From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office:
[September 10, 2013, Aberdeen, Maryland] — On September 9, 2013 at 6:56pm, deputies responded to the unit block of Spesutia Road., Aberdeen, for a report of an assault.
Deputies spoke with John Finlayson, 59, who advised at approximately 6:30pm he was standing in his driveway speaking to a friend when an orange Jeep Wrangler with a black soft- top drove by his residence. He heard a loud discharge of air (crack) and was hit on the back of his left leg with a BB. Mr. Finlayson stated that when he was shot, the impact stung, but refused medical treatment. Mr. Finlayson observed the rear window of the Jeep was open and the right rear passenger was holding something black and was laughing He last saw the vehicle on Route 40 driving towards Edgewood.
Responding deputies located the suspect vehicle at the 7-11 convenience store on Rt. 40 and Long Bar Harbor Rd. Deputies identified the driver as Patrick Michael Mcdermott, 18, of 1313 Winding Valley Drive, Joppa. Found inside the vehicle was a loaded BB rifle with a folding stock. A passenger, Matthew Joseph Humphries, 18, of 3923 Love Ave, in Edgewood, was identified by the victim as the suspect who shot him. Both suspects were arrested and charged with 1st and 2nd degree assault. After appearing before a Harford County District Court Commissioner both were ordered held in the Harford County Detention Center under $100,000 bond. Two other passengers in the car were identified but not charged.
Punks. After your conviction, I hope you enjoy those precious moments behind bars with Big Al and Big Bubba.
Sam Adams, sounds to me like you need to visit BIG AL and BIG BUBBA. How dare you disgrace the name of a great beer! Pick a different moniker like FEAR MONGER or POLE SMOKER, they would suit you better……
An inauspicious 15 minutes of fame. It would be interesting to see if these two have juvenile records along with the other two not charged.
$100,000 Bond, the edgewood boy with the blue tarp on his house ain’t getting out anytime soon but the one from Joppa might if the parents sell the rv quick and cheap.
Bet they are some proud parents
As you seem to know something about these two can you know if these men are still in high school? If so which school(s)?
The article lists their address, google street view is your friend. It even shows a wonderful picture of the jeep.
All true, but the images can be a few years old, and people do not always provide an accurate address to the police– or more likely, their living situation is not always as cut and dry as the average person.
So be wary of drawing too many conclusions.
Yea along with the address might not be accurate those might not be their pictures either and maybe it really wasn’t a jeep or even a bb gun…..
geeze noble… seriously?
@BillH, since you seem to be so interested in our lives, my brother, my mother, and I have fixed our roof. Thanks for your concerns about it. But we do have a BROWN tarp on our shed to show it off now. 🙂
@really, my brother Matt has a diploma.
@noble, it was accurate, because the police and newspapers had it. No to mention there was no need to lie about it. And thank you for the comment on conclusions. I completely agree with that. Especially, you know, since a blue tarp on our roof apparently means a family living in it are impoverished.
@Jack Rabbit, yeah and noble was completely correct. But it was a jeep and it was a bb gun. I do not believe anyone ever defied those facts. Maybe try some grammar next time you try to comment on an intellectual subject.
I would also like to inform everyone who would like to reply to me that I am Matthew’s sister, and I am in one of the most, if not the most prestigious high school diploma programs. So I know what I’m talking about and I know what my blue tarp situation is.
So have you raised bail yet?
Are you and mom proud of Matt?
What a shame, Matt goes from graduating from a prestigious high school to arrested for drive by shootings and he’s just 18.
I will pray for him.
LilJimmy, if you call that a drive by shooting then you are just an idiot, pure and simple. I’ve never seen a bigger bunch of morons get their panties in a bunch for something so minor! Seriosly, you guys are playing the fear card way to much! The citizens of Harford County have more to fear from the terrorists in the local law enforcement than these two boys. LilJimmy, GFY……
Of course not.
I’d be proud, I’d say son where did you aim. If he said in the calf then I’d be proud that he could shoot straight!
Is there anyway for The Dagger and other new’s resources to not display the victim’s name. I would hate for there to be a retaliation for him contacting the police.
I understand your point, truly, but the information is freely available public information, which can be obtained by searching online, going to the courthouse, or even just calling a police station and asking for it.
Hi Sarah–
Your point is well-taken, and it’s certainly something we think about on staff-generated stories. However, this was a release sent out by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, and we do not generally edit details out of something they send out–it puts us in a bad position, i.e. “what else are you editing out for them??”
But, in the interest of giving you a better answer than just passing the buck, I did ask why they chose to include the victim’s name in the release. According to HCSO spokesman Edward Hopkins, the risk to the victim in this case was low because it was a random action.
Also, noble is correct–this information is in most charging documents and many other places. There’s some unforeseeable risk in ever releasing any victim’s name, but that’s not usually strong enough to stand up legally if we were to challenge it.
If there is a retaliation than you hit back twice as hard, you can’t be afraid of these punks. And I mean hit hard, their lucky that they didn’t shoot the wrong guy cause I’d be waiting for them.
Hedley, seriously, would you be afraid of retaliation by Beavis and Butthead with a BB gun? Get real Heady!
Sarah, you are obviously out of your beloved mind! Retaliation for a BB gun sting? What drugs are you on and where might I get some for myself? Your drugs are definitely stronger than mine if you think these boys are capable of any sort of retaliation! Just look at them, they look like children scared to death! You jackoffs here on the dagger get awful bent out of shape for something this minor and stupid. The real crime is the Legal System is persecuting these boys for some reason that none of us know. If that old man is really afraid of these young men then he is also out of their mind! I would’ve walked up to them and took their BB gun and bent it in half! End of the story and we wouldn’t be having this discussion about the illegal operating procedures of the disgraceful Harford County Judicial Joke system. Seriously, you all have shit for brains……..
Ah, now something I can sink my teeth in. This is straight up bullshit. I know, they were shooting a BB gun at people, could’ve put someone’s eye out and all that, but $100,000.00 bond for that offense is a criminal act by the court commissioner, or any judge that lets it stand. Let me give it to you straight, this is a direct use of bail acting as a form of punishment, which is not what bail is intended for. Bail is to guarantee one’s appearance to court, not to be used as a tool for Law Enforcement to scare or threaten the safety of an individual. It is also supposed to be comparable to the crime. That BB sting is not worth $100,000.00 in damages both medically and punitively. This is a blatant infringement on both the Defendant’s Eighth Amendment rights to be free from Excessive bail and to be free from unusual and cruel punishment. The bail is excessive and it is not comparable to the crime. If the defendant’s are injured by their stay at the Harford County Detention Center then their right to be free from unusual and cruel punishment has been violated. Now, I know, whats one night in jail gonna hurt, but it is a rights infringement, knowing and willingly made by the court commissioner. This is once again a Suppression of Rights Under Color Of Law and is a felonious offense committed by Law Enforcement and the Agents of the Court. Not only is it a crime it is an act of Nazism as this Commissioner has aided the Gestapo in an act of imprisonment without a trial for a crime not comparable to the bail. For all the thumbs down I will receive, I respectfully ask you to GFY and KMA before I even read the responses…………
Soul Crusher- you have a good point here, but it is lost when you present it like this. That said, The Dagger is not known for it’s constructive comment replies either.
Well…he almost had a good point about the bail until he started his usual bs rant about the gestapo HCSO and corrupt SAO, etc.
I actually feel a great deal of pity for Soul Crusher since his life is obviously so ruined, desperate, and bleak that he has nothing better to do than make false allegations against the HCSO, SAO, Joe Cassilly, court commissioners, and Harford County District and Circuit Court judges. If he had any shred of proof of any of his allegations the USDoJ and FBI would’ve been here long ago to investigate.
I actually feel sorry for all you that don’t see your rights and freedoms getting shit upon and allowing these NAZI’s to continue their agenda. Straight up George, you have shit for brains if you live in Harford County and don’t see all this happening right in front of you.
Hey Soul Crusher you said it yourself. What if it did put the victim’s eye out? If it was you or a loved one who was the victim, would you feel the same way? Would you give up an eye for $100,000? Maybe if the system teaches these two budding criminals a lesson now, they will think twice about committing any future crimes.
Law isn’t about teaching lessons asshole, its about punishing guilty offenders for their crimes against the people and the state. You make it sound as if suppressing the Bill of Rights is just as simple as teaching someone a lesson. Listen MUZZ, you’re way of thinking is exactly what the corrupt members of Law Enforcement, the court and the State’s Attorney Office want people to think! They want you to think its alright for them to break the law and commit felonies in open court as long as they teach a lesson to someone they think deserves it! Who are they to decide? Shit slides out of their ass just like it does everybody else. One last thing brain surgeon, those aforementioned criminals I am referring to all swore an oath to protect and uphold the very document that they feel as if it is they’re god given right to wipe their ass with it. Not to mention that all authority bestowed upon them comes directly from the same document that they are so willing to forsake. Now MUZZ, GFY and KMA like I told you to do earlier and might I add a hardy SMD and FYM to go along with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Again, start providing some specific examples with evidence of these alleged criminal acts by law enforcement, judges, and prosecutors. It shouldn’t be all that difficult if it’s happening in open court all the time.
No, I think you just have a higher opinion of Harford County’s Law Enforcement and Judiciary than I do. Its just my opinion. Opinions are just like assholes, we all seem to have one……
Bail is also factored on ones ability to pay in order to compel them to show. For both of these people their families could easily put up their house to secure bond which they would be freed from after trials regardless of outcome.
CDEV, one of those boys is still in HCDC. His rights are being Suppressed Under Color Of Law by your felonious judicial system in Harford County. Once again, bail is to guarantee appearance in court and not to be used as a punishment by dishonest members of Law Enforcement or the Judicial System.
Yes and his family could put the house up as collatoral to help him garuntee his appearance in court!
I disagree, $100,000.00 is far too much for that crime no matter what you say. I don’t care if they could put up the house, the amount is excessive. We could go back and forth forever on this and you’ll never convince me that a BB gun sting on the back of an old man’s calf is worth $100,000.00 even though the Judge thinks it is reasonable too. That’s because Judge’s in Harford County don’t adhere to the Bill of Rights and frequently use the document as a form of toilet tissue to wipe their asses on. BOTTOM LINE IS EXCESSIVE BAIL IS USED ON THIS YOUNG MAN FOR HIS FIRST OFFENSE COMMITTED AS AN ADULY. FU CDEV U HAVE SHIT FOR BRAINS!
I too believe that $100,000 bail is ridiculous. I also believe that Matt is innocent after hearing what the other 2 in car have said, and by law, he is until he is proven guilty. If his being in the detention center helps him to make better choices in the future it is worth it. I am not posting bail, I work too hard to throw it away. I will not put up my home. I know where Matt is, and hopefully he will learn something from all of this. I love him and I pray that he stays safe. The driver of the Jeep is out on bail and this is the second time he has been charged with assault.
May his asshole forever stretch in prison!
Like that’s gonna happen! Prison isn’t what you think it is unless you get more than 5 years to actually serve. And I mean actually serve, not suspended sentence! PRU’s are basically labor/summer camps. The Harford County Detention Center is probably worse for serving a sentence than DOC, they just don’t feed you in HCDC. In DOC you have access to tobacco, drugs, pussy, etc. just about anything you wan’t if you know how to manipulate people. HCDC sucks a big dog and I would like to recommend to anyone, take that year and a day in DOC than serve 6 months in HCDC because you will be starved in HCDC.
Kudos to the HCDC. Soul Crusher has just paid you a backhanded compliment! You are real tyrants out there. No drugs, no tobacco, no pussy, etc. You are just a bunch of meanies!!
I wonder why all those starved inmates at the HCDC always come out several pounds fatter than when they went in.
ONLY THE HEROIN / CRACK ADDICTS COME OUT HEAVIER FROM HCDC. But, you already knew that you canker sore!
So the HCDC policy is not to starve heroin or crack addicts? Seems to me, if you starve people, the heroin and crack addicts would come out even more emaciated than when they went in.
Junkies gain weight in jail because they are actually getting more nutrition in jail. Crack heads gain weight because they eat more and aren’t putting cocaine in their system, which kinda acts as a laxative…..
Oh by the way MIKE WELSH, you’re also endorsing this illegal behavior with your attitude. Has the Dagger become a HCSO publicity tool? Do you know that HCDC frequently covers up outbreaks of disease inside the facility? Did you know that Harford County has been committing illegal seizures under the 4th amendment of each and every inmate that is subject to that illegal eye scan they use? Did you know that the HC Narcotics Task Force has been partially responsible for over 30% of the murders committed in Harford County this year? Did you know that convictions and sentences in the HC Circuit Court are influenced by race? Did you know that a former HC Task Force leader got his pilot’s license just so he could go up in aircraft and conduct illegal FLIR scans on homes in Harford County without a warrant and the judges approve? I could do this all day, but its not election time yet.
When did an inmate at any detention center have the inalienable right not to be searched?
They can be searched, the illegal seizure is the eye scan that they have no legal right to keep on record as it is not a federal or state mandatory record to be kept file. Its just unconstitutional, that’s all……..
You must be livid when your DNA is stored. I guess the Supreme Court feels differently than you.
Since an eye scan is just like a fingerprint you probably maintain that is illegal too!!!! face it when convicted….you have no rights!
Who cares if they starve? They are criminals after all. Not exactly true pillars of society.
Each and every member of your Circuit Court has committed felonious actions while on the bench and in open court, they are criminals, yet you have no problem with their unlawful and unconstitutional acts as long as they jail the citizens that you and they consider criminals! Think about your hypocrisy before you make it any worse on yourself Mr. Police Man.
If you ever end up in jail, sir, I hope your asshole will forever stretch!
Oh, ok I get it. Corruption is ok if it’s at DoC because it gets you, Mr. Soul Crusher, some perks.
Actually, I never did anything except smoke tobacco in jail. I said it was available in DOC, not that I actually tried to get some tail or drugs. Offers are made, things are said. But, yes I did smoke cigarettes in jail on a daily basis, end of discussion.
i vote for bb gun firing squad…..pew pew….
Agreed! That is a fitting punishment!
Did the HCSD seize the jeep since it was used in a drive by shooting? It should have been towed and taken to the impound lot and held their until their trial. Than they would have to pay towing cost, storage fee’s which cost around $25.00 a day. These cost add up really quick, and if they cannot afford to pay these cost than auction it off, talking about a lesson learned.
Porter, give it a rest…….
Try again. You poor suffering individual from too much attention from law enforcement
Ok where to start:
1. Soul Crusher you are a whiny dipsh!t that is taking up for a group of morons who could have seriously injured an innocent person.
2. The delinquent isn’t innocent, he is at the very least guilty of being in the car when this took place and therefor a criminal and a moron.
3. It is certainly the job of the criminal justice system to teach people lessons! Are you kidding me? Not only punish but teach and rehabilitate. Why should any law abiding citizen give a rats furry behind about wannabe thugs riding around causing trouble?
You have all become a bunch of politivally correct pansies, what’s wrong with a little BB gun action? We did that as kids along with throwing rocks and firecrackers at each other. WTF!
But that was against consenting kids, not an adult minding his own business and not involved in any game.
@Soul Crusher
If Harford County sucks so badly why don’t you take your narrow ass out of here?
I grow tired of listening to you regurgitate about the HCPD every single day.