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Sep 2, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Before I moved to Texas, I worked at the Gazette, a small, tight-knit weekly newspaper in suburban Maryland. Jeremy Arias was the cops reporter, a crusty, profane, no-nonsense reporter with an unforgettable sense of humor. He died this week, at 34.
He was a yeoman reporter who really took immersive journalism to a new level. He wrote a whole series about cadets training to become cops -- and went through the academy with them and let them tase him.
bit.ly/3jFUvDT
His death, after a sudden illness over the past few days, left his colleagues (past and present) stunned.
Forgive my self-indulgent thread, but if you have a moment, perhaps head over to the @frednewspost, which is posting many of his fine stories.
If you're inclined, Jeremy's friends have made a GoFundMe to support Humane Society organizations of two communities where he worked -- and that he loved.

gofundme.com/f/in-loving-me…
Here is Jeremy's obituary, from the News-Post, where he was working at the time of his death:

Energetic, compassionate and just: Frederick News-Post, community mourn death of public safety reporter Jeremy Arias fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and…

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