sheriff's deputies are
carrying out a raid on the ADF Bingo Hall in New Market,
seizing more than 60 slot machines which have remained
in the bingo hall in spite of a warning from the Sheriff
and the State Police that they would be in violation of
the law if the machines remained in place.
The raid is coming just six weeks following a joint
audit team of the Comptroller, State Police and
Sheriff's Department.
Slot machines believed to be the old style and legal are
still in place at the Mechanicsville Moose Lodge but St.
Mary's Sheriff Tim Cameron said that all of these
machines are supposed to be unplugged or removed.
Warren Hansen, spokesman for Maryland Comptroller Peter
Franchot, said today that the Comptrollers Office recent
audit of the slot machines in St. Mary's County is still
part of the Sheriff's Department investigation and no
fines have yet been levied as a result of that audit.
“I want to applaud the law
enforcement officials involved in today's seizure of
over 60 video gaming machines in St. Mary's County,"
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot told ST. MARY'S
TODAY. "This action is part of a vigorous,
on-going effort to crackdown on illegal gambling, and I
am proud of my agency's full participation in it.
Ironically, as law enforcement agents work to shut down
the crime and corruption associated with these
operations, the national gambling industry is trying to
amend our State's constitution and make slots a part of
everyday life in Maryland. Slots won't lower anyone's
taxes, but will lead to more crime, addictions and
foreclosures. The situation in St. Mary's County should
serve as a stark reminder that slots are a bad bet for
Maryland.”
Past Articles on Slot Machines
Ruling by Attorney General
Whorehouses for Charity?
Funky St. Mary's College Shows Skin for May 1st!
The Good, the Bare and the Flabby!
ST. MARY'S CITY --- While Communists march in the few
remaining commie countries, the Mexicans unfurl their
flag as the conspire to take over several western states
(they can have California as long as they take all of
the movie stars) and they march protesting the fact that
most Americans don't want them to plunge illegally
across the border and other left-wing loonies parade
around for the most obscure reasons, you can count on
college students to take off their clothes and jump into
the St. Mary's River for perhaps no reason at all.
Were they streaking and skinny-dipping in order to raise
money for Hospice? Nope. Were they painting
some parts of their anatomy before running 'neked as a
jaybird' down the hill to the river after testing the
St. Mary's for e-coli bacteria. Nope. They
were simply participating in the event as seniors as a
way of defying authority. Hell, if they really
serious, they would have waited until dark and then had
a bonfire party at Church Point like in the old days but
May 1st is a little early and the water is still cold
and the air is cold and maybe having this on June 1st
would be better. Lets just hope that those women who did
strip were good looking, shave their legs and their pits
and are not 50 pounds overweight like many of the lard
butts who cross Rt. 5. Some citizens called in
complaints to the Sheriff's Department, which was busy
with real bandits, especially the one-armed bandits and
really had to rely on the College cops to do their duty.
With all of the potheads at this school, one has to
wonder if they were really able to puff their magic
dragons in that land called Honah lee. Did
the students need a Bridge to Nowhere, courtesy of
Congressman Steny Hoyer, to cross the road naked, did
the naked students on bikes conform to traffic laws or
dart, weave and wind a blue STREAK through the colonial
capital of Maryland? Only The Shadow knows for sure!
Puff The Magic Dragon VIDEO
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Fatal Crash on Berry Road
Indian Head
woman killed in single car wreck
Maryland State Police report that on May 1st at about
10:57 am, Emergency Medical
Services and Troopers from the La Plata Barrack
responded to Westbound Maryland Route 228 at Bunker Hill
Road for a reported serious motor vehicle collision.
Upon arrival the investigation revealed a single vehicle
was traveling westbound at the above location. The
driver failed to drive within a single lane, and struck
a metal utility pole. The driver was pronounced
deceased on the scene. Speed is considered a factor,
investigation continues. The family members of the
deceased were notified. Trooper Sorenson is continuing
the investigation.
New York City congressman busted
for DWI in Va.
Drunk driver smashed into police
car, broke troopers neck
Southern Maryland Police Briefs
Editorial
Bell Motors Garage Deal is
Crooked; Fair Bid is Fair Way
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Comptroller Votes No on College
Insider Land Deal for Trustee
Baltimore Sun Report:
Comptroller and Treasurer leery of
sleazy deal by College
Maryland
Comptroller Peter Franchot at site of another sleazy
land deal, the Hackerman site, two years ago.
Franchot voted no this week to the purchase of St.
Mary's College trustee Mike O'Brien's land at inflated
prices by the college. While land values are dropping
elsewhere, the college is now paying O'Brien $800,000
for land he paid $320,000 for just three years ago,
proving that while the real estate business is tanking
for O'Brien, his pals in high places will bail him out
again. In 2003, O'Brien was given free rent on an
office building owned by St. Mary's County until the
sweetheart deal was made public. In the photo
above, Sen. Roy Dyson and former St. Mary's Commissioner
Robert Jarboe joined Linda Vallandingham in showing
Franchot a parcel of land that the Ehrlich
Administration tried to give to a developer for a song.
O'Brien was appointed to the college board by Ehrlich.
ST.
MARY'S TODAY photo
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Cedar Lane Resident
Leery of
Homeless Shelter Next to Old Folks Home
Lancaster has lawyer in tow as he
breaks rules against soliciting
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State of Denial
St. Mary's Teeters on $14 Million Tax Hike
Spending to be boosted by 4.6 % instead of being cut!
14.5 new employees, 33 new vehicles, raises for everyone
and a 20% increase in property taxes for
taxpayers....all while you try to figure out if you can
afford to buy gas, milk and if your retirement money is
disappearing....they are shelling out money for some
citizens to walk on trails, millions for another
swimming pool even though existing pool is
underutilized, more money for millionaires in the
Reverse Robin Hood money grab which has benefited
millionaires such as Sonny Burch, John Parlett and
Norton Dodge...MORE
and the board still
plans on spending $130,000 on a portable stage complete
with lights and sound system which would make an
excellent modern day hangman's gallows for the board
when citizens have had enough....
READER
FEEDBACK:
Dear Sir,
I just finished reading your
article in the STATE of DENIAL. Great article. How the
County Commissioners can look their constituents in the
face and ask for more tax dollars befuddles me. Keep up
the good work. Wouldn't it be great if during the
election times, we could get a clear message from those
running for office, just what their views were on the
tax situation in both the State and County--Not after
they get in office.
Ray Norris
Hollywood, Md.
Hiring leaps in public sector;
state, local and feds all bringing in new help!
No Sign of a Bottom for Declining
Home Prices
GM posts 3.3 billion loss in 1st
quarter
Feds say economy not in a
recession, just a deep dirty rut; drops interest rates
Was Rev. Wright Wrong for Hurting
Obama?
13 Lacrosse Players Suspended for
Prom Invite Written on Their Bare Butts
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Cops will conduct DWI Ethnic
Cleansing of Roadways
Not
enough manure?
Farmers may face a fertilizer
shortage
Leonardtown Mayor's Race:
Council Candidate Supports Norris;
Blasts Homeless Shelter Manager for Slamming Planning
Process
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Tiki Bar Nightcap Fatal Wreck Update
Biker was blitzed
SOLOMON'S
ISLAND --- The couple who were killed when the
motorcycle they were riding crashed off the side of
Rousby Hall Road two hours after the Tiki Bar closed on
the opening day of the season were both intoxicated,
according to toxicology reports from the Maryland State
Medical Examiner.
The operator of
the 2008 Suzuki motorcycle was Eugene Kay Jr., 37, of
Lusby and his passenger was Amanda Lorenzo, 28, of
Ashburn, Va. The bike was headed northbound on April
19th at about 1 am on Rousby Hall Road when it wrecked,
report police. Lorenzo was a teacher in Loudon County.
According to police, Kay's blood alcohol content was
nearly twice the legal limit at .19 while Lorenzo was
over the legal limit at .08.
Even though Lorenzo's intoxication was not illegal,
accepting a ride with a severely intoxicated driver
shows the danger of impairing judgment with big rum
drinks at the Tiki Bar or any other establishment and
not having a designated driver, who is sober.
Both Kay and Lorenzo had stamps from the Tiki Bar on
their hands when they were found dead on the side of the
road.
READER FEEDBACK:
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Big Business Backing Slots!
BALTIMORE
(April 29, 2008) -- The Maryland Chamber of Commerce is
coming out on the side of bringing slot machines
statewide to Maryland, joining the Maryland State
Teachers Association at urging voters to approve 15,000
slot machines at various locations. The motive for
the support of the business group is to hold down taxes
while the teachers are supporting the passage at
referendum in the fall as a way to increase funding for
education. The Maryland Chamber of Commerce
will make their announcement today in Baltimore when
Betty Buck, president of Buck Distributing, a Budweiser
beer distributor in Prince George's County, will issue a
statement at a press conference.
The Maryland Chamber of
Commerce is a non-profit coalition of 850 businesses who
employ more than 440,000 people in the state.
Give the taxpayer a break; St. Mary's Must Not Hike
TaxesIt’s not fair that
county and state government increase taxes when the
average citizen is on his or her knees pleading for
relief.
see this letter to the editor
Mother of drug dealer gets 2 years
for mortgage fraud; Ford case coming up
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$3 Million Fire Destroys New Car Showroom
A fire which
may have began with the hookup of a new computer system
just two days ago, according to an employee of the
Bayside Chevy and Toyota dealership in Prince Frederick,
may be the cause of the fire which ripped into the upper
floor of the two story showroom. Firefighters using
water and tools to get into closed ceilings and other
areas to get all the fire out damaged a half dozen new
vehicles in the showroom. The dealership is still
open and has plenty of stock to sell.
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos
PRINCE
FREDERICK, MD. (April 27, 2008)—Right when new cars and
trucks are exactly selling like hotcakes, a Gigantic
Fire Sale may be the next blast of advertising coming
from Bayside Chevy and Toyota, like many dealers, known
for ads with flashing lights, bells and big letters.
This time they will be telling the truth for a change.
MORE
Coast Guard Makes Pickup from
Cruise Ship of Sick Passenger
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The Leonardtown Car Show brought in big crowds on an
overcast day on Sunday as the rain held off.
Right, is Susan Rush and Gary Lewis with their 1963
Rambler. Susan's father drove the car during the
movie JFK which was set in New Orleans. The car is
all original and still runs, a real steal. Money
was raised for local charities including Hospice and the
Optimist Club.
Left, to right, an old delivery truck, a classic Camaro,
a black 1965 Studebaker. A 1952 Hudson was displayed.
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photo
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Board Dead
Set to Steer St. Mary's Into Tax Hikes as
Perfect Storm of Economic Disaster Overtakes Nation
Bubba Deal for Bell
Motors as St. Mary's Rents Garage it Doesn't' Need;
Tommy Bell Would Be First to Raise Hell
Story
Baltimore City backs off from
third year of plan to cut property taxes due to loss of
revenue in recession economy
Speed, pot and more pot
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Police arrest two after couple
taking walk is robbed at gunpoint
Speedy STS Bus
This St.
Mary's transit system bus operator doesn't have to worry
about cost of fuel as the county pays for the fuel at
the county depot. Thus the speed of this bus on
Tuesday on Rt. 5 between Redgate and Leonardtown at 65
mph likely didn't worry the supervisors who were
notified. The speed limit is 50 mph and the bus
was speeding in the rain. St. Mary's County is
self-insured but pays premiums to Legit, a consortium of
local and municipal governments in Maryland.
ST. MARY'S TODAY photo
Save money on gas for off-duty use of police cars?
LEONARDTOWN
--- St. Mary's Sheriff's patrol cars are assigned, one
to an officer, for all of the 120 deputies on the
department and take home use is allowed. At prices
now pushing $4 a gallon, it may be time for the officers
to be charged for using the patrol cars on secondary
employment. Typically the police car engines run
for 5-8 hours providing air conditioning or heat for the
officer as they work part-time. Officers are
allowed to pump all the gas they want at no charge.
Departments across the nation are now switching to
charging for use of vehicles for part-time security
jobs. Of course, the engines could be turned off, but no
one dares tell the cops to do that, as it might earn
some smart ass a ticket.
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Man shot dead in Love Triangle was child sex offender
LEXINGTON PARK (April 22, 2008) --- Thomas John
Saunders, of Hermanville was on the child sex offender
registry at the time of his being murdered by an angry
ex-husband in a shooting two weeks ago at the St. Mary's
Landing Apartments in Lexington Park.
Those who save lives at Trauma Center to be honored
CALIFORNIA --- A
young teen who had sneaked out of his parents house to
visit his girlfriend ran across Rt. 235 against the
light even though pedestrian crossing signals were in
place and as he dashed across the southbound lanes of
the highway, he was struck by a motorist who never saw
the kid coming in the darkness. The motorist
stopped, moved his car back to block traffic from
running over the kid, pulled a blanket out of his trunk
to cover the boy and called for help. The
motorists actions included keeping others on the scene
from moving the kid while waiting for rescue and fire
personnel to respond. The boy was flown from the
scene and taken to the Baltimore Shock Trauma Unit and
once he was there, a highly skilled crew of lifesavers
went to work saving this kid's life....MORE
The
Philadelphia Story: Hillary Wins!
Fox first at calling race for Clinton
10 point smackdown for
Hillary as women rally; bitter pill for Obama to swallow
over guns and God remark
Pennsylvania election
results by county
Price hikes leading to rice
hoarding
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Storms rip thru Waldorf and Brandywine
WALDORF (April
21, 2008) These homes on Northgate Place in
Waldorf were being given emergency repairs and covered
with tarps by Waldorf and Accokeek volunteer
firefighters on Sunday afternoon after a series of
serious thunderstorms ripped through the area, downing
trees and ripping open roofs. ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos by Matthew Ivancie
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NBC 4 Report:
residents clean up in Waldorf and
Chillum
Letter to the Editor:
Homeless Shelter Helped Me Get My
Life Back on Track
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Driver flown to trauma
center in critical condition in first wreck of the week
LUSBY --
Calvert Sheriff's officers report that on Monday, April
21 at 12:15 a.m. units from the Calvert County Sheriff’s
Office responded to Mill Bridge Road in the area of
Turner Road in Lusby for a report of a motor vehicle
crash. Investigation showed that a 1996 Honda Civic
driven by David Scott Campbell, 19 of Lusby, had crashed
into a tree. The vehicle was traveling east on Mill
Bridge Road when it left the roadway and struck a tree.
Campbell, the only occupant of the vehicle, was
extricated by members of the Solomon's Volunteer Fire
Dept., Hollywood Vol. Fire Dept., St. Leonard Vol. Fire
Dept. and Prince Frederick Vol. Rescue Squad. He was
transported to Washington Hospital Center via Med-Star
with life threatening injuries. The investigation is
being handled by Cpl. Richard Wilson of the CCSO Crash
Reconstruction Unit.
Opening
Day for St. Mary's Babe Ruth League Season
The baseball season always starts of with the big first
pitch. This year the superintendent of St Marys County
Public Schools
Dr. Michael Martirano had the honor. He threw the first pitch to Tyler
Burroughs a catcher from the new SOMD Blue Crabs 13 Prep
Team.
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St. Mary's Board Must Act to Cut
Spending & Save Jobs
Two airliners hit by lightning as storm passes thru
region
Live Coverage of Pope at Yankee
Stadium
CNN commentator calls Red Chinese
'same goons and thugs'
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More from the Dungeon of Dangerous Dave,
otherwise known as the 911 Center in Leonardtown...it is
reported that when most all of the employees of the
center expressed a desire to quit en masse as the joint
ain't no fun to work at anymore, Dangerous Dave said he
would have them all locked up for quitting their
emergency jobs...remember, only The Shadow knows for
sure...
Keystone Kops Ride Again...commentary
by Carlleen Cairns
America's Best Small Town Mayor
Opposed in Re-Election
Leonardtown
Mayor J. Harry Norris, left, with Senator Roy Dyson,
viewing the proposed Town waterfront park from Breton
Bay. Right, the park nearing completion.
ST. MARY'S TODAY
photos
LEONARDTOWN
--- After leading the Town of Leonardtown through an
unprecedented period of growth and renewal, the guiding
light of that transformation, Mayor J. Harry "Chipper"
Norris has an opponent for reelection. Norris, who
has operated an appraisal firm for the past 30 years in
addition to his duties as the town's mayor is being
opposed by Harry S. "Lanny" Lancaster. Lancaster
has a background as the local office manager for the
Catholic Cemeteries and for the past 10 years as manager
of the homeless shelter in Lexington Park.
Lancaster's affiliations with various developers may
play a role in his decision to seek the job and to
proclaim that he isn't interested in any salary.
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