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| Sheriff Tim Cameron and Kumar Ohri |
On a
December evening last year, two masked men entered a liquor store, robbed and
assaulted its owner. Kumar Ohri, owner of Centre Liquors in Leonardtown, was
hit in the head with a liquor bottle which required medical treatment.
The two
culprits were later caught, jailed and charged and are awaiting trial.
Ohri was
invited to the June 6, 2018 meeting of the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office
Citizen Advisory Board to express his appreciation for the law-enforcement
response.
“I want to say
thank you very much,” Ohri told Sheriff Tim Cameron and advisory board members.
“The community helps us a lot.”
After the
Dec. 5, 2017 robbery, many members of the community came to the store to offer
whatever help they could, Ohri said. “They hug me. They say, ‘Thank you. God
save you,’” he said.
In the Sheriff’s
Office response to the robbery, Sheriff Cameron said, “We sent a clear message
– not here” in St. Mary’s County.
Lamont
Luther Johnson of Clinton and Warren Duane Hayes of Washington D.C. were both
charged with robbery, first-degree assault and several other offenses.
Having since
recovered from his injuries, Ohri said, “Now I can work” and the stress from the
robbery has passed.
Detective
Melissa Hulse led the Sheriff’s Office investigation into the robbery.
