Deleted Facebook Comments Spark Lawsuit For Maryland Governor: Patch PM

What does the person who kidnaps the 74-year-old mother of a baseball legend look like? The FBI and Aberdeen Police Department have an idea and are asking whether he looks familiar to anyone. A sketch showing the age progression of the suspect is the latest development in the abduction, which occurred in 2012.

In other news, a group is suing Gov. Larry Hogan over alleged constitutional violations based on activity on his Facebook page; a reward is offered in last week's sports bar arson in Pasadena; and Baltimore City police officers are under scrutiny over body camera footage involving drugs, again. Here are the stories people are talking about from Maryland Patches on Wednesday, Aug. 2:

Gov. Hogan's Deleted Facebook Comments Prompt ACLU Lawsuit
The governor's office reportedly said in a statement that the civil liberties group "should be focusing on more important issues than monitoring Facebook pages.”

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• Reward Offered In Coconut Charlie's Arson Fire, Employee Fund Created
• Guilty Pleas In Brutal Stabbings Of Two Anne Arundel County Women

Vi Ripken Kidnapper Sketch Released
A sketch from the FBI and Aberdeen Police shows what the suspect in the 2012 abduction of the 74-year-old Aberdeen woman looks like now, police said.

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