From @spotlightonmaryland &
@baltimoresun - “State Senate Minority Whip Justin Ready, a Republican representing Carroll and Frederick counties, said the state’s handling of the cases is deeply concerning. He pushed back against the suggestion that the state’s obligation ends simply because a youth indicates they are safe.
“To just sort of say they’re where they want to be, and that’s kind of all we’re doing, is very concerning,” Ready said, “because a child is not often the best judge of where is best for them….“We can’t just have it be where a child goes missing for two weeks and we don’t know where they are and we think it’s okay,” Ready said. “It’s just not right.”