OCPD And Worcester Co. Sherriff Crack Down On Drugs

During this Memorial Day weekend, the Ocean City Police Criminal Investigation Division and Narcotics Unit, as well as the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Enforcement Team, conducted multiple undercover drug enforcement operations at various locations in Ocean City. These plain clothes drug investigations resulted in eight felony arrests, one citation, and the seizure of various drugs and paraphernalia.

The following people were charged with various drug charges by Ocean City Police:

• Shawn Matthew Gilmore, 25, of Ocean City, MD
• 17-year-old juvenile male of Stevensville, MD
• 16-year-old juvenile male of Easton, MD
• James David Brooks, 25, of Snowshoe, PA
• Danielle Clarissa Jones, 32, of Randallstown, MD
• Rodney Lamont Burnett, 32, of Baltimore, MD
• Thomas Edward Dalton, 27, of Bryans Road, MD
• Jeremy Adam Thomas, 27, of Welcome, MD

Police seized approximately $600 in cash, a 2002 Chevrolet Trail Blazer, a 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe, assorted drug paraphernalia, and multiple controlled dangerous substances.

Citizens are encouraged not to buy, use or sell illegal drugs in Ocean City and Worcester County. Police remind citizens that undercover officers will be actively ensuring the safety of residents and visitors this summer on the boardwalk and throughout the town of Ocean City.

Patriots Defending America

Many of you may have been exposed to the nationally syndicated article relating to the 23 people shot in Chicago over the Memorial Day weekend.

For those who know no better, it seems to be more fuel for the fire for Obama’s Gun Control Crusade. But, as is usual with both Obama’s and the media’s efforts, they carefully place only a single piece of the entire puzzle under the spotlight.

For those who have been following the Gun Violence Facts series on “Patriots Defending America”, you have seen the referenced and verified statistics. The vast majority of gun and criminal violence is being conducted by minority males, in their mid-twenties or younger, involved in gangs or drugs, and typically with a long criminal record, and are located in low-income metropolitan areas.

The map with this article shows pinpoint locations of the 2,670 people that were shot in Chicago in 2012. Almost every shooting matched the qualifications that I stated in the prior paragraph.

With the map as a background, I searched the addresses of each shooting in the article that occurred over the Memorial Day weekend and placed a green dot for each shooting on the map. Not surprisingly, EVERY shooting that the article referenced occurred in the SAME area as the 2012 shootings.

Once more this validates our argument. Gun & Criminal Violence is not Blanketing the entire Country. It is occurring in Specific Locations and is Conducted by Specific Types of people.

We know where the problem is and we know who the problems are.

And, they are not law-abiding citizens with guns.

Drunk Driver Hits Pedestrian

Daniel Allen Marshman

On May 25, 2013, at approximately 7:30 p.m. Ocean City Police responded to a pedestrian collision on Baltimore Avenue north of 19^th Street. The pedestrian, identified as Gina Marie Corio, 26, of Staten Island, NY was intoxicated, did not use a marked crosswalk and failed to yield to a vehicle when she was struck by an SUV driven by Daniel Allen Marshman, 46, of Gordonville, PA.

During the on-scene investigation, witnesses related to officers that Marshman, had been driving the vehicle at the time of the collision, Officers also suspected that Marshman was under the influence of alcohol. Officers, who suspected that Marshman was under the influence of alcohol, administered a field sobriety test, which he was not able to successfully complete. Marshman was charged with Driving under the influence of alcohol and agreed to a chemical test. The results of the test indicated a .15 Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC). Corio, who was also under the influence of alcohol, was cited for illegally being in the roadway.

Ocean City Police are committed to enforcing drunk driving and pedestrian safety. Police urge citizens to utilize the many safe modes of transportation available in the town of Ocean City. Citizens are also reminded to always use marked crosswalks and “Walk Smart”.

JFK: Will We Ever Know The Truth?

CSX: MD. TRAIN EXPLOSION CAUSED BY CHEMICAL CARGO

ROSEDALE, Md. (AP) — Train operator CSX Transportation on Wednesday pointed to a hazardous chemical in a rail car as the source of an explosion on a derailed train near Baltimore that sparked a fire, rattled homes and damaged buildings. A company spokesman said officials still weren't sure what caused the sodium chlorate to explode in the first place, but it ignited another chemical in a second car.

Robert Sumwalt, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators were examining evidence on the scene and reviewing train video that shows the collision with a garbage truck that led to the derailment. The fire that followed sent a plume of black and gray smoke into the air that could be seen for miles.

On Wednesday afternoon, workers were using heavy cranes to move the damaged rail cars, and an excavator was picking up broken pieces of track. The mangled truck lay on its side on the side of the railroad tracks, its contents littering the ground. Next to the track, the corrugated metal walls of a warehouse were bent and warped.
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Want To Shoot At The Range This Weekend?

Maryland Liberty PAC will be holding a special fundraising event this weekend.

We'd like to see you there! See below for all the details!

Breakfast at the Range
Support 2nd Amendment Rights for All Marylanders

Saturday June 1, 2013 8AM – 11AM
Horst & McCann Inc. (www.HorstGuns.com)
2137 North Fountain Green Road
Bel Air, MD 21015

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

ENJOY A MORNING OUT! Breakfast and baked treats while, some lead down range and chatting with likeminded patriots.

Only $50!

Tickets include: Breakfast, Firearms Safety Class, Firearm Rental, 25 Rounds of Ammunition, Targets, and 30 minutes in the shooting lane. Eye and ear protection will be provided. Range Safety Officers on duty to guarantee safety and provide help and advice when needed.

Range Rentals Available:
.22LR Pistols- Ruger Mk III, Ruger SR22, Ruger Single 10 Revolver, GSG 1911
.22LR Rifles- S&W MP15/22, Ruger 10/22, Henry Golden Boy Lever Action
.38Spcl- S&W 686 Revolver
9mm- XDM-9, Glock 17, Sig Sauer P226

Both range rentals and personal firearms must use provided range ammo.

If you plan on bringing your own firearm you must use range ammo.

Ticket only includes ammo for .22LR, .38spcl, or 9mm calibers. If your personal firearm is not one of these listed calibers then you must purchase ammo out of pocket.

Photo I.D. & waiver required for participation!

Black powder firearms are prohibited.

All State, Local & Federal Laws apply. Range rules must be followed at all times, no exceptions!

Cash and Check accepted.

Make checks payable to Maryland Liberty PAC

For Tickets and Information Call 410-569-4821

Former Md. U.S. Navy Reservist Pleads Guilty To Exploiting 30 Boys

WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Navy reservist from Maryland is pleading guilty to sexually exploiting more than 30 boys.

Anthony K. Mastrogiovanni, 30, of Crofton, Md., collected and produced child pornography, according to Department of Defense documents.

Between 2006 and 2012, Mastrogiovanni befriended the kids between the ages of 9 and 16 in Maryland and Louisiana, the documents say.
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Americans Deserve The IRS

Individually, Americans do not deserve to be subservient to such a fear-mongering, intimidating and powerful agency as the Internal Revenue Service; but collectively, we do. Let's look at it.

Since the 1791 ratification of our Constitution, until well into the 1920s, federal spending as a percentage of gross domestic product never exceeded 5 percent, except during war. Today federal spending is 25 percent of our GDP. State and local government spending is about 15 percent of the GDP. That means government spends more than 40 cents of each dollar we earn. If we add government's regulatory burden, which is simply a disguised form of taxation, the government take is more than 50 percent of what we produce.

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Healing In The Heartland

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Farmer Acquitted Of Producing Milk Without License

It is a sad fact of modern life that seemingly everything is both heavily regulated by the government and politicized. This applies to, yes, even cow’s milk. Witness the case of Wisconsin farmer Vernon Hershberger, who was prosecuted for selling raw milk to willing consumers — in this case friends and neighbors:

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Jurors found Vernon Hershberger, a 41-year-old Loganville, Wis., farmer, innocent of producing milk without a license, selling milk and cheese products without a license, and operating a retail establishment without a license. He was found guilty of one count of breaking a holding order issued by the state in June 2010, which barred him from moving any of the food he produced without a license.

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MD COPS RIDE 6/9/13

14th Annual

C.O.P.S. Ride

MARYLAND CHAPTER OF

CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS

Hosted by Maryland Fraternal Order of Police

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Registration at the Following Staging Locations:

Eastern Performance - Gambrills, MD - 9:00 – 11:00am

Harley - Davidson of Frederick - Frederick, MD - 9:00 - 10:00am

Harley - Davidson of Baltimore - Baltimore, MD - 9:00 - 10:30am

Rommel Harley - Davidson Annapolis - Annapolis, MD - 9:00 - 11:00am

Harley-Davidson of Washington – Ft. Washington, MD 0900 – 11:00 am

Battley Harley - Davidson - Gaithersburg, MD - 9:00 - 10:00am

Red Eye’s Dock Bar - Kent Island, MD - 9:00 - 10:00am

Chesapeake Harley - Davidson - Darlington, MD - 8:30 - 9:30am

Old Glory Harley - Davidson - Laurel, MD - 9:00 - 11:00am

Greene Turtle Restaurant - Prince Frederick, MD - 9:00 – 11:00am

C & C Cycles, Inc. - Severn, MD - 09:00 – 10:00am

All American Harley - Davidson - Mechanicsville, MD (registration Greene Turtle – Pr. Frederick)

All Riders Will be Escorted to F.O.P. Lodge #89

2905 Old Largo Road, Upper Marlboro, MD

For Lunch and COPS Ride Tee-Shirt

Minimum Donation of $25.00 per Person Required.

1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd Place Prizes for Registration Sites with the Most Riders!

Door Prizes, 50/50 & Vendors

All Riders & All Motorcycles WELCOME !!

For More Info, Call Earl Kratsch 410-442-8260

www.mdcops.org

Make Checks Payable to “C.O.P.S. Maryland Chapter”

Sitting Inside A Tornado

Brandon Ivey and Sean Casey were in the above specialized tank-like vehicle called a tornado intercept vehicle.


A couple of storm chasers recorded the video below in Smith County, Kansas Monday afternoon.
They say the winds were blowing between 240-280 km/h. Strong enough to blow open a hatch, blow open a door and rip instruments off the top of the vehicle, but it did stay on the ground.

We ARE At War

We’re just too stupid and enervated to fight on our own behalf, or to acknowledge or even realize it.
The strategy has been called “voluntary apartheid.” The idea is to provide Muslim immigrants in the West — particularly, energetic young Muslims like the Tsarnaevs — with cultural, psychological, and even physical insulation from Western mores, traditions, and institutions. It was the bedrock of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Banna’s framework for ground-up revolution. In every city and town, the Egyptian academic taught, Muslim leaders must establish a mosque-cum-community center. These, he explained, would become “the axis of our movement,” serving as the “House of Dawa” — that is, of Islam’s particularly aggressive form of proselytism — and providing “the base for our rise…to educate us, prepare us, and supply our battalions.”

As McCarthy adds in the next paragraph: It is working. And we are losing. Here’s a list of cities in the Islamic Emirate now or soon to be lost to once-great Britain:
Many of the “no-go” zones function as microstates governed by Islamic Sharia law. Host-country authorities effectively have lost control in these areas and in many instances are unable to provide even basic public aid such as police, fire fighting and ambulance services.

The “no-go” areas are the by-product of decades of multicultural policies that have encouraged Muslim immigrants to create parallel societies and remain segregated rather than become integrated into their European host nations.

In Britain, for example, a Muslim group called Muslims Against the Crusades has launched a campaign to turn twelve British cities – including what it calls “Londonistan” – into independent Islamic states. The so-called Islamic Emirates would function as autonomous enclaves ruled by Islamic Sharia law and operate entirely outside British jurisprudence.

The Islamic Emirates Project names the British cities of Birmingham, Bradford, Derby, Dewsbury, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Sheffield, as well as Waltham Forest in northeast London and Tower Hamlets in East London as territories to be targeted for blanket Sharia rule.

That’s a partial list, of course, and it doesn’t even touch on the banlieues in Paris, or Stockholm (where people whose cars have been burned up by “youths” of apparently indeterminable extraction are now receiving parking tickets–no, really–in one of the most ludicrously outré examples of Western impotence and futility against thejihadists I can conceive of). And nobody here in the USSSA needs to be especially smug or sanguine about it, either–especially if he hasn’t been to Dearborn, Michigan lately.

Bill ran across a reminder of a few inconvenient truths that’s just as relevant today as it was when it was written, in 2006

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Report Questions Health Care Premiums in Maryland

Elkridge, Md — A new report from the Maryland Hospital Association, Health Insurance Premiums: What are You Paying for? questions the huge difference between premium increases being sought by health insurance companies and the actual increases being allowed by the state insurance administration. The report also points out the lack of available information about how insurance premiums are set, and notes that Maryland insurance companies have had to repay millions of dollars they overcharged consumers under the new rules of federal health care reform.

According to the report:

• Premium increases requested by Maryland insurance companies so far in 2013 have ranged from 5.3 percent to 16.8 percent. Premium increases actually approved by the Administration for those requests were significantly lower – from 1.8 percent to 5.8 percent. In several cases, the approved premiums were less than a third of the request.

• Proposed premium increases recently filed under the state’s new health care reform-created insurance exchange are even higher, from 2.8 percent to 4.3 percent for the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, from 6.4 percent to 87.5 percent requested by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, and from 29.4 percent to 120.4 percent increases requested by Aetna.

• Under the new rules of health care reform, health insurers overcharged Marylanders $22 million in 2012. Maryland health insurers ranked 11th largest in overcharge amounts among the 50 states, with an average rebate of $340 per covered family.

• Insurance company claims that premiums are increasing due to rising hospital prices don’t add up. Hospital revenues for all services have grown at low single-digit rates for several years. Hospital spending makes up nearly 40 percent of insurers’ costs; with hospital revenues growing at 5 percent or less, premium increases as high as 16 percent are difficult to explain.

"Maryland has a strong insurance administration with broad authority," said Carmela Coyle, President & CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association. "It is important for consumers and hospitals alike that the authority be fully exercised to scrutinize these exorbitant premium requests and the assumptions insurance companies are using to attempt to justify them."

About the Maryland Hospital Association
The Maryland Hospital Association is the advocate for Maryland’s hospitals, health systems, and their patients before legislative and regulatory bodies. Its membership is comprised of community and teaching hospitals, health systems, specialty hospitals, veterans’ hospitals, and long-term care facilities. For more information, visit www.mhaonline.org.

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Eric Holder Under Investigation By House Judiciary Committee For Lying Under Oath

With the euphoric market once again serving as a much needed distraction from far bigger geopolitical issues, many have forgotten the plethora of scandals the Obama administration has recently found itself engulfed in. This may change shortly, following news that the head of the US Department of Justice, Eric Holder himself, is now being investigated for lying under oath. Will he too receive an extended absence of leave (with pay) after pleading the fifth, or will the circle of lies slowly but surely start to unwind? Of course, in the New Normal it is probably not only expected, but given, that the chief legal enforcer is just a little more equal when it comes to the same justice he is tasked to enforce.

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FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2013 IS WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

(Salisbury, MD) - - World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31st. The member States of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987. It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption. The day is further intended to draw global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to negative health effects, which currently lead to 6 million deaths worldwide annually. The theme of this year’s campaign is "Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship."

The Wicomico County Health Department offers free smoking cessation support for those that live or work in Wicomico County. Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon at the Wicomico County Health Department located at 108 E. Main Street in Salisbury. The program offers free education and group support as well as individual counseling. Participants are eligible for low cost quit smoking medications. Those available are nicotine replacement patches, Zyban, and Chantix.

Anyone interested in the program may call (410) 219-7482 for more information.

County Executive David Craig Gets It. Other County Executives Don't.

Joe,

County Executive David Craig appreciates the essential work of Maryland's blogs.  As the mainstream media dismisses, filters or slants coverage of political and policy issues on a regular basis, it is absolutely essential that elected officials engage with you.  The media business is undergoing profound change and nobody understands that better than you.

To that end, Friends of David R. Craig has successfully reached out to blogs in the recent past.  However, the new media landscape is constantly evolving and it's time to renew and sustain our efforts.

An e-mail with the subject line "Exclusive Event for Maryland Political Bloggers" was disseminated May 21.  We want to ensure all of our top bloggers know about this event.

When: June 4 at 5:00 P.M. 

Where: Annapolis

100 West Street

If attendance is not possible we would like to make alternative arrangements. We will be contacting blogs individually in the days ahead or you can reach the press contacts above as important announcements are forthcoming this week.  Our goal is to make County Executive Craig as accessible as possible to our state's leading blogs.   Thank you for the work you do - you are making Maryland work for us.

‘Rain Tax’ Falls All Over The Place: Stormwater Fees Uneven, From A Penny To Thousands

To comply or not to comply with the new so-called “rain tax”? There is no question.

The state’s 10 most populated counties are required by law to implement a stormwater utility fee by July 1. The revenue will be used to fund their respective watershed protection and restoration programs, designed to prevent pollutants from entering the Chesapeake Bay. Seven jurisdictions have set a fee, but three others are still in the process of setting fees or getting local approval.

The bill requiring the tax, HB 987, passed in 2012, left it up to counties to set the fees themselves. Here is the Maryland Department of the Environment’s explanation of the fees.

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Regional Jr Olympic Results

Main St Gym’s Calixto Brothers Invade Va. 

With the Maryland State Jr. Olympic Boxing tournament wrapped up, three Maryland Champions from the Main St Gym advanced to the Regional Tournament in Chesapeake VA. It happens that they are all brothers and it created a little confusion when they got to the tournament. 

The registration people could not seem to understand that there can be two brothers in the same weight class but in different ages division. Still the young boxers, along with Coach Hal Chernoff, took it in stride and can expect much more of that in the future since the three fightingCalixto brothers, Ivan, 15, Rudy,13, and Adams, 11, will more than likely continue their rise through the ranks in USA Boxing’s Jr competitions. 

Ivan Calixo the oldest has been working very hard since the day he came in the gym and is really starting to make a name for himself. “Each time he fights he gets better and better so he contunes to advances. As he does he meets up with better and higher caliber boxers with more experience. Yet Ivan continues to show that his hard work is paying off. In Chesapeake VA last weekend he lost a very close decision against a very tough and highly experienced Troy Isley of Virginia. The two battled for three round with Calixto throwing solid body shots that caused Carpenter to lose his mouthpiece three times. In the third round the Referee stopped the bout to disqualify Isleyfor the three mouthpiece viloations, however a meeting of officials ensued the stoppage and adecision was made to let the bout continue, due to a technical rule stating that the referee did not give the appropriate caution warning for the first time that Carpenters mouthpiece came out. The bout continued and went to scorecards where Isley had the slightest edges to win the bout and move on to theNational Championshipsto be held in Mobil Alabama. “Evan definitely stepped up anther notch and with a fraction of the experience he made it a very close bout against one of the top guys in USA”said Coach Hal Chernoff. “ What I liked was that Ivan was listening better and kept very focused through the bout. That has been a problem in the past and sometimes he would just choose to battles and forget game plans. He didn’t do that this time and he said that he felt more relaxed and focused. The fact that he did so well against a past National Champion shows that his time is coming, I guarantee it”. Added Chernoff. 

Younger brother Rudy Calixto, matched up again the best young boxer from Washington D.C,’s PotomacValley Association on Friday night and put together a very slick performance to earn him the right to fight in the Championship bout on Saturday. He met Virginia’s top 90lb boxer Travion Carpenter in the 13-14 year old division and put on a boxing clinic, as he used constant head movement to evade punches, then fakes and faints to set up clean one-two combinations, landing time after time. In the second round the doctor was called to the ring to check Carpenter’s nose, after a barrage of punches left his face bloodied. After a quick assessment the doctor allowed the contest to continue but Calixto continued hisassault on Carpenter winning on all 5 judges scorecards. With his fist place Gold medal in hand, Rudy Calixto had advancement as far as he could,since only 15 & 16 year old boxer are eligible to advance to the national level. But his performance this year is good indication that he is someone to watch closely in the future.

Adam Calixto the youngest of the three won his way to the Regional level and was awarded a walk over victory. So the three Main St Gym boxers came home with two gold medal and a fire to train harder for the next time. 

Main St Gym will spend much of June competing in club shows around the east coats as the Calixtos and others boxers from the gym continue to gain more and more experience.

Congressman Harris Calls For A Further Investigation Into Misspent Stimulus Dollars In Maryland

Congressman Harris spoke with WBFF FOX 45 Baltimore last night about the story they broke last week regarding misspent stimulus dollars by Baltimore City and Prince George’s County Schools. The taxpayer dollars were intended for needy children but were spent on things like dinner cruises and a makeover day.

He will be using his position on the Committee on Appropriations to look into this matter further.

Watch the interview here
From Congressman Harris:

"Wasting taxpayer dollars intended for needy children on things like dinner cruises, makeovers, and theater performances is reprehensible. The people who showed such poor judgment need to be held accountable and the taxpayer needs to be repaid.

“The waste, fraud, and abuse that went on in the Maryland school system is exactly what makes the American people angry about government spending. Many are struggling to make ends meet in this tough economy. Marylanders have had to cut back, so when they read about school officials spending their hard-earned tax dollars on dinner cruises and makeovers, they have a right to be angry.

“Marylanders deserve better and that’s why I’m calling for an expanded review of the Maryland Department of Education’s use of federal tax dollars. From my position on the Committee on Appropriations, I will demand answers about how a $500 makeover day and $4352 for dinner cruises came to be; find out if the waste, fraud, and abuse goes further; hold the offenders accountable; and make sure any wasted taxpayer dollars are repaid.”