When Carroll County's own circuit court judges unanimously banned Allan Culver Jr. from their courtrooms — he called it a "rumor." Now he wants to run the whole office. Carroll County deserves better. It's time for George Psoras.
2022 was Culver's year as Acting State's Attorney. It was the worst year Carroll County had seen.
Sources: FBI NIBRS Data 2021-2022 · CrimeGrade.org 2025
This is not a political attack. These are documented facts from sworn court testimony, published court orders, and reporting by the Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Sun, and Capital Gazette. Every item below is sourced.
Culver's campaign will make one central argument: that he was investigated and cleared. Every part of that claim deserves scrutiny.
The Maryland State Prosecutor conducted a 15-month investigation and cleared everyone involved.
The state prosecutor investigated Deputy Buenger — not Culver. Culver was never the subject of an independent investigation. The finding on Buenger was "inconclusive" — not exoneration. Shoemaker, Culver's boss and endorsee, issued the "cleared" statement. That is not independent exoneration. That is a political ally protecting a political ally.
He was cooperative with the investigation and the matter was ultimately resolved.
The county's four circuit court judges heard sworn testimony, reviewed evidence, and made an independent judicial decision to ban Culver from their courtrooms. That decision was never reversed or appealed. The Public Defender called it an "egregious failure." One defendant's conviction was overturned. Those are facts, not allegations.
His decades of service demonstrate dedication to Carroll County.
Longevity is not integrity. The judges who banned him had known him for years. His decades of experience did not prevent him from calling documented evidence of potential perjury a "rumor" and taking no action while four people sat in jail on cases tied to that deputy.
"Buenger's guilt or innocence was never the issue with Culver. It was the fact Culver had information that required disclosure and it was not disclosed. That is why, after a hearing with testimony and evidence, Judge Richard Titus found Culver did not do his job and four Circuit Court judges banned Culver from their courtrooms."
— Letter to the Editor, Carroll County Times, November 2023While acting as State's Attorney, Culver submitted written testimony to the Maryland General Assembly opposing two separate transparency reform bills. Both are on the public record. Both are damning.
Culver opposed the bill that would have enabled independent police oversight (SB 896) and the bill that would have enabled public scrutiny of prosecutorial decisions (SB 763). Both bills were opposed while he was simultaneously failing to disclose the Buenger credibility information to defense attorneys. In October 2024 — while preparing his campaign — he published an op-ed arguing that outside oversight of Carroll County represents a threat to "self-governance." The pattern across his career is the same: oppose accountability, resist oversight, call evidence a rumor, and wait for a political ally to issue a clearance.
Two criminals broke into a Carroll County small business. When the owner defended himself, Allan Culver's office charged him with assault — and ignored the criminals. The community demanded the charges be dropped. Culver ignored them and pressed forward.
George Psoras took the case. He defended that store owner in court. A Carroll County Circuit Court judge disagreed with Culver's office completely.
Source: Carroll County Circuit Court, Judge Stansfield
Melina Rauskolb is an Assistant State's Attorney in the Carroll County office — hired by Allan Culver. She was the prosecutor who charged a Carroll County store owner with assault after he defended himself from criminals breaking into his business. A Carroll County judge found the store owner NOT GUILTY.
George Psoras won't hire prosecutors whose values don't reflect Carroll County. He and his Chief Deputy, Joe Murtha — one of Maryland's finest trial attorneys — will hire tough, fair, community-minded prosecutors who believe in your right to defend yourself and your property. They will train them right, with common sense and a deep respect for Carroll County families.
Two of Maryland's most experienced trial attorneys — together for Carroll County. Republican Primary June 23 · Early Voting June 11.
The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) is a proposal by PSEG — a New Jersey corporation — to cut a 150-foot-wide, 70-mile transmission line path through Baltimore, Carroll, and Frederick Counties.
PSEG has already filed court motions to force surveyors onto private land — without property owners' permission. If you refuse, they can invoke eminent domain and take your land by force of law.
Sources: Carroll County Board of Commissioners Resolution opposing MPRP · WMAR2 News (April 2025) · Baltimore Sun
We compiled the documented case against Allan Culver Jr. from sworn court testimony, judicial orders, legislative records, and published journalism. Every claim is sourced. 22 pages of facts Carroll County voters deserve to see.
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