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Gov. Moore’s nominee for adjutant general played key role in combatting COVID-19 in Maryland
BALTIMORE — Gov. Wes Moore introduced on Thursday that he had formally nominated Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead because the adjutant basic of Maryland’s nationwide guard.
If confirmed by the Senate, Birckhead would turn into the one Black lady main a state navy in america, in accordance with Maryland state employees.
Birckhead is presently the commander of the Maryland Military Nationwide Guard, in accordance with state officers.
She oversees 4,600 troopers, 1,500 varieties of fight weapons, and ensures that Maryland’s nationwide guard is ready for motion, state officers mentioned.
Birckhead served as former Governor Larry Hogan’s head of the statewide COVID-19 Maryland Fairness Job Pressure, in accordance with state officers. She helped set up greater than 11 mass vaccination websites.
She was capable of mobilize greater than 1,500 troopers and have them help with COVID-19 efforts within the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, state officers mentioned.
Within the second section of COVID-19, she developed and built-in a planning workforce with the Maryland Division of Well being for vaccine distribution, enabling help groups to ship almost 5,000 vaccine pictures per week throughout the first two weeks of January 2021, in accordance with state officers.
“I’m proud to appoint Brigadier Basic Janeen Birckhead to function Maryland’s subsequent Adjutant Basic,” Moore mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday. “Along with her intensive data and management expertise throughout the Maryland Military Nationwide Guard, she is going to deliver invaluable experience to this position. The Adjutant Basic is the chief of Maryland’s Army and I’m very assured in Janeen’s potential to just do that – lead. Her report proves her readiness to serve on the highest rating navy place within the state of Maryland. I encourage the Senate to verify Brig. Gen. Birckhead at once.”
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The incident happened at around 7:15 p.m., when officers responded to the 8500 block of Loch Raven Blvd following multiple reports of a shooting, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said.
“This is an incident that is shocking, particularly for those of us in Baltimore County,” Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said. “These types of incidents are really unheard of here, so it really shocks the conscience.”
The first officer to arrive on the scene found a vehicle on its side that had caught fire, Mccullough said.
The Baltimore County Fire Department was called to the scene, where they put out the fire, treated victims and transported them to a hospital, said Baltimore County Fire Department Chief Joseph Dixon.
BCPD believes the shooting was a targeted incident and there is no threat to the public.
BCPD is currently investigating and is asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.
The Baltimore County Fire Department and the Baltimore Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are also on the scene assisting police.
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Maryland man sentenced for assaulting police during Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection
BALTIMORE — A Fredrick County man was sentenced Tuesday for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
According to prosecutors, Adam Ryan Obest, 43, of Thurmont attended the “Stop the Steal” rally before going to the Captiol’s Lower West Terrace.
Video footage showed Obest holding a large American flag attached to a metal flagpole, and swinging it at police officers after being told not to advance up a stairway.
Minutes later, Obest engaged in another confrontation with police, raising the lagpole above his head and bringing it down abruptly toward a line of police officers before another officer tried to confiscate the flagpole.
He also attempted to take a baton from a Metropolitan Police Department officer and later threw a smoke grenade at law enforcement, according to court documents.
In June 2023 detectives identified Obest as a suspect, matching photos from his social media account to photos captured of him at the Million MAGA March in November 2020. The photos showed an American glag tattoo on his left shoulder, which resembled a similar tattoo shown in his booking photos from an unrelated arrest in 2018.
The FBI arrested Obest in Maryland on June 13, 2023. He was found guilty of two felony charges, including civil disorder, and one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a law enforcement officer.
Obest was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 36 months of supervised released.
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