MD GOP Senate Candidate Made False Police Report: Sheriff

MARYLAND — A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland has been arrested for lying about child sex trafficking taking place at an adult bookstore in Harford County, authorities said.

Detectives said an employee of the business, Ryan Dark White — also known as Dr. Jon McGreevey, 54, of Baltimore, which is the name under which he appears on primary election ballots as a candidate for the Senate — is the source of the trafficking report.

White was charged Friday with making a false statement, according to a news release from the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.

On April 13, detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office were told child sex trafficking was occurring at an adult bookstore in the 3000 block of Pulaski Highway in Edgewood.
The information given to investigators claimed an older adult man was in the business with a girl about 10 to 12 years old, forcing the child to perform sexual acts on male customers.

The sheriff's office said no formal report was filed by anyone who claimed to witness such an incident. The investigation determined at no time were any sex acts performed or offered by any of the people in the business as reported by White, the news release said.

On July 15, detectives arrested White without incident. He is charged with making false statements to a law enforcement officer and false statement of the commission of a crime and existence of a condition imminently dangerous to public health and safety.

“It is shameful that a candidate for public office would make up such a story and use it to further his own political agenda” said Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey R. Gahler in a release. “Fearmongering and antagonism caused wasted time and energy by our personnel, whose time would have been better served protecting the citizens of Harford County, instead of investigating lies.”

White is one of ten Republican candidates on the ballot hoping to challenge Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who is seeking a second term in the U.S. Senate. (See the full list of candidates below.)

Polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents must vote at their assigned polling place on primary election day.

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Winners in some races might not be known until later this week. State law says mail-in ballots cannot be counted until Thursday.

The Maryland State Board of Elections expects to certify the final results during the week of Aug. 8. Officials will announce the unofficial early voting and election day results on July 19, but they still have to count the mail-in, dropbox and provisional ballots.

That means the final and official results will come a few weeks after voters hit the polls.

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Comptroller

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• Timothy J. Adams (D): timadams.org
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• Jim Shalleck (R): jimshalleck.com
• Anthony G. Brown (D): anthonybrown.com
• Katie Curran O'Malley (D): katieformd.com

U.S. Senate

• Chris Chaffee (R)
• George Davis (R): electgeorgedavis.org
• Nnabu Eze (R): ezeforsenate.com
• Lorie R. Friend (R)
• Reba A. Hawkins (R): rebaformaryland.com
• Jon McGreevey (R): mcgreeveyforsenate.com
• Joseph Perez (R): perezforussenate.com
• Todd A. Puglisi (R)
• James Tarantin (R): jamestarantin.com
• John Thormann (R)
• Michelle L. Smith (D): michellesmithforsenate.org
• Chris Van Hollen* (D): vanhollen.org (incumbent)*

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Early voting is already done. It ran from July 7 through July 14.

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When Will The Results Be Certified?

The Maryland State Board of Elections expects to certify the final results during the week of Aug. 8. Officials will announce the unofficial early voting and election day results on July 19, but they still have to count the mail-in, dropbox and provisional ballots.

State law says these tallies must start and end on specific dates after election day. That means the final and official results will come a few weeks after voters hit the polls.