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NEWS 4 I-Team: candidates missing campaign signs might want to volunteer for fines

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The I-Team’s review of Maryland State Highway Administration records found government work crews had removed more than 1,600 unlawfully placed road signs in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties over a recent four-month span. Crews pulled 450 more from state roads in Frederick, Howard and Carroll counties. Those signs include a large number of campaign advertisements, according to a state spokesman.

Once removed by crews, the campaign signs are deposited in storage areas at state garages. News4 I-Team cameras captured images of hundreds of signs piled near a salt dome at the state garage in Upper Marlboro. Advertisements for local and state candidates, including candidates from both parties, were among those retrieved.

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Police seek two gunmen who stuck-up Pizza joint in Crownsville; fled in Honda…at least they get it about being green when going for the dough!

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CROWNSVILLE, MD. Anne Arundel County Police report that two black males struck out for more dough, the kind they don’t have to work for and can’t eat, when they robbed a pizza joint.

On June 19, 2014, at approximately 2:24 p.m., officers from the Western District responded to the S&K Pizza & Subs located in the 1300 block of Generals Highway in Crownsville for a report of an armed robbery of the business.

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Stagecoaches in the Wild West had a man riding “shotgun”; will it be long before every C-store in PG (Pretty Gory) County has a guard with a shotgun?

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The Prince George’s County Police Department is asking for our community’s help in identifying two suspects captured on surveillance camera robbing a convenience store in Oxon Hill.

On June 18, 2014, at about 5:00 am, the suspects walked into the store in the 6800 block of Livingston Road. One of the suspects pulled out a gun. They forced employees to open the cash registers. The masked suspects then grabbed cash and ran from the store.

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Maryland Audit of Potomac River Fisheries Commission: fishy record-keeping could lead to fraud

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There was no breakdown in what the prior “longtime” Executive Secretary of the PRFC was paid or the new salary level of the newly hired Martin L. Gary; and the report didn’t explicitly lay the blame for the loose accounting practices on the former Executive Secretary. The audit response also didn’t detail why the newly hired Executive Secretary didn’t have the skills to use QuickBooks or provide any reason why proper accounting and reconciliation procedures were not being followed. This revelation continues to add credence to the old saying “close enough for Government work”.

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Editorial and Endorsement: Paying for Police and Getting Old Time Political Patronage

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Now is the time for the voters to consider all that they have learned from presentations in this publication of the candidates’ debate; from other news sources, from the candidate’s websites and particularly from viewing the photo of Captain Wide-load blocking whatever Sheriff Coffey was doing. What was Sheriff Coffey doing? We couldn’t see due to the wide-load rear end of Captain Rackey, who could see what the Sheriff was doing, and believed the better part of his ample rear end was just the valor that was called for to protect his boss.

A vote for Troy Berry for Sheriff of Charles County is recommended to our readers and it is high time that the old days of Sheriff’s making political decisions about law enforcement needs to end. It is time to move on to professional police departments.

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PG Police working to identify victim of fatal crash on Croom Road

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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision in Upper Marlboro.

Investigators are currently working to identify the victim.

On June 17, 2014, at about 2:15 pm, patrol officers were called to the 11200 block of Croom Road for the report of a crash involving an SUV. The driver and only occupant died a short time later at a hospital.

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Another good reason to wait until politicians died before naming buildings after them…S. C. Sheriff indicted in illegal aliens bribe scheme

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United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that James R. Metts (68), of Lexington, South Carolina, was charged by a federal grand jury in a 10-count indictment. According to allegations in the indictment, Metts accepted bribes from friends in return for using his position, power, and influence as sheriff to interfere with the proper identification and processing of certain illegal aliens detained at the Lexington County Detention Center. Two others, Danny Frazier (46) and Greg Leon (47), both of Lexington, South Carolina, have been charged by the state grand jury with bribing Metts.

United States Attorney Bill Nettles was joined in making the announcement by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, Special Agent in Charge David A. Thomas of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Kenneth R. Burkhart of Homeland Security Investigations, and Chief Mark Keel of the State Law Enforcement Division.

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Utility worker John Scott Ford in critical condition after truck ran into directional arrow warning of road work

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Anne Arundel Police report that a utility repair worker was run down by a truck driver who ran over the directional arrow warning of road work ahead. Police say that on June 16, 2014, at approximately 12:14 p.m., the Anne Arundel County Traffic Safety Section responded to a report of a pedestrian struck on southbound Ft. Smallwood Road near Kembo Road in Baltimore.