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MD: Mayor's dogs killed by SWAT after cops deliver pot

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Mayor's dogs killed by SWAT after cops deliver pot 07/31/2008 @ 6:33 pm Filed by Associated Press BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. ? A SWAT team raided the home of a Washington, D.C.-area mayor, killing his two black Labrador retrievers and seizing an unopened package of marijuana delivered there. Prince George's County Police said Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo brought a 32-pound package of marijuana into his home that had been delivered by officers posing as delivery men. The Tuesday evening raid was conducted by county police narcotics officers and a sheriff's office SWAT Team. The package was addressed to Calvo's wife, Trinity Tomsic. His mother-in-law had asked the supposed delivery men to leave the package outside. Calvo has not been charged, though police said he, his wife and his mother-in-law are "persons of interest" in an ongoing investigation...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 02, 2008 (boomark / email).