Fort Meade not fully ready for KSM broadcast

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 30, 2012
Tags: arraignment, broadcast, fort meade, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, maryland, puerto rico, san juan, trial

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The arraignment for the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four other Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be broadcast to six sites at four military bases in the northeast U.S., a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. A military judge had authorized the broadcasting of the arraignment by closed-circuit TV to [...]

Lawyer’s suit against judges dismissed

BY: Steve Lash
POSTED: October 23, 2011
Tags: 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals, chief judge deborah k. chasanow, criminal justice act, ftca, greenbelt, puerto rico, Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, zeno

Criminal defense lawyer Alexander Zeno accused federal district judges in Puerto Rico of making a “mockery” of justice and of being dishonest, biased and unintelligent. When the court responded by suspending him for three months, Zeno, who lives in Montgomery County, sued the judges in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt for violating his right to [...]

‘Explicit’ photos of victim studied in Aruba missing person case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 18, 2011
Tags: american express travel insurance, aruba missing woman, aruba robyn gardner missing woman, fbi, frederick, gaithersburg, gary v. giordano, insurance policy, maryland, puerto rico, robyn gardner, san juan, solicitor general taco stein
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Aruban authorities say that a Gaithersburg, man detained in the presumed death of his travel companion had what are being called “explicit” photos of her in his camera. Solicitor General Taco Stein says the camera was confiscated as part of the investigation into the disappearance of 35-year-old Robyn Gardner, of [...]

Aruba seeking leads in missing Frederick tourist case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 12, 2011
Tags: aruba, caribbean island, frederick, gary v. giordano, investigation, maryland, puerto rico, robyn gardner, san juan, snorkeling, solicitor general taco stein, taco stein

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Aruban prosecutors will ask a judge to continue detaining a Maryland man suspected of involvement in the death of his travel companion on the Caribbean island. Solicitor General Taco Stein tells The Associated Press an Aruban judge can order Gary V. Giordano held up to eight more days when his [...]

Ritz-Carlton to open 2nd Reserve in Puerto Rico

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: July 18, 2011
Tags: chevy chase, Development, Dorado Beach, hotel, luxury hotel, maryland, puerto rico, reserve, resort, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC
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The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. LLC of Chevy Chase, a luxury hotel company, said plans are well underway to launch the first Reserve property in the Americas at Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico. The ultra-luxury resort will be only the second worldwide; the first is in Thailand. The Dorado Beach resort is set to open in December [...]