{"id":15282,"date":"2017-05-31T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=15282"},"modified":"2017-06-01T14:43:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T18:43:36","slug":"florida-man-arrested-for-concealed-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/05\/31\/florida-man-arrested-for-concealed-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man Arrested for Concealed Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A Florida man was arrested and charged with a handgun violation Sunday by Maryland Natural Resources Police<\/a> officers at an event at the Maryland State Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n

Michael Steven Friend Jr., 32, of Port Saint Lucie, was a vendor at the Repitcon Reptile Show when officers checking for the sale of illegal species noticed he was wearing a gun in a holster that was covered by his shirt.<\/p>\n

After learning that Friend did not have a concealed carry permit, officers arrested him. The 9 mm handgun was loaded with 17 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber.<\/p>\n

A hearing date has not been set.<\/p>\n

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Continued surveillance at Fishing Creek Bridge in Dorchester County resulted in charges against 18 people and the seizure of 261 striped bass.<\/p>\n

On May 28 at 5:20 a.m., the following people were charged with catching too many striped bass and keeping undersized fish: Omar Martinez Ramirez, 24, of Lanham; Felipe Rodriguez Morales, 28, of Lanham; Ruperto Cruz Carino Blames, 24, of Lanham; Anselmo Luna Lima, 23, of Hyattsville; Eden Ramirez Labastida, 24, of Beltsville; and Luis Luna Lima, 21 of Hyattsville.<\/p>\n

A short time later, officers charged the following people with catching too many fish and keeping undersized fish: Sergio Noe Martinez Monroy, 39, of Hyattsville; Elvir Rigoberto Ortiz Aroche, 34, of Mount Ranier; and Edin Najera Morales, 38, of Hyattsville.<\/p>\n

Earlier, officers charged five people from Temple Hill: Cinthia Servellon Mercado, 24, Eli Barue Colindres Navarrete, 39, Gustavo Adolfo Ostoro-Gald, 36, Julio Flores, 35, and Omar Ezequiel Castro, 18, were each charged with possession of undersized striped bass, exceeding the daily creel limit and fishing in a prohibited area. All but Ostoro-Gald also were charged with fishing without a license.<\/p>\n

All 14 defendants are due in Dorchester County District Court Aug. 16. Each charge carries a maximum fine of $1,500.<\/p>\n

On May 27, shortly after midnight, officers charged the following people: Bani Asael Garcis Barahona, 33, of Oxon Hill; Carlos Enrique Cabrera Ramirez, 45, of Temple Hills; Adriana Beatriz Lopez Mejia, 27, of Oxon Hill; and Yeny Sarai Juarez Velasquez, 35, of Oxon Hill.<\/p>\n

The four defendants have been schedule to appear in Dorchester County District Court July 19.<\/p>\n

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A Montgomery County man was charged with multiple hunting violations May 8 by an officer acting on a citizen tip.<\/p>\n

Shawn Patrick Snider, 35, of Damascus, received citations for hunting waterfowl out of season and killing waterfowl on the water. He received a written warning for hunting without permission.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived at Snider\u2019s home, they saw two dead geese laying in the driveway. One of the geese had been banded in 2013 in Darnestown, about 15 miles south.<\/p>\n

Snider acknowledged the geese were his and that he drove his all-terrain vehicle to a nearby pond to kill them.<\/p>\n

A hearing date in Montgomery County District Court has been set for July 18. If found guilty, Snider could be fined as much as $750.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Florida man was arrested and charged with a handgun violation Sunday by Maryland Natural Resources Police officers at an event at the Maryland State Fairgrounds. Michael Steven Friend Jr., 32, of Port Saint Lucie, was a vendor at the Repitcon Reptile Show when officers checking for the sale of illegal species noticed he was  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,11,14,33,13],"tags":[2922,2939,3103,2907,3032,3031,3030],"class_list":["post-15282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-fisheries","category-nrp-news","category-the-bay","category-wildlife","tag-dorchester-county","tag-fishing-creek-bridge","tag-geese","tag-montgomery-county","tag-rockfish","tag-striped-bass","tag-waterfowl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15309,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282\/revisions\/15309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}