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Leader of cocaine ring gets 15-year sentence (access required)

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 24, 2013
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The leader of a Guatemala-to-Maryland cocaine operation has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.


6th Md. prison guard pleads guilty in assault

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2013
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HAGERSTOWN — The Justice Department says a sixth former Maryland prison guard has pleaded guilty in the 2008 beating of an inmate at the Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown. Federal prosecutors say Jeremy McCusker pleaded guilty in the assault and to conspiring with other officers to cover it up. McCusker admitted that he and four [...]


WikiLeaks case file fight moves to federal court

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 23, 2013
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HAGERSTOWN — The WikiLeaks organization and a handful of journalists asked a federal judge Wednesday to order greater transparency in the court-martial of an Army private who has acknowledged sending reams of classified document to the WikiLeaks website. The Center for Constitutional Rights, representing WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, filed the petition in U.S. [...]


Md. immigration attorney, clients indicted for bribery (access required)

BY: Kristi Tousignant
POSTED: May 22, 2013
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A Maryland attorney and four of his clients have been indicted for trying to bribe an immigration official for permanent residence, employment and green card documents.


Judge: Hollister clothing unfriendly to disabled

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2013
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DENVER — A federal judge in Denver is contemplating an injunction against Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC after ruling earlier that nearly 250 of their clothing stores that cater to a hip, young clientele are unfriendly to the disabled. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of several Colorado customers who said they [...]


Insurer wants out of civil suit against Huguely (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 21, 2013
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George W. Huguely V, the former University of Virginia lacrosse player who was convicted in February 2012 of killing his former girlfriend, is being sued in Maryland federal court by his mother’s insurance company.


Suit: Police allegedly stomp cellphone woman used to record arrest, beat her (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 16, 2013
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A Baltimore woman is suing the city’s police department, alleging that officers arrested her and destroyed her cellphone in retaliation for her using the phone to film police beating up someone else.


Del. Dwyer’s attorney appeals 30-day jail sentence

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 14, 2013
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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland lawmaker involved in a boating crash that injured several people was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Tuesday for operating a motorboat under the influence of alcohol, but his attorney has appealed the case to a higher court. David Fischer appealed Anne Arundel District Court Judge Robert Wilcox’s decision shortly [...]


Officer gets defense win in pepper-spray case (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 13, 2013
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A Prince George’s County police officer did not use excessive force by pepper-spraying a Washington, D.C., woman during an arrest, a federal jury found.


Epileptic inmate settles suit (access required)

BY: Beth Moszkowicz
POSTED: May 7, 2013
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An epileptic inmate who was injured after he fell from the top of his bunk during a seizure has settled his federal lawsuit against officials at a state prison.


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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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