Former Montgomery County pastor guilty of sex offense

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: assault, barnesville baptist church, criminal record, frederick, joe ivey, Montgomery County, Prison, richard bricken, second-degree sex offense, walkersville

FREDERICK — The former pastor of a Montgomery County church has pleaded guilty in Frederick to second-degree sex offense with a 10-year-old girl.
Seventy-four-year-old Joe Ivey of Walkersville entered into the plea deal Tuesday. Frederick County prosecutors dropped charges of second-degree assault and sexual abuse of a minor.
Prosecutors say they’ll recommend at Ivey’s March 28 sentencing [...]

Naval Academy ends synthetic marijuana investigation

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: Annapolis, expelled, investigation, navy, spice, students, synthetic marijuana, U.S. Naval Academy

ANNAPOLIS — Officials at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis say an investigation into the use of synthetic marijuana by students is over.
Sixteen students were expelled from the academy for use or possession of “spice” between December 2010 and August 2011, when the formal investigation ended.
Officials told The Washington Post that their investigation found no [...]

Colorado man charged with murder fights extradition to Maryland

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: alexander bennett, charged, colorado, extradition, greeley, Heidi Bernadzikowski, maryland, murder

GREELEY, Colo. — A Colorado man charged with a slaying in Maryland in 2000 is fighting extradition to Maryland.
An attorney for 32-year-old Alexander Bennett of Greeley, Colo., said Monday his client is refusing to waive extradition. Bennett is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 24-year-old Heidi Bernadzikowski.
Bernadzikowski was found dead in her Dundalk, [...]

P.G. officers suspended amid firearm discharge investigation

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: brentwood, investigation, maryland, police officer, police officers, Prince George's County, shooting, suspended

BRENTWOOD — Prince George’s County police say two officers have been suspended while officials investigate an incident in which an officer discharged his gun.
Police said Monday that videotape evidence does not support the initial account of the incident that occurred Friday in Brentwood.
Authorities said earlier that the officer fired his weapon during a confrontation with [...]

Guilty plea expected in presidential historian’s theft case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: Barry Landau, collector, Jason Savedoff, Maryland Historical Society, plea, presidential historian, rearraignment, theft, u..s district court

A presidential historian is expected to plead guilty in a case in which he is accused of stealing documents signed by leading figures throughout western history.

Barry Landau, a New York City author and collector, is accused of taking documents from the Maryland Historical Society and conspiring to steal documents from that institution and others in [...]

Jury selection for ex-U.Va. athlete continues

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: charlottesville circuit court, crime, george huguely v, jury selection, lacrosse, murder, university of virginia, yeardley love

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jury selection continues in the case of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend.
George Huguely V of Chevy Chase, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges on Monday. It was his first court appearance since his arrest in 2010, when he was [...]

Texting while driving bill passed by Virginia committee

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: AAA Mid-Atlantic, blackberry, cellphones, emailing while driving, iPhone, primary offense, sen. george barker, senate courts of justice committee, texting, texting while driving, virginia state senate

RICHMOND, Va. — Tapping on your BlackBerry or iPhone while driving is going to cost you if a bill in a Virginia State Senate committee overwhelmingly endorsed Monday becomes law.
On a 10-4 vote, the Senate Courts of Justice Committee approved legislation that makes texting or emailing while driving a primary offense in Virginia.
It’s already a [...]

Ex-D.C. mayoral candidate’s trial postponed

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: adrian fenty, campaign, D.C Superior Court, driving, investigation, mayoral candidate, moving violation, Sulaimon Brown, vincent gray

WASHINGTON — A former District of Columbia mayoral candidate who was set to go to trial on a charge of driving without a valid license will have to return to court.
Sulaimon Brown’s trial on the traffic charge was supposed to be Monday in D.C. Superior Court, but it was rescheduled to [...]

Prosecutor dropping charges against 2nd Maryland prison guard

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: allegany county district court, cumberland, Division of Correction, garrett county state's attorney, Inmate, Lisa Thayer Welch, maryland correctional officer, north branch correctional institution, prosecutor, warren mallow
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CUMBERLAND — A prosecutor is seeking to have charges dropped against a second Maryland correctional officer accused of assaulting an inmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland.
Garrett County State’s Attorney Lisa Thayer Welch, serving as a special prosecutor, filed paperwork Jan. 31 in Allegany County District Court asking to have the case against Warren [...]

Jury selection under way in murder trial of U.Va. lacrosse player

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: adderall, charlottesville, chevy chase, cockeysville, first-degree murder, lacross, lacrosse murder trial, university of virginia, uva lacrosse, virginia, yeardley love

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jury selection is under way in the trial of a University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, a player on the women’s lacrosse team.
George Huguely V, of Chevy Chase, pleaded not guilty Monday in Charlottesville Circuit Court to first-degree murder, robbery, burglary, breaking and [...]