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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:
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.
Mark Hughes, a reporter with The Independent, a national U.K. paper, visits Baltimore to examine if police officers, drug dealers, prosecutors and politicians were accurately portrayed 'The Wire;' The Sun's Justin Fenton heads to London to compare crime trends between the two cities.
A roundup of crimes reported in Baltimore City and Baltimore County
Comments
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