20061214 Tentacle column on Tfc Eric Workman

Tentacle column on Tfc. Eric Workman

December 15^th, 2006

I have a Tentacle column up on Tfc. Eric Workman:

Time to Support A Wounded Protector, by Kevin E. Dayhoff, December 14, 2006

Maryland State Trooper First Class Eric D. Workman, 36, from the Westminster Barrack, has family traveling to Maryland from all over the country. They are staying in Baltimore while he is hospitalized at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being shot early Tuesday morning in Woodlawn, in Baltimore County.

His brother is a Fairfax County, VA, police officer. TFC Workman is single and has no children. His father and stepmother were at the hospital Tuesday afternoon. Other family members are expected to arrive as soon as travel arrangements can be made.

Accommodations are being attended to for the family by the Maryland Trooper Association Lodge # 20 (of which this writer is a member). The Westminster "Chick-fil-A" restaurant has donated food.

TFC Workman, who is assigned to the criminal investigation section, was working with the Baltimore Warrant Fugitive Task Force executing a warrant for a suspect in a home invasion and abduction on December 7 in Eldersburg, Carroll County.

According to a Maryland State Police press release, previously Steven T. Jones, of Glen Oak, MD, was charged with 60 criminal charges in connection with the incident.

State Police Spokesman Greg Shipley reported that Mr. Jones was already under "intensive parole," had "an extensive criminal record," including drug and theft charges going back to 1986.

He was released from the Eastern Correctional Institute on the Eastern Shore in June "after serving a sentence stemming from a 1994 conviction," according to the Baltimore Sun.

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The Maryland State Police, in partnership with the Maryland Troopers Association, The State Law Enforcement Labor Alliance and FOP Lodge 76, are answering the needs of TFC Workman's family. If you would like to make a donation to help TFC Workman and his family, please make a check payable to:

Maryland Troopers Association Lodge #20

TFC Eric D. Workman Family Fund

Westminster MSP Barrack G

1100 Baltimore Blvd.

Westminster, MD 21157

It is important we find ways every day to thank the troopers, firefighters and other professionals who protect our community. Today we have a very simple and direct way to say thank you to one hero and his family.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster: E-mail him at: kdayhoff@carr.org

Read the rest of the column here.

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