Fredericksburg Police Beat: Armed robbers of Sunoco fled; K-9 track led to empty cash drawer

Sunoco, 2307 Jefferson Davis Hwy, 10/20 10:35 p.m. The owner reported that two male subjects entered the store with their faces covered and one of the men immediately displayed a handgun. The second male walked behind the cashier counter and demanded money from the register. When the owner complied and opened the register, the suspect removed the entire drawer with its contents. Both suspects then left the scene on foot. A police K-9 responded to the scene and followed a track to the area of Townsend Square Apartments, where the cash drawer was found on the ground with most of the money missing. The K-9 continued tracking into the apartment complex but the suspects were not located.

Suspect 1: black male 20-25 years old, 5’9” and 250 pounds (approximate), armed with a handgun, wearing dark jeans and a black hoodie

Suspect 2: black male 18-20 years old, 5’6” and 150 pounds (approximate), wearing blue jeans and a black hoodie

Maryland’s Black Plague of Heroin: 5th time customer appeared to buy more heroin was the charm for Timothy Michael Williams

BROOKLYN PARK, MD. — A man charged with selling heroin is now under arrest and will cause disappointment for his druggie customers who will now have to seek another merchant of death.

Anne Arundel County Police report that on October 21, 2014, detectives from Northern District’s Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT) and Tactical Patrol Unit (TPU) concluded an ongoing drug investigation. During the past month, undercover detectives began purchasing heroin from a suspect in the area of Church Street and 6th Avenue in Brooklyn/Brooklyn Park.

Senator Tommy Norment’s alleged dalliances with DUI client’s friends led to extortion attempt; senator called in the FBI

RICHMOND, VA. In a case which will likely be studied at law schools and in continuing education courses for attorneys at Bar Association Conventions (that is how they get to write off their taxes attendance at resorts) one Virginia lawyer has gone unnamed as the victim by federal prosecutors. That lawyer was promptly outed by a newspaper as Virginia State Sen. Thomas “Tommy” K. Norment of Williamsburg, Va..

The lawyer, referred to by the federal prosecutors only as (T.N.), having represented Christopher J. Burruss, a DUI driver in court, the relationship during and after the case progressing through New Kent County, Virginia courts, apparently led to allegations in an email extortion attempt of some serious socializing between the client, the lawyer and a couple of women.

The information provided by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney don’t give exact details of the involvement but the reader can rest assured the affair likely included a bar, politicians, booze, perhaps a motel room and well…you can just imagine an episode of a scandal-laden cable TV show like House of Cards and one might have the entire picture.

Maryland’s Own Maddoff: Patrick J. Belzner aka Patrick McCloskey pleads guilty massive investor fraud

Instead, Belzner admitted that he directed McCloskey to remove the investors’ funds soon after they had been deposited into the escrow account. Belzner and McCloskey then used the stolen funds to pay for their personal and business expenses, as well as to make partial repayments to earlier lenders, to pay fees to some of the victim investors to keep them from demanding the return of their money, and to pay the loan broker for its supposed work and expenses in attempting to locate financing sources.

Ben Bradlee dead at 93

At lunch in Trader Vic’s in Washington DC in 1995, hosted by Bradlee for the purpose of giving his view on government to two newly elected Republican St. Mary’s County Commissioners, Larry Jarboe and Chris Brugman, Bradlee had a lot to say about the GOP takeover of Congress in the previous year’s election.
One thing that he said that stood out in my mind was that with so many Republicans elected to Congress and the dramatic shift of GOP being in charge of Congress for the first time in forty years, that there would be plenty for reporters to write about.
“They will be able to come to work and fill their lunch buckets every day,” Bradlee said.

Metro Police Beat: transit cops seek identity of RED LINE FLASHERS

The incidents appear to be unrelated. However, Metro Transit Police have identified an increase in indecent exposure reports in the past two months.

“Indecent exposure cases can be a gateway crime to more serious sexual misconduct, which is why we have placed a priority on advancing these investigations,” said Metro Transit Police Chief Ron Pavlik. “We are absolutely committed to keeping Metro a safe space for all riders.”