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2015, 2016, 2017 MDDC News Organization of the Year! Celebrating more than 160 years of service! Vol. 165, No. 13 • 50¢ SINCE 1855 Thursday, September 5, 2019 INSIDE The Fight To Stop Opioid Addiction Elrich clarifies position MCPS Board Back In Session on immigration status Vestibule construction, teacher hirings and additional portable classrooms are some of the topics in the county again that central office staff discussed during the Aug. 29 Board of Educa- Officer Rick Goodale wrote in an By Kathleen Stubbs tion meeting. email to an MCP employee who han- @kathleenstubbs3 dles statistics. Page 3 ROCKVILLE – Montgomery “Rapes are 2.6% lower than last County Executive Marc Elrich re- year at the same time (Jan. 1 to Sept. cently said that the county will not 3),” Goodale wrote on Sept 4. hold people charged with crimes in “Three-hundred-thirty-one (versus) custody for more time than the judi- 340.” cial system requires to help Immi- Some rape survivors report the gration and Customs Enforcement crime years after the incident oc- (ICE). curred. Elrich wrote in a statement on “Rapes are counted toward the Aug. 27 that the county received year reported, so if rape occurred in negative comments after a man 2016 but (was) reported in 2018 then charged with second-degree rape and it would count toward 2018 stats,” ‘Eroica + for whom ICE had lodged a detainer Goodale wrote. Beethoven’ was released from jail on bond. In regards to those accused of “Recently, there have been re- being released, Elrich said that it is “Eroica + Beethoven” takes ports of concerns expressed that the judge and not the county govern- place Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. and Sept. Montgomery County has released ment, such as the council or the exec- 22 at 3 p.m. at the Music Center at undocumented people, accused of utive, who determines if somebody may have a bail set and be released Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman serious crimes, back into communi- once the person posts bail. Lane, North Bethesda. ties, despite the fact that Immigration “The release of people – and Customs Enforcement may have whether they are awaiting trial or Page 11 issued detainer requests for them,” PHOTO BY GEORGE SMITH have completed serving their sen- said Elrich tences – are decisions made by the The Surviving Our Ultimate Loss (S.O.U.L.) organization remembers the Despite public concerns, the fallen at their table during the 4th Annual Montgomery County court system and not by the county number of rapes reported in the Observance of International Overdose Awareness Day - Overdose and government,” Elrich said. “That is county between Jan. 1 and Sept. 3, Prevention Vigil. A public gathering of education, remembrance and hope 2019 is slightly lower compared to was held at the Montgomery County Executive Office Building in Rockville on Aug. 29. Story continues on Page 8. Jan. 1 to Sept. 3, 2018, Montgomery County Police (MCP) spokesperson See Elrich, Page 8 Montgomery County remembers lives lost to opioid addiction (CDC), when used correctly, opioids overdoses related to prescription opi- Knight Foundation in 2017 after the By Elle Meyers Bullis Wins! passing of his son, manned his booth @_ElleMeyers can be a helpful way of treating mod- oids. Overdose deaths involving pre- erate to severe pain, but their addic- scription opioids were five times and participated in the vigil. Bullis School’s football ROCKVILLE — Community tive qualities can make them a dan- higher in 2017 than in 1999.” He explained that his foundation squad grinded out a tough win members gathered in the Mont- gerous solution. The state of Maryland follows aims to provide support and create over Archbishop Carroll on Aug. gomery County Executive Office “Since the 1990s, when the this nationwide trend, according to immediate action for individuals 30. Building to participate in Internation- number of opioids prescribed to pa- the Maryland Department of Health struggling with addiction. The al Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. tients began to grow, the number of Behavioral Health Administration. In Knight Foundation has developed Page 16 29., which commemorates those who overdoses and deaths from prescrip- fact, in 2018, Maryland saw 1,648 programs such as Recovering the have passed in the ongoing opioid tion opioids has also increased. Even opioid-related deaths from January Artist, Race for Recovery 5k and crisis. as the number of opioids prescribed through September. Arise and Flourish. This year’s vigil is the fourth an- and sold for pain has increased, the Local organizations like the Each program is designed to nual event that Montgomery County amount of pain that Americans report Knight Foundation set up booths in- tackle different aspects of addiction has held to raise awareness about the has not similarly changed,” the CDC side the Executive Office Building and recovery. For instance, the Race dangers of opioids. wrote in their overview of opioids. before the presentation and vigil to for Recovery is an annual event that According to the Centers for “From 1999 to 2017, almost 218,000 connect with attendees. Disease Control and Prevention people died in the United States from Kirk Knight, who founded the See Opioid, Page 8 2 THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 EFLECTIONS The Montgomery County Sentinel, R published weekly by Berlyn Inc. Publish- ing, is a community newspaper covering Montgomery County, Maryland. Our of- February 17, 1984: ‘County keys on juvenile arson’ fices are located at 22 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 309, Rockville, MD 20850. Each week the Sentinel visits a tions, said of children caught setting boy, who told police he wanted to pointed by County Executive Founded in 1855 by Matthew Fields. All mail to: P.O. Box 1272, Rockville, MD memorable story from its archives. fires or calling in false alarms. kill himself, was released to his par- Charles W. Gilchrist which recom- 20849-1272. Subscription Rates for The County police and fire mar- ents by the juvenile court, Fitzgib- mended closer cooperation between Montgomery County Sentinel – Weekly by mail: $40.00 per year & $26.50 for Se- County officials, burning over shals arrested 96 people in 1983 for bon said. all segments of the community to nior Citizens. (USPS) 361-100. the cost of arson, are cracking down arson-related offenses. Thirteen of “Our concern was that this get juvenile arsonists off the street. on the group responsible for 75% of those were children under age 14, could happen three, four, or five The task force also advocated closer Bernard Kapiloff the fires: children aged 7 to 14. according to police and fire investi- times,” said Fitzgibbon. He spends cooperation between the fire mar- PUBLISHER E MERITUS A major shift in the county’s gators. most of his time investigating juve- shal’s office and the police depart- Lynn G. Kapiloff policy toward juvenile arsonists An 8-year-old boy arrested last nile arsons. ment in getting the children into CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/ now means that more young fire set- month for setting a small fire in the We were losing track of these treatment. PUBLISHER ters are being arrested and charged. crawl space of a neighbor’s house kids. In other violations of the law,” “Before there were kids who I [email protected] Fires caused more than $11.5 was constantly setting fires accord- Fitzgibbon added, “they are (arrest- would judge were fairly serious cas- Mark Kapiloff million in damages in the county ing to the boy’s mother. ed and) charged.” es who were not getting treatment,” ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER last year. Authorities say $3.3 mil- In the past, according to Officer Part of the officials concern is said Dick Crane, program manager [email protected] lion of that was due to arson. Chil- James Fitzgibbon of the county po- the widely held belief that young ar- for youth services in the county’s di- EDITORIAL dren accounted for three-fourths of lice department’s youth division, at sonists become adult arsonist who vision of children and youth. Crane Daniel Kucin Jr. all set fires last year and at least the most the boy might have been set larger and more costly fires served on the arson task force. EXECUTIVE EDITOR 25% of the total dollar loss, police given a long lecture and released. “I can’t remember the last time The fire marshal office recently [email protected] and fire authorities say. Last December, a 12-year-old we caught an adult or a kid on his received a $63,000 federal grant to José Umaña “They’ll be charged now,” boy who got up in the middle of the first fire,” Jackson said. pay for counseling programs de- CITY EDITOR Capt. Lowell Jackson, the county’s night and inserted six separate fires The crackdown follows the re- signed to treat juvenile arsonists, [email protected] assistant fire marshal in charge of in the basement of his parents town- lease last march of the report of a Crane said. public education and fire investiga- house, was arrested for arson. The blue ribbon arson task force ap- Barbara Trainin Blank COPY EDITOR Neal Earley NEWS [email protected] Thousands fill Convention Center to hear their favorite authors Write us ASSIGNMENTS The Montgomery County Sentinel George Smith Yankee Alex Rodriguez, could meet retired Sandra Day O’Connor, who PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR By Suzanne Pollak her. Ginsburg said, “was as close as I @SuzannePollak welcomes letters. She welcomed them into her came to having a big sister,” and the Tazeen Ahmad WASHINGTON – Far more CALENDAR EDITOR chambers, and Lopez asked what her late Antonin Scalia, with whom she All letters must be original, than 4,000 people were admitted into secret was to a long marriage.

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