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Previous Shropshire complaints surface

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Published 07/02/09

A 21-year-old midshipman who filed recent sexual-assault allegations against city Alderman Sam Shropshire was not the first to question his behavior with young men.

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An Annapolis-area woman filed a complaint with city police in 2001 alleging that Shropshire, D-Ward 7, sexually assaulted her 25-year-old mentally unstable son while he volunteered at the mayoral candidate's now-defunct AIDS charity.

Police never brought charges, but a police report obtained by The Capital listed as a suspect "Jeff Collins" - the pseudonym Shropshire used until 2005.

And Shropshire's wife - who has lived in the...

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Hiding from the Soviets till 2005 - 2009-07-03 08:41:00

Stand back and look at some of the facts. At the very least, the whole thing is bizzare. Using another name to hide from the Soviets!? I tend to think the KGB was a bit smarter than to be fooled by a guy who decides to use a pseudonym. Good grief. The truth always comes out.

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