MD MEDEVAC HELICOPTER CRASH KILLS FOUR, INJURES ONE

EARLY THIS MORNING, FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A MARYLAND STATE POLICE MEDICAL EVACUATION HELICOPTER CRASHED IN WALKER MILL PARK, LOCATED NEAR CAPITOL HEIGHTS.

PRIMARY INVESTIGATIONS INDICATE THAT THE CRASH OCCURED DUE TO THE HELICOPTER ENCOUNTERING BAD WEATHER, ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES. BEFORE THE CRASH, THE UNIT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSPORTING TWO FEMALE PATIENTS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT TO PG HOSPITAL.

THE DECEASED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS STEPHEN J. BUNKER, 59, THE PILOT; MICKEY C. LIPPY, 34, THE FLIGHT PARAMEDIC AND STATE TROOPER, TONYA MALLARD, 39, AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN FROM RESCUE SQUAD STATION 12 IN WALDORF; AND ASHLEY YOUNGER, 17, ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THE VEHICLE CRASH.

THE OTHER VICTIM, JORDAN WELLS, 18, IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR WHO IS NOW IN CRITICAL CONDITION. AUTHORITIES ARE CALLING THE CRASH THE DEADLIEST IN THE 47- YEAR HISTORY OF THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE AVIATION UNIT.

THE TEENS WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT THAT OCCURED AROUND 10:45 P.M. LAST NIGHT AT SMALLWOOD DRIVE NEAR NEW FOREST COURT IN WALDORF, MARYLAND.

AUTHORITIES REPORT THAT TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH THE HELICOPTER AROUND 12:30 A.M. THE CRASH SITE WAS NOT SPOTTED UNTIL 2 A.M. BY AN OFFICER DEEP INSIDE THE 470-ACRE WALKER MILL REGIONAL PARK.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

NEW VIDEO :: OBAMA VS. MCCAIN DEBATE

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T CATCH THE DEBATE, WHICH I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU DID. CONSIDERING SOMEONE DECIDED TO TELEVISE A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT! PROBABLY CAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT BLACK PEOPLE TO CATCH IT...JUST A THOUGHT, DON'T QUOTE ME!

CHRIS ROCK :: WHY SHOULD WE VOTE OR OBAMA

MY DUDE CHRIS ROCK IS GOING OFF OVER THE AIRWAYS. GOING ON EVERYBODY FROM BILL CLINTON, TO TERRANCE, TO SARAH PALIN, BACK TO LARRY KING. BUT ALWAYS COMING WITH TRUTH OR REASONING. TERRANCE IS THE LIGHT SKIN TALKATIVE DUDE FROM 106 & PARK BY THE WAY.

CHRIS ALSO RETURNS TO HBO, TONIGHT AT 9PM. KILL THE MESSENGER!

FENTY OPENS OBAMA D.C. CAMPAIGN OFFICE

ON YESTERDAY, MAYOR ADRIAN FENTY, ALONG WITH OTHER CITY LEADERS, OPENED CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA.

FENTY HELPED TO HYPE UP THE CROWD OF SEVERAL HUNDRED OBAMA SUPPORTERS BY ASKING "ARE WE FIRED UP?" AND LEADING CHANTS OF "OBAMA!" AT THE OPENING WAS ALSO COUNCIL MEMBERS, KWAME BROWN AND MURIEL BOWSER. THE NEW OFFICE IS LOCATED IN A ROW HOUSE ON FLORIDA AVENUE IN NW, WASHINGTON.

OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO OVERWHELMINGLY WIN D.C. IN NOVEMBER'S ELECTION. SUPPORTERS ALSO PLAN TO SPEND TIME CAMPAIGNING IN VIRGINIA. FENTY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF OBAMA.



SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

WIFE OF GUNMAN IN VA SHOOTING FOUND DEAD

YESTERDAY, WHILE SEARCHING THE APARTMENT OF THE MOTORIST WHO SHOT THE ALEXANDRIA POLICE OFFICER TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN KILLED HIMSELF, ARLINGTON COUNTY POLICE FOUND THE BODY OF THE HIS WIFE BEHIND THE BULLET RIDDLED DOOR OF A CLOSET.

AUTHORITIES SUSPECT THAT THE DECEASED MOTORIST, ROBERT K. HUI, 22, SHOT HIS WIFE, SARAH TEDROP, 19, TO DEATH BETWEEN MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME TIME LAST MONTH, POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE SAME ADDRESS FOR A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, THIS WAS ALSO THE TIME THAT THEY LEARNED HUI HAD "MULTIPLE FIREARMS" IN THE HOME.

HUI IS THE MOTORIST RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING ALEXANDRIA OFFICER KYLE RUSSEL DURING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP TUESDAY NIGHT, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE SHUT DOWN OF ONE OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA'S MAIN TRAFFIC ARTERIES, I-395.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, HUI SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD ABOUT TWO MILES NORTH OF WHERE HE WAS PULLED OVER AND WAS FOUND IN HIS LEXUS SPORT-UTILITY NEAR THE 14TH STREET BRIDGE.

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DEATH OF TEDROP IS STILL UNDERWAY.

SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST

DC COP SHOOTS ATTACKER

AROUND 10 AM YESTERDAY MORNING, A D.C. POLICE OFFICER SHOT AND CRITICALLY WOUNDED A MAN AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED THE OFFICER IN THE 1500 BLOCK OF SEVENTH STREET NW.

THE ATTACK WAS SAID TO HAVE OCCURED WHILE THE FEMALE OFFICER WAS CHECKING FOR SQUATTERS IN THE VACANT APARTMENT COMPLEX OF KELSEY GARDENS ACCORDING TO ASSISTANT D.C. POLICE CHIEF ALFRED DURHAM.

"UPON ENTERING ONE OF THE APARTMENTS, ONE OF OUR OFFICERS ENCOUNTERED A MALE. THE MALE JUMPED UP AND CHARGED THE OFFICER, AT WHICH TIME SHE DISCHARGED SEVERAL ROUNDS, STRIKING THE INDIVIDUAL TWO TIMES," SAID DURHAM.

THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION WITH WOUNDS TO THE FACE AND ABDOMEN. THE OFFICER WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A LEG INJURY THAT AUTHORITIES SAY SHE ENCOUNTERED DURING THE SCUFFLE.

AS OF NOW, THERE IS NO ANSWER AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE MAN HAD A WEAPON.

KELSEY GARDENS IS SCHEDULED FOR REDEVELOPMENT, ACCORDING TO ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISIONER, ALEXANDER PADRO. THE WOMAN WHO PREVIOUSLY RENTED THE APARTMENT WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE WAS EVICTED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. PADRO COMMENTED SAYING THAT HE BELIEVES THE WOMAN'S SON, THE SHOOTING VICTIM, HAD BEEN STAYING THERE ILLEGALLY SINCE THEN.

SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST

WHAT IF?

FIRST OFF WASSUP J.D. OVER AT HHU! YOU THE MAN FOR THIS ONE! IF OBAMA WAS IN THIS SITUATION WITH THE MEDIA, COMING AT THEM WITH THE SAME ATTITUDE AS MCCAIN...THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE A FIELD DAY! HEADLINES
WOULD MOSTLIKELY READ....

ANGRY BLACK MAN STRIKES AGAIN
OSAMA INSANE?
[OR] NIGGA GONE WILD!

COUNTY TELLS WORKERS TO TAKE 10 DAYS UNPAID LEAVE

ON YESTERDAY, COUNTY EXECUTIVE JACK B. JOHNSON AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL STOOD BEFORE A ROOM OF PG COUNTY WORKERS AND ANNOUNCED THAT THEY MUST  TAKE 10 DAYS OF UNPAID LEAVE OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THE $57 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT.

THE PLAN, APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL, CALLS FOR ABOUT 5,900 WORKERS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, CLERKS, ETC., TO TAKE 80 HOURS OF UNPAID LEAVE.

THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED 9-0 ON THE PROPOSAL, WITH NO DEBATE, WHICH GOES AGAINST THEIR NORMAL RULES TO PASS A RESOLUTION. AS A RESULT, MORE THAN 200 COUNTY EMPLOYEES FILLED THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO PROTEST THE NEW RULE TUESDAY. 

"ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TAKEN AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS OUR BUDGET DEFICIT, IN ORDER TO CLOSE THIS GAP WE MUST INITIATE AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD FURLOUGH PLAN," SAID JOHNSON.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, OFFICIALS HAVE ENCOURAGED WORKERS TO TAKE TIME OFF DURING "NON-PEAK" DAYS, SUCH AS HOLIDAYS. HOWEVER, THE END RESULT WILL CAUSE EMPLOYEES TO LOSE ABOUT ONE PAYCHECK'S WORTH OF SALARY THIS YEAR.

"THEY HAVE LIED TO US. THEY HAVE LIED TO US ABOUT THIS BUDGET," SAID GLENARD S. MIDDLETON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES UNION.

"ITS MISMANAGEMENT, AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE JACK JOHNSON AND THIS BUDGET," MIDDLETON SAID.

Source: PG County Gazzette

OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IN PG CAUSES DEADLY ACCIDENT

EARLY THIS MORNING, ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND A SECOND INJURED IN AN ALLEGED GUN BATTLE BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES DRIVING ON BRANCH AVE, ACCORDING TO POLICE. 

AS OF 9:30 THIS MORNING, SEVERAL BLOCKS OF NORTHBOUND BRANCH AVENUE WERE STILL CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS WANTED TO WAIT FOR DAYLIGHT TO EXAMINE THE SCENE AND SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE. 

ONE VEHICLE INVOLVED WAS DESCRIBED AS A GRAY HONDA, AND THE OTHER WAS ONLY DESCRIBED AS BLACK. ACCORDING TO PG COUNTY POLICE SPOKESMAN, HENRY TIPPET, THE VEHICLES WERE TRAVELING NORTH IN THE 4100 BLOCK OF BRANCH AVENUE WHEN THE SHOOTING BEGAN AROUND 2 A.M.

THE HONDA, THE ONLY CAR STILL ON THE SCENE, FLIPPED OVER AFTER THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE STRUCK BY BULLETS. ONE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. ONE MAN, AGE 25, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD A SHORT TIME AFTERWARDS. POLICE WILL NOT RELEASE HIS NAME UNTIL AFTER NOTIFICATION OF HIS FAMILY. THE OTHER, WAS PINNED BY THE OVERTURNED HONDA AND AFTER BEING CUT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION. 

THE OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED FLED THE SCENE, AND POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR THAT VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS. 

THE LANES CLOSED WERE BETWEEN ST. BARNABAS AND IVERSON STREET, ACCORDING TO TIPPET.

SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST

PG JAIL DEATH CASE FOCUSES ON TWO OFFICERS

According to reports, two correction officers at Prince George's County jail have been placed on paid leave after being identified as the key subjects of an investigation into the June death of a 19 year old inmate, Ronnie L. White.

County spokesman John Erzen declined to reveal the identity of the correction officers and when they were placed on leave. However, he did disclose that they had not been in the jail since last week.

The focus on the two comes after last week when the state medical examiner's office ruled that White was strangled. This report confirmed an earlier finding that his death was a homicide. According to the medical examiner's office the report pointed to a small broken bone in White's neck -- the hyoid -- as evidence that White did not commit suicide, which is what one corrections officer reported as what happened.

The medical examiner's final report, signed Thursday, said White probably had been strangled with a sheet, towel or crux of an elbow.

White had been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Cpl. Richard S. Findley, a decorated veteran. He was found unresponsive in his cell less than 48 hours after being charged in the death of the county police officer.