• Amend Criminal Law, § 9-801 to include an expanded definition that makes it clear a gang is defined as such because its members have a pattern of committing certain criminal offenses, and their primary objective for associating is to commit additional criminal offenses.  The amendment also expands the commonality of the members beyond just signs, name, and symbols to include leadership and purpose.
• Allow State's Attorneys and other law enforcement to investigate and prosecute gang members as a group and across jurisdictional lines.
• Allow the State to charge anyone who actively participates in a criminal gang with a felony when they have knowledge that its’ members engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal gang activity, and willfully participates or assists in any criminal offenses committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a gang.
• Allow all property, real or personal, including money, used in substantial connection with a criminal gang, to be subject to forfeiture.
• Amend Real Property Article § 14-120 to allow any real property used to facilitate criminal offenses by a criminal gang or as a meeting place for the criminal gang subject to abatement.

Nancy is showing that she is our most prized possession in Annapolis.  Legislation like this is so important as we take back the Rt. 40 corridor from these thugs.  I think the legislators are doing an excellent job creating a net to catch these losers in.  If you desire to associate with a group of people whose main purpose in life is to break the law then you will go to jail.  With nuisance laws, gang legislation, tough truancy laws, and a curfew, we may be able to stop gangs in Harford County.  Many of these kids probably do not have parents so the law may be required to parent them. 

We do need one more thing, a new Southern Precinct.  I have not heard much about this in quite some time.  We should follow up to make sure  those campaign promises were not campaign hot air.  We hear a lot about school construction, but nothing about building the Southern Precinct.  Hopefully that will change soon.

Good job Nancy!