Several years ago, Jesse Bane held a public meeting with residents of Joppa and Edgewood, who torched the then-recently-elected sheriff over the ongoing gang and violence problems in the area. On Saturday, Bane returned to host the latest in a series of town hall meetings, and was met with a large, but far more friendly […]
Office of Drug Control Policy Receives State Crime Control Grant Addressing Criminal Activities in Edgewood Area
From Harford County government: During the period 2007 to 2009, as the result of unprecedented federal, state and local collaboration, Harford County recorded a 2.8% reduction in total crime and a 4.6% reduction in property crime. Over that same period, Harford County seized or recovered 262 guns, arrested 63 gang members, conducted 1,717 sex offender […]
Sheriff Bane: “If I’m Going to Deal with Just the Local Drug Dealer, We’re Never Going to Get Anywhere with the Drug Problem in Harford County”
Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane spent longer than a half-hour Wednesday morning on WAMD 970 AM discussing the induction of Harford County into the Washington/Baltimore High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. During the wide-ranging interview with WAMD radio host Maynard Edwards, Bane discussed the pros and cons of […]
Former Sheriff Golding On Bane: “The Last Thing They And The Citizens Of Harford County Need Is A Sheriff Who Has No Clue”
The following letter was sent by former Harford County Sheriff Tom Golding to several local newspapers, which refused to publish it, Golding claimed, saying among other things that it was contrary to their recollection of events. Commenting that he “didn’t know that that was a standard by which a letter to the editor or to […]
Nightmare on Juniper Lane: Abandoned Army Barracks Create Community Danger Zone
By Omar Simpson “It was a dark and dreary evening…rain poured down in sheets as Jack and Jill walked home from after school basketball practice…past the rusty old water tower…past row after row of old abandoned Army barracks. Thunder rolled and lightning flashed…something inside the partially boarded up building looked down on the children and […]
Youth Empowered to Succeed Conference Dec. 6 in Aberdeen
FACE-IT (Faith Activated Community Empowering Intervention Training), in partnership with the Harford County Department of Community Services, will present the Annual Y.E.S. (Youth Empowered to Succeed) Conference 2008 entitled “I’m a Do Me” on Saturday, December 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Aberdeen Middle School, 111 Mount Royal Avenue in Aberdeen. Transportation is […]
