Catlett man who used Craigslist to scam renters arrested, police say

These evil guys may have gotten away with this on earth but they will meat their maker, the day they die and they better be humble and sorry. I hope they have had a miserable diseased sad life. carmen from the shore

RRRRR. Typo. PETS. PETS. PETS. Not "pest."

So, the Berwyn heights mayor has been "cleared" of criminal charges? My understanding is that "suspects" are presumed "innocent" until a judge or jury finds them guilty- so the police are doing the man and his family NOTHING by "clearing" them, because until convicted, anyone charged with a crime is "innocent." That raises another problem- they were never charged. Their home was invaded, they family was terrorized by armed thugs who murdered the family pest. It's the armed thugs who committed the crimes of home illegal home invasion, assault with deadly weapons, domestic terrorism, and cruelty to animals who would need to be "cleared." Some police higher-ups need to be fired over this, and some officers need to be prosecuted by DHS as terrorists. They should be able to come to trial after 6 or 7 years at Gitmo.

Your headline writer needs to learn to spell Takoma Park. Our Takoma is with a K; the one in the state of Washington has a C

The police should never have exceeded the scope of the warrant, killed the dogs, and smeared Calvo by claiming his family was still under investigation days after they should have been cleared. His office should have been accorded more respect, and his family's constitutional rights honored. Federal courts have granted police certain powers through judicial interpretation of the Bill of Rights, but when police abuse these powers, as what was done here, they need to be held accountable. The Police should have known they couldn't just push their way into the Mayor's or anyone's home without having their warrant in order. It was arrogant and high-handed for them to assume the outcome would justify their means. We all need to be alert when constitutional rights are trampled with so little regard.

Please prosecute those horrible cops that conducted that illegal raid on Mayor Cheye Calvo and his family!! It appears that those thug cops enjoyed killing their dogs and terrorizing the family. This crime reminds me of police lawlessness and brutality that occurs in 3rd world countries like Mexico or Iraq. Please try to make the USA a country where police officers are there to protect its citizens not to terrorize them.

The main reasoning behind the volunteers objection is not that residents may be afraid to call in the case of an emergency... It is that they know that if the County assesses a fee for service they will lose fund drive money. That and that alone is there ONLY reasoning behind there objections

Apparently Montgomery County is proper in moving to install the audio and video equipment in the cruisers. Neither Maryland law in general nor the Maryland Wiretap Act prohibit recording of conversations, which is what the FOP asserts. It prohibits interceptions of conversations that generally take place in cases of wiretaps or electronic eavesdropping, which usually require a warrant before hand. Wire taping applies to situations where a third party, the government or an individual, "eavesdrops" on a conversation without the knowledge of the participants to the conversation. County police would have to alert individuals of cameras and audio equipment in cruisers to avoid violation of an individual’s privacy or Miranda rights. The police, most likely, have not reasonable expectation of privacy in the presence of the recording equipment since they would know before hand that the equipment exists. Note that a Maryland State Police who had a microphone clipped to his sh