September 26th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Senate President Bill Ferguson is promising hearings, but House Minority Leader Jason Buckel wants more immediate action after a 16-year old in the custody of Maryland’s Department of Human Services was found dead in a Baltimore hotel room this week. The incident comes on the heels of an audit of the DHS that included finding sex offenders in charge of children. Buckel told WBAL Radio the state needs to get things under control...

 

“You know, I think the Governor has the ability, he’s maybe the only person who has the ability, to put a stop to this today and say I want to know before I go to sleep tonight where every kid in the care of the State of Maryland is going to sleep, and I want to know who the caregivers are, and I want to know that they have been run through a database maintained by the Maryland State Police that they are not criminals.”