Anne Arundel Co. Police Employee Suspended For Facebook Comment

Anne Arundel County police say a civilian employee was suspended Monday over a Facebook post appearing to make light of a Bowie State University student's stabbing death.

“The actions of this employee are a betrayal of the values of the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Any employee who espouses or supports hateful or racist ideology will be held accountable and we will not allow the public’s trust in their police department to be eroded," Chief Timothy Altomare said in a statement.

Police say, Welby Burgone is a former police academy recruit now assigned to the communications section. Hours after the comment, the police Professional Standards Unit launched an investigation.

An account in Burgone's name responded to a post jokingly approving of the fatal stabbing with an image macro of a crab holding a knife and the text, "You mess with crabo, You get a stabo."

Richard Wilbur Collins III, a Bowie State student days from graduation who had recently been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was stabbed to death on the University of Maryland campus allegedly by student Sean Urbanski early Saturday.