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Good morning Aberdeen! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a big drug and gun bust hit an Aberdeen apartment complex
  • Why an Aberdeen murder is now part of a national immigration fight
  • Aberdeen family mourns Joseph Robert Garrison, with services next week

Also on today's calendar: Oktoberfest.

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 82 and low of 72 degrees.
  • Thursday: Hot and humid with a t-storm, temps: high: 91, low: 75. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Very warm with a thunderstorm, with a high of 87 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The guy next door: 35-year-old Aberdeen man busted for guns and drugs (wmar2news.com) — A major drug and weapons arrest at Perrywood Gardens Apartments in Aberdeen has a neighbor rethinking how safe the "drug free" complex really is. Harford County's task force seized cocaine laced with fentanyl, multiple firearms, and body armor from 35-year-old Kevin Scott Jr., who now faces numerous charges and is being held without bail, raising fresh concerns about crime along the Route 40 corridor.
   

• Sheriff Gahler condemns Maryland's ICE restrictions in testimony before Congress (wbal.com) — A 2022 killing in Aberdeen was central to Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler's testimony before Congress, where he argued Maryland should cooperate more with federal immigration authorities. Using that case and another Harford County murder, he blamed federal and state policies for allowing suspects without permanent legal status to remain in the country, while Rep. Jamie Raskin pushed back on Trump-era enforcement tactics.
   

• Joseph Robert Garrison, 75, (smnewsnet.com) — An obituary for Joseph Robert Garrison notes that one of his daughters, Sarah Willis, lives in Aberdeen, tying his Lexington Park–based life story to a local family here. Friends and relatives are invited to visitation in Leonardtown on September 11, with private interment and suggested memorial contributions to St. Mary's Hospice instead of flowers.
   

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  • Authorities investigate after two dead dogs found in crate in Edgewood (foxbaltimore.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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