Annapolis Capital Punishment

From our Police Dep't:
Date: September 24th, 2008 Wednesday NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH POLICE REPORT

These crime reports from APD have been edited and excerpted for brevity and emphasis. Now if only Carl Snowden had been around to defend the rights of these trespassers on public housing property, our police might have thought twice before doing their job to protect the public. Carl, speak up!

1. DRUG ARREST: On September 23rd at 4:35 PM, an officer on routine patrol noticed two suspicious men standing near a vehicle in the 200 block of Croll Drive......A check revealed that both men had previously been banned from Housing Authority property. They were arrested for Trespassing. During booking procedures, approximately 7.1 grams of crack cocaine were recovered The other man was charged with Trespassing. (08-006032)

2. TRESPASSING: On September 23rd at 7:42 PM, an officer saw a suspicious man loitering around 1014 President Street. He had previously been banned from Housing Authority property. He was arrested and charged with Trespassing. (08-006039)

3. DRUG ARREST: On September 24th at 12:37 AM, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH reported drug activity centered around a vehicle parked near 1165 Madison Street. Officers found a man sitting in the back seat. The name he gave did no match any records. When a female arrived and identified herself as the driver of the car, she told the officer that the male’s name was different than the one he had given to the officers. The man got out of the car, and she was allowed to leave. A passerby told the officers that he knew the suspect as yet another name than the two that had already been stated. The suspect was arrested for Trespassing. He had previously been banned from Housing Authority property. He was charged with Trespassing and Making a False Statement to Police. (08-006091)

9/22 11:40 AM ....a traffic stop was made due to a car being driven with expired tags...A check revealed that the driver did not have a license. She was charged with Driving Without A License. (08-006008)

CP Notes-How about this one--a success story for a new technology:

9/22 11:53 PM 1000 block of Spa Rd. - a tag reader alerted on a 2003 Ford Truck, showing that the registered owner had a suspended driver’s license. It was stopped and the suspension was confirmed, and he was accordingly charged. (08-006020)

As CP has repeatedly done by excerpting items form the crime watch reports, we can see how important it is to allow our police to arrest people for trespassing on public housing property AND that seemingly minor or routine traffic violations are anything but minor or routine....

Contact the police at:
apdcommunityservices@annapolis.gov