Liberty Maven

In a twist to the recent drug raid on the Mayor of Berwyn Heights MD in which both of his black labs were shot and killed the AP is reporting the 32 lb. bag of marijuana was delivered by undercover police.

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.

“We never opened the box. We have nothing to do with this box,” Calvo said.

The questions now mount:

1. Was this a setup by the police based on an ongoing investigation?
2. Are the Mayor’s wife and mother-in-law truly involved in something illegal?

No matter the answers to these questions, one thing most people agree upon is that the raid could have and should have been handled differently. It’s not like there is time to hide or get rid of 32 lbs. of marijuana before letting the police into the home if they had knocked. Somewhere along the line a poor decision was made and two family dogs are now dead.

Read the entire AP story here.

(Thanks to ‘minnguy34′ for alerting us to the AP story)