Tag Archives: Maryland

Gay Maryland Mayor Arrested On Child Porn Charges

The Washington Blade reports: Prince George’s County, Md., police announced on Thursday morning that they have arrested the gay mayor of the City of College Park, Patrick Wojahn, 47, on 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography. “On February 28, 2023, PGPD detectives served a search warrant at Wojahn’s College Park Home,” a statement released by PG police …

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SCOTUS Rejects Suit From QAnon MD Gov Candidate

The Hill reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up former Maryland gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox’s (R) challenge to the timing of officials’ tabulation of mail-in ballots in his election. Cox, who lost to Gov. Wes Moore (D), sought to reverse lower court rulings that allowed election officials to count mail-in ballots weeks before Election Day. His challenge …

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Nazi Leader Charged In Plot Against MD Power Grid

The Washington Post reports: A neo-Nazi leader recently released from prison has been arrested again and accused of plotting an attack on the Maryland power grid with a woman he met while incarcerated. Brandon Russell, 27, and Sarah Clendaniel, 34, are expected to make their first appearance Monday in Baltimore federal court on a charge of conspiring to destroy an …

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MD Pastor Indicted On Multiple Child Porn Charges

Baltimore’s CBS affiliate reports: The Delaware Department of Justice is looking for more victims in the prosecution of a Sussex County pastor charged with soliciting child pornography. The DOJ says 62-year-old Leonard Eley, was indicted on Nov. 28 on one count of Sexual Solicitation of a Minor, two counts of Possession of Child Pornography, and one count of Theft by …

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MD Gov Bans TikTok For State Employees And Agencies

Baltimore’s NBC affiliate reports: Gov. Larry Hogan issued an emergency cybersecurity directive to prohibit the use of certain Chinese and Russian-influenced products and platforms, including the popular social media site TikTok. According to a release, it states that these entities present an unacceptable level of cybersecurity risk to the state, and may be involved in activities such as cyber-espionage, surveillance …

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Maryland AG Identifies 158 Predator Catholic Priests

The Associated Press reports: An investigation by Maryland’s attorney general identified 158 Roman Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who have been accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600 victims over the past 80 years, according to court records filed Thursday. Attorney General Brian Frosh announced that his office has completed a 463-page report on the investigation, …

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Voters In Missouri And Maryland Approve Legal Weed

ABC News reports: Voters approved recreational marijuana in Maryland and Missouri but rejected it in two other states, signaling support gradually growing for legalization even in conservative parts of the country. The results mean that 21 states have now approved marijuana’s recreational use. Arkansas and North Dakota voters rejected legalization proposals in Tuesday’s elections. A similar initiative went before voters …

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Wes Moore Defeats QAnon Cultist To Become MD Gov

The Associated Press reports: Author and former nonprofit chief Wes Moore, a Democrat, defeated far-right Republican Dan Cox to become the first Black person elected governor in Maryland history, the Associated Press projected Tuesday. Moore, 44, delivered a major victory to Democrats in a tough national election cycle for the party, reclaiming the governor’s mansion after eight years of Republican …

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Cultist MD Gov Nominee Accepts Gift From Proud Boys

The Washington Post reports: As Del. Dan Cox worked the crowd at his primary victory party this summer, a young man wearing a black polo shirt with a Proud Boys insignia offered a handshake and small gift to the newly minted GOP nominee for governor. “Here, this is a present from Maryland Proud Boys to you,” the young man said …

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Youth Pastor Arrested On Multiple Child Sex Charges

Charleston’s NBC affiliate reports: The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) on Friday announced the arrest of an Andrews-area pastor for past criminal sexual conduct with minors. According to GCSO, Thomas Brackett (59) is the pastor of Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church in Andrews. He was taken into custody on 11 warrants that included charges of criminal sexual conduct with two different …

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MD AG Nominee: God’s Laws Supersede Everything

The Washington Post reports: Michael Peroutka has made clear that if he is elected, his view of Christianity will determine his decisions. And he has said that as attorney general he will not support laws enacted by the legislature if he believes they are in conflict with his understanding of God’s law. He elaborated on many of these positions at …

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Dem Maryland Gov Nominee +32 Over QAnon Cultist

The Washington Post reports: Maryland Democrat and political newcomer Wes Moore holds a 32-percentage point lead over Donald Trump-aligned Republican Dan Cox in the governor’s race five weeks before Election Day, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds. Moore, a veteran and best-selling author, appears to have consolidated support among the Democrats who make up the majority of the electorate, …

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MD Priest Charged With Masturbating While Driving

The Maryland Bay reports: Reverend Jaroslaw “Jerry” Gamrot, 58, who serves at Holy Face Catholic Church and Little Flower School in Great Mills, has been charged for an incident that reportedly happened in July on a highway. Charging documents for the incident indicate that on July 25, Gamrot was traveling west on Route 70 in Frederick with no pants on …

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GOP Maryland AG Nominee: 9/11 Was An “Inside Job”

CNN reports: The Republican Party’s nominee for Maryland attorney general hosted a series of five radio shows in 2006 devoted to arguing in support of 9/11 conspiracy theories questioning if the terror attack was the work of an “elite bureaucrat” who had demolition charges in every building in New York City. Michael Peroutka, a candidate best known for his ties …

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Wes Moore Wins Maryland Democratic Gov Primary

The New York Times reports: Wes Moore, a celebrity author and former nonprofit executive who campaigned as a political outsider, has won the Democratic primary for governor of Maryland. Three days after voting concluded, The Associated Press declared Mr. Moore the winner over Tom Perez, a former labor secretary and Democratic National Committee chairman; Peter Franchot, the state comptroller; and …

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Pro-Confederacy Extremist Wins Maryland AG Primary

The Washington Post reports: Anthony G. Brown (D), a three-term congressman and two-term lieutenant governor under Martin O’Malley, defeated former judge Katy Curran O’Malley in Maryland’s Democratic primary election for attorney general. Brown will take on Michael Peroutka who defeated Jim Shalleck in the Republican primary. Peroutka ran on a conservative platform that highlighted five key issues including opposing abortion …

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Far-Right QAnon Cultist Wins Maryland Gov Primary

The New York Times reports: Republican voters in Maryland on Tuesday made their state the latest to elevate a nominee for governor who denies the 2020 election’s legitimacy, choosing Dan Cox, a first-term state legislator who wrote on social media during the Capitol riot that Vice President Mike Pence was “a traitor.” Mr. Cox handily defeated Kelly Schulz, a political …

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Christian Extremist May Become Maryland AG Nominee

Vice News reports: Michael Peroutka thinks American leaders must “take a biblical worldview and apply it to civil law and government.” He’s a former board member of the neo-Confederate League of the South, has said he’s “still angry” that Maryland was blocked from seceding during the Civil War. He thinks public education is a communist plot, says laws protecting abortion …

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QAnon/GOP Senate Candidate Charged With Filing False Report Of Child Trafficking At Maryland Adult Bookstore

Baltimore’s CBS affiliate reports: Ryan Dark White, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maryland under the name Jon McGreevey, has been arrested and charged with filing a false report after he allegedly told law enforcement an adult bookstore in Edgewood was forcing a young girl to perform sex acts on men, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said. The …

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SCOTUS Seeks To End Protests At Justices’ Homes

NBC News reports: Gail Curley, the Supreme Court’s marshal, has written to the governors of Maryland and Virginia and local officials in suburban Washington, D.C., asking them to enforce state and county laws that prohibit picketing at private homes. In the letter to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, she said laws in his state prohibits assembling “with another in …

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