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September 8, 2008

More scenes from the bar

We last left the Colonial Inn on Friday, after a raid from the Maryland Comptroller's Office and city police confiscated three video poker machines. Police said they were illegal because the bar was paying out the winners. The owner, Leroy Hartman, denied the machines were paying off. Here's some additional pictures from the Baltimore Sun's Amy Davis (the man at the bar is Hartman; the people outside are patrons waiting to get in:

Posted by Peter Hermann at 4:48 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

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Straw in the Coors, that's beautiful.

Posted by: MJB | September 9, 2008 10:06 PM

Did they seize the Maryland State lottery tickets too? Oh. I forgot. They're legal, no.
What a waste of police resources.

Posted by: Cash Kammer | September 12, 2008 5:07 AM

HERE'S ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE OF OUR GOVERMENT , THEY ISSUE A LICENSE FOR ABOUT $250 A MACHINE THEY COLLECT 10% AMUSEMENT TAX AND YOU ALSO PAY INCOME TAX ON THEM ' AND YET OUR COMPTROLLER WANTS TO CALL THEM ILLEAGLE . WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY ANOTHER SMALL BUSSINESS HAS TO CLOSE DOWN BECAUSE WITHOUT THE MACHINE INCOME LEROY CAN'T AFFORD TO OPERATE HIS BUSSINESS WHICH ALSO IN THE PROCESS 4 BARMAIDS LOST THIER JOBS AND CREATES LESS BUSSNESS FOR LIQUOR DISTRUIBTORS SO WATCH OUT FOR LAYOFFS THERE . THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE ONE HELL OF A CHAIN REACTION , A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL FEEL THE EFFECT OF THIS OUTCOME , JUST LIKE THE LOTTERY THE STATE WANTS COMPLETE CONTROL , FIRST THEY NEED TO PROVE WHERE ALL THE LOTTERY MONEY GOES , AND I CAN TELL YOU IT SURE DOESN'T GO TO OUR SCHOOLS , CAUSE I HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING MY KIDS USE IN SCHOOL AND EVERY ACTIVITY THEY PATICAPATE IN . I'D HAVE TO SAY A LOT OF POLOTICIANS ARE GETTING A NIC PIECE OF POCKET CHANGE OUT OF IT . SO WHEN IS ALL GOING TO STOP ?

Posted by: DAVID | September 30, 2008 9:13 PM

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Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.

Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting. A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the City Paper in 2010 and by Baltimore Magazine in 2011.

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