CHILDREN'S FROZEN REMAINS RECOVERD BY CALVERT COUNTY POLICE

ON SATURDAY, CALVERT COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES DISCOVERED THE BODIES OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN AT A HOME LOCATED IN LUSBY, MARYLAND, INSIDE A STANDALONE FREEZER.

THE OFFICERS HAD BEEN CALLED OUT TO THE HOME TO INVESTIGATE THE REPORT OF AN INJURED CHILD. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ARRESTED A WOMAN WHO HAD TOLD THEM THE CHILDREN WERE HER ADOPTED DAUGHTERS AND THEIR REMAINS HAD BEEN FROZEN SINCE AT LEAST FEBRUARY.

THE ARRESTED WOMAN, 43- YEAR- OLD RENEE BOWMAN, HAS ALLEGEDLY ALSO TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT SHE HAD BEATEN THE THIRD ADOPTED CHILD. THAT CHILD WAS A 7 -YEAR OLD GIRL THAT CALVERT COUNTY POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED OUT TO HELP, AND FOUND SATURDAY AFTER SHE HAD ESCAPED FROM A LOCKED BEDROOM AND JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW.

ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORITIES, THE TWO DEAD CHILDREN'S REMAINS WERE ENCLOSED IN A BLOCK OF ICE. AUTOPSIES WILL NOT BE PERFORMED UNTIL THE ICE MELTS.

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE CHILDREN DIED IN ROCKVILLE, DUE TO BOWMAN TELLING THEM SHE MOVED FROM ROCKVILLE TO CALVERT COUNTY IN FEBRUARY, AND BROUGHT THE GIRL'S REMAINS WITH HER. THE SEVEN YEAR OLD WAS WOUNDED WHEN DISCOVERED BY POLICE SATURDAY AND TAKEN TO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE TWO CASES ARE STILL UNDERGOING INVESTIGATION.

BOWMAN HAS SO FAR BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE.

Source: The Washington Post

SHOTS FIRED IN ADAMS MORGAN RESTAURANT, ONE DIES

AROUND 11 P.M. LAST NIGHT, TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT INSIDE MESKEREM ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT, IN THE 2400 BLOCK OF 18TH STREET, N.W.

ACCORDING TO AUTORITIES THE INCIDENT WAS ALARMING BECAUSE THIS BLOCK IS AT THE HEART OF ONE OF THE CITY'S MAJOR DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT AREAS - ADAMS MORGAN. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE AFTER AN ARGUMENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE RESTAURANT. INITIAL POLICE ACCOUNTS SAY THAT ONE OF THE TWO MEN INVOLVED SHOT THE OTHER, AND THEN TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF.

THE ALLEGED SHOOTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AROUND 11:38 P.M. AT WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER. THE OTHER MAN WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL CENTER, BUT HIS CONDITION HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. HOWEVER, AUTHORITIES HAVE REPORTED THAT HE WAS STILL BREATHING.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

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