[Dog Gone]

From CNN:

Investigators found a handwritten note in the woods near the Ponderosa. One source close to the case said the note contained "significant content."

Sources said investigators found the note after a caller to the investigation tip line said there was a note for police in the woods near the restaurant. The phone call, placed after the Saturday night shooting, was traced to a location in Richmond near where the man with the minivan was picked up Monday.

Sources said the note "hinted at a demand for money."

Montgomery County, Maryland, Police Chief Charles Moose, who is heading the sniper investigation, issued a brief, cryptic statement Monday. "We are going to respond to a message that we have received," he said. "We will respond later. We are preparing a response at this time."

[antivenom]

Couple of "hucksters" trying to extort money...they were NOT as smart as the sniper...and have proven that to be so...they were busted within a few days...and the SNIPER is still at large...

[xsrdx]

Sources said the note "hinted at a demand for money."

If that's the case, these arrests have nothing to do with the shooting. This is some ding-dong trying to cash in on the reward, however ineptly.

My guess is nobody is any closer to catching this perp.

[anymouse]

These guys should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The DA should threaten to charge them with 10 counts of murder and sweat them. They probably know nothing about the case, but they should have the fear of the hangman's noose put into them for trying to capitalize on such a tragedy.