4th Circuit allows capital retrial of alleged drug kingpin
BY: Associated Press McLEAN, Va. — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Virginia should be allowed to pursue a capital murder case against an alleged drug kingpin from northern Virginia, overruling a lower court that had sought to put an end to the 12-year legal saga by ordering his unconditional release. In a 2-1 ruling, the 4th [...] |
Baltimore police officer charged with human trafficking
BY: Associated Press Maryland State Police have arrested a Baltimore police officer and a woman he lives with on prostitution charges. Thirty-one-year-old Lamin Manneh, a probationary police officer, was arrested Thursday. He was charged with human trafficking and prostitution. Troopers with the Child Recovery Unit found an escort ad on a website that featured a young-looking female. Police [...] |
Arrest made in Inner Harbor slaying
BY: Associated Press A Baltimore police spokesman says a 24-year-old Frederick man is facing murder charges for an Inner Harbor stabbing death that followed an argument over a woman. Police said Monday that Matthew Darby has been charged with first- and second-degree murder for the death of 20-year-old Anthony Black. Police say Black had left his job in [...] |
Alleged Maryland drug kingpin arrested in Atlanta
BY: Associated Press ATLANTA — Authorities say an alleged Baltimore drug kingpin who may have been trying to expand his operation in Atlanta and has been arrested. U.S. Marshals spokesman Gavin Duffy says Jeffrey Cofield was arrested Wednesday night after authorities with the U.S. Marshals in the Washington, D.C. area told them Cofield had recently relocated from Baltimore [...] |
House votes to extend DNA sampling for arrestees
BY: Associated Press ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to maintain a much-debated state law that allows police to take DNA samples from arrestees without a warrant. In 2009, the state began requiring people arrested for certain violent crimes to submit a DNA sample before going to trial. The U.S. Supreme Court heard a case [...] |
Another mistrial declared in warrantless-GPS case
BY: Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a D.C. nightclub owner charged with drug conspiracy — 2 ½ years after his previous conviction was tossed out because police used a global positioning device to track him without a warrant. U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle declared the mistrial [...] |
Justices debate Maryland DNA collection law
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Photographer sues Montgomery County over arrest
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Prince George’s jury awards $5.6M in warrant snafu
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Banned swim coach Curl charged with child abuse
BY: Associated Press A swim coach has surrendered in Montgomery County to face a charge of child abuse that police say occurred decades ago. |
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Maryland Moment – Marking Memorial Day
A “Field of Flags” was installed by residents of the Charlestown retirement community in Catonsville in preparation for Memorial Day. Each of the 500 flags was sponsored by a local business for $35, with proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project and the Charlestown Benevolent Care Fund. Photo submitted by Mel Tansill.
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