Grand Old Police Blotter: Like Father, Like Scum Edition

A Washington Times Maryland statehouse reporter, S. A. (Steve)Miller, caused an ugly scene in downtown Annapolis last week during a Thursday night party hosted by the Baltimore Sun. According to witnesses, Miller drunkenly groped a female former legislator and asked her to "take off [her] shirt." Then, when other partygoers grabbed his car keys, he threatened to "trash" the large luxury house rented by the Sun's capital bureau.

That was enough for Sun statehouse reporter Mike Dresser to call the Annapolis Police Department at 12:37 a.m. Friday, according to the resulting "event report." It states that an "extremely" intoxicated Miller was taken away by officers and dropped off at a local hotel around 1 a.m. No charges were filed against Miller, who joined the Times last fall after working at the Frederick Post.

Witnesses told us that when the 41-year-old former legislator arrived at the Sun's annual mid-session party and gave hugs to old friends from the press corps, Miller also demanded a hug. Though the two had never met in person, she reluctantly complied. Then, one witness told us, "to everyone's shock, he grabbed her butt, told her she was beautiful, spit out some lewd comments then asked her to 'take off [her] shirt.'"

The victim is fortunate it wasn't Wes Pruden or Rbt. S. McCain with a jug of moonshine and a rope. Mr. Miller will remain employed by the Moonie Times, of course.