It's safe to say that reader David Sigman wants me to stop writing about Jon Cardin and his use of a police boat and helicopter to propose to his girlfriend. It happened last summer and it's time to put this story to bed. He wrote:
It's safe to say that Mr. Sigman is not going to like Wednesday's Crime Scenes column in which I revisit some old stories that have nagging, unanswered questions. And yes, one of them involves Jon Cardin's boat. Who owns it? It's important because the Democratic delegate from Baltimore County has refused answer and I'll bet some want to know who his friends are that had so much pull with city cops they pull off this ruse.
Mr. Sigman asks where's the crime? How about on-duty city cops being used to help a politician on a personal adventure instead of protecting the citizens of Baltimore at a time (last summer) when Inner Harbor crime was all the rage? And I'm betting the police sergeant who was charged with misconduct and could still lose his job over this doesn't think the story is over.
Wednesday's column will also look at some other issues, such as who was the woman in former City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris' car the night he was shot and who got the secret $200,000 settlement from the city in a claim against Baltimore police?
Leaving unanswered questions leaves even old stories to linger.