Montgomery County recommendations from HSM meeting

[The following is our formal recommendation, born of the recent face to face meeting with Montgomery County, Including HSM members and Ike Leggett, Chief Tom Manger, and the leaders of Corrections, Attorneys Office, and Human Rights.]


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Help Save Maryland Press Release


January 21, 2009 Mr. Ike LeggettMontgomery County Executive

SUBJECT: Policy Recommendations - January 16, 2009 Meeting

Thank you and your staff for organizing and participating in the Friday, January 16, 2009 meeting with representatives of Help Save Maryland, Judicial Watch, Montgomery Citizens for a Safer Maryland and Maryland Coalition of Community Organizers. It was a productive and frank exchange of views and ideas between Montgomery County officials and concerned citizens regarding the growing crime in our community.

Based on our discussion and understanding of your proposed modifications to MC Police and Department of Correction policies and procedures, listed below are our suggested recommendations for inclusion in your on-going review. We believe that implementation of these recommendations will allow MC Law Enforcement officials to do a better job in determining "lawful presence" and preventing crime, and it will make Montgomery County citizens feel safer in their communities, not only in perception but in reality.

-- Commit the needed resources to have a significant number of County Police and Sheriff's Deputies trained under the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 287g program. The training costs and time commitments are minimal and are clearly outweighed by the long-term benefits to the safety and well-being of our citizens.

-- Enter into an agreement with ICE allowing their officers to have a physical presence in all County jail facilities to screen the country of citizenship and immigration status of every inmate. Montgomery County Law Enforcement Authorities would remain in control of the facilities, but would leverage ICE resources to improve public safety. The ICE agreement should also make Montgomery County Correction facilities designated ICE holding facilities, funded by ICE for their activities in the region.

-- Implement a policy to require that all organizations receiving county funding, support or like-kind aid must allow screening regarding "lawful presence" for all their clients including day laborers and others using their services. Screening would also cover oversight of organization ID cards provided to service users. Failure to comply with these requirements would block future funding to these organizations.

-- Create an advisory board of select organizations representing the spectrum of viewpoints on crime - "Making Montgomery Safe". The Board would meet monthly and report directly to the County Executive.

-- Kickoff a series of Town Hall Meetings on the subject of "Effects of Illegal Immigration on Montgomery County", hosted by the County Executive and the Montgomery County Council. Public forums would provide all citizens and legal residents the opportunity to freely express their views on this important subject to their elected officials.

We again thank for the January 16 meeting and look forward to further discussions with you and your staff on this important subject.

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland, bb67chev@aol.com 240-447-1884

Steve Berryman, Coordinator, Frederick County, Help Save Maryland, srbmgr@comcast.net 240 876 4776

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HSM Meets Ike Leggett's Office and Chief Manger

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Help Save Maryland Newsletter


Help Save Maryland had a busy and successful week.

Meeting with Montgomery County Officials- Friday morning was our meeting (Steve Berryman, HSM Frederick Coordinator, HSM Melissa Andersen of MC, and reps from 3 other groups) with Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, MC Police Chief Manger, MC Dept of Corrections Arthur Wallenstein, the MC States and County Attorneys, and a host of other County officials. It was a frank, back and forth meeting.

Based on what the County presented, I am very concerned about the safety and well-being of all MC citizens. MC Leadership just does not get how upset and frightened citizens are regarding illegal alien MS-13 gang members and day laborers present in our communities.

The County's current list of proposed changes to police regulations will only focus on post arrest, post sentencing----not 287g ICE training, not working with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, not pro-active law enforcement to make our County safe again -- Their plan is what I call "Post Mortem Law Enforcement"!

We will be sending Mr Leggett a list of our tabled recommendations regarding the proposed changes needed to MC Police Policies and Procedures regarding illegal aliens. We also requested a series a Town Hall Meetings to allow citizens to speak to Leggett about the problems we face with illegal aliens in MC.

WBAL 1090 AM Radio -Saturday morning Pree Glenn-Graves, HSM PG County Coordinator and I had a action packed 1 1/2 hour interview with former Governor Bob Ehrlich and wife Kendel discussing the problems of illigal immigration in MD. Phones were ringing off the hook! Many e-mails sent in and new members joining Help Save Maryland.

SAVE THE DATE!!! - Monday February 16, 6-8pm (Presidents Day Holiday) Help Save Maryland will be holding a Citizens Rally in Annapolis. More details to follow.
Please let me know if you can drive to Annapolis and take others with you. Send me your name, detailed location & county, cell phone #, so we can begin to create carpools.

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland

Illegal Alien Escapes from Jail

Last summer, Kandelario Garcia-Ramos an illegal alien living in Langley Park, Prince Georges County (Headquarters of CASA of Maryland and a new Day Laborer Center), was convicted for murder and sentenced to 40 years in jail. Well he just escaped from jail in Hagerstown on January 17, 2009.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) A Division of Correction official says a convicted murderer has escaped from a Western Maryland prison.
A Division of Correction official says a convicted murderer has escaped from a Western Maryland prison. Division spokesman Mark Vernarelli says Garcia Ramos Kanderlario apparently jumped the fence Saturday morning at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown. Vernarelli says Kanderlario is serving 40 years for murder. He says Maryland State Police were


Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Langley Park man sentenced to life in prison for killing former employer

by Maya T. Prabhu Staff Writer


A Langley Park man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for the murder of his former employer.
Kandelario Garcia-Ramos, 22, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and use of a deadly weapon in the Dec. 26, 2007, killing of Fernando Monge, 44, of Silver Spring.

Monge was the owner of Two Brothers Tire City in Colmar Manor, where the killing was captured on the store's surveillance cameras, according to a news release from State's Attorney for Prince George's County Glenn F. Ivey's office. ''He had been fired," said Ramon V. Korionoff, Ivey's spokesman. ''It had been weeks earlier and then he came with his 12-inch blade and stabbed [Monge] several times."

According to the release, the video showed Garcia-Ramos enter the store with a covering on his face and, after a struggle, stab Monge several times. Garcia-Ramos, who was a former employee at the Tire City, fled the scene and called his sister soon after to confess that he killed his boss, according to the release. Another employee was also at the store and saw Garcia-Ramos behind the counter and heard Monge in the back of the shop moaning.

Monge was pronounced dead on the scene and Garcia-Ramos was arrested two days later. His attorney, Assistant Public Defender Richard Rydelek, could not be reached for comment. Garcia-Ramos will serve 40 years after which time he will probably be deported since he is not a U.S. citizen, Korionoff said.

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