18-Year-Old Male Shot at Sheetz in California, Police Investigating
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Suspect Wanted in Shooting at Sheetz in California
California, MD - December 27, 2019 - Maryland State Police are looking for a suspect involved in a reported shooting in St. Mary’s County.
The suspect (pictured here) reportedly fled the scene in an SUV with Virginia plates. The victim was transported to MedStar St. Mary's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates an altercation between the suspect and the victim occurred outside of the Sheetz store around noon today on Three Notch Road in California, Maryland. During the altercation, the victim was shot in the hand and the suspect immediately fled the scene.
Police urge anyone who may recognize the suspect pictured or who may have witnessed the incident to contact police at the Leonardtown Barrack at 301-475-8955. Calls may remain confidential. More details will follow as the investigation continues.
https://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1219/suspect-wanted-in-shooting-at-sheetz-in-california.html
California, MD - December 27, 2019 - Maryland State Police are looking for a suspect involved in a reported shooting in St. Mary’s County.
The suspect (pictured here) reportedly fled the scene in an SUV with Virginia plates. The victim was transported to MedStar St. Mary's Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates an altercation between the suspect and the victim occurred outside of the Sheetz store around noon today on Three Notch Road in California, Maryland. During the altercation, the victim was shot in the hand and the suspect immediately fled the scene.
Police urge anyone who may recognize the suspect pictured or who may have witnessed the incident to contact police at the Leonardtown Barrack at 301-475-8955. Calls may remain confidential. More details will follow as the investigation continues.
https://www.thebaynet.com/articles/1219/suspect-wanted-in-shooting-at-sheetz-in-california.html
#1, somebody needs to explain to our judges that drugs are bad, because
#2, I'll bet you anything that this isn't this guy's first rodeo and he didn't spend enough time behind bars.
VOTE BETTER, ST. MARY'S!
#2, I'll bet you anything that this isn't this guy's first rodeo and he didn't spend enough time behind bars.
VOTE BETTER, ST. MARY'S!
General Lee
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Koba?
glhs837
Power with Control
So, glad I got a notice on my phone 2 hours later, now that I'm miles away, and not when it happened, and I was 1/2 mile away. Yeah, odds are he was meeting them to do a deal, and crap went sideways. Bet those two were driven out of Spring Valley heading out of the county in less than an hour.
They know they are bad, St. Mary's is behind what other counties are doing in regards to drugs. St. Mary's mostly throws addicts in jail, which just means they are at a higher risk for an OD when they get out. They are simply a detoxed addict. No real treatment. Oh, AA guys come in, but not the same as medical treatment (i.e. psychiatrists and mental health professionals specializing in drugs and alcohol)
The laws make it very hard to convict on possession with intent to sell. So the addict often spends more time in jail than the dealer (addicts are more likely to act out while detoxing in their cell which earns them extra time) and charges).
When they do go for a jury trial, juries lean towards acquittal, mainly because jurors believe that the measure of guilt is "beyond a reasonable doubt".
Which is not the actual way it's written in law. But jurors will interpret that to mean if they can present some half baked excuse, some wild ass theory, then the proof doesn't rise to the measure. It's a bar the prosecutors can't meet.
It should be a simple enough thing to separate violent criminals in one facility - if it were up to me they'd just get zapped, no fuss no muss - and addicts incarcerated in a treatment facility instead of jail or prison. It can't possibly be more expensive because addicts typically aren't a physical threat and wouldn't need the kind of max security the violent felons do. So they get a few years in involuntary treatment where they detox and and rehab, learn how to live like a normal person.
If they flat can't get with the program, they get zapped.
But seriously - yeah, that was serious. No druggie is going to get clean in some prison and supposedly that's the goal. So why aren't we addressing addiction separately from rabid humans?
Answer: because our politicians don't want to. It's free to go to jail but if you need to rehab it's outrageously expensive, and that's ridiculous. I'm not sure why we tolerate it.
PeoplesElbow
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I sat on a jury for a case tried by Fritz, he is really terrible, that doesn't help.
What would really be rich is if they got a jolt from a green energy source.
The county jail is not meant to house convicted felons, I believe the rule is if the sentence is over 18 months they should be sent to a state prison.
The jail is for those awaiting trail and misdemeanors. It's not large enough or sophisticated enough to separate by risk "detainees" completely.
Money is a factor, that's why there is not A/C or heat in the facility except for staff only areas. I have never done a forensic accounting of the cost to run the jail, but from what volunteers have told me they aren't spending much on the detainees. Meals are poor and thin. Any good food is used for guards, staff, the cooks and maybe a lucky detainee working in the kitchen. Prisoners rely on the commissary system for food, toiletries,phone calls and clothing. They are issued one set of clothing by the jail. If they want something warmer or a second set of underwear etc, they have to purchase it through the commissary. The private companies handle the ordering and the banking. Someone on the outside has to put cash into the inmates account, there are fees for that. The prices for everything are above retail because they include an excise. Word is that the jail gets a rebate for money spent by inmates. The major expense is the corrections officers and upkeep of the jail. Seeing as the COs are paid less than patrol deputies I can't image the budget is that large.
Rehab is mostly from volunteers from AA. They hold group sessions and bible studies for those who wish to attend. But their time is limited for security reasons.
Bottom line is you are correct, it's a matter of political will and the politicians are correct, the vast majority of their constituents don't want another dime spent on the jail..
There is probably a link to the majority of the people who get locked up locally - they have untreated mental illness. We are talking certified head cases, the kind of people who talk to themselves and aren't using bluetooth (inside joke).
I sat on a couple of cases, don't know if Fritz was the prosecutor or one of his staff.
Personally don't know the man, I do know there are some people who don't like him, but obviously more do like him or he wouldn't get elected.
In my cases it was the comments from the other jurors that amazed me. The one case they picked up the guy when cops raided the house for another reason. He had a hell of a lot of weed. But the judge said that quantity alone is not a measure of intent to distribute.
The guy claimed he was visiting his cousin for the weekend and this large quantity was for his personal consumption.
Even though he had a small scale and some empty bags. Not being a user, I'm like, BS, that's way to much for personal use.
But there were a couple of people with "experience" that said they would have no problem using that much over a long weekend.
It's kind of funny being in court with someone who knows that they're going to get locked up. they come into court wearing 5 tee shirts and as many pairs of skivvies because they know they can take those in with them.
Nope, I don' think they can. I think it gets bagged and tagged.
In the jails defense here, inmates and their pals on the outside have found ingenious ways of smuggling in drugs.
Ways I would never have thought of.
I'm not sure if you can donate books and magazines to the jail's library.
As I was coming home from work a bit after Noon, saw 3 cops with their cars surrounding a youngish couple, who appeared to have those plastic riot cuffs on them. Detained individuals were sitting on the ground by a tree near Rick's Jeweler's driveway. There was also a baby stroller...
There was a lot of siren activity along 3 Notch and Willows Rd this afternoon until about 3:45, a little along Great Mills towards Shangri La.
There was a lot of siren activity along 3 Notch and Willows Rd this afternoon until about 3:45, a little along Great Mills towards Shangri La.
White tees and undies get in, got it from an expert.