January 25, 2018
Comments Off on Baltimore jury awards $75K to man sprayed with tear gas by police during Freddie Gray unrest
A Baltimore jury awarded $75,000 on Wednesday to a man who was sprayed with tear gas at close range and tackled by police during the 2015 civil unrest following the death of Freddie Gray. Larry Lomax filed an excessive force lawsuit ...
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January 25, 2018
Comments Off on 4th Circuit hears arguments on Md.’s drug price-gouging law
Attorneys for an industry group opposed to Maryland’s generic drug price-gouging law told judges in the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday that a lower-court judge improperly dismissed a portion of their challenge alleging the law attempts to ...
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The former insurance executive claims he should have been permitted to withdraw from his guilty plea and a federal magistrate judge should have appointed counsel during sentencing.
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January 24, 2018
Comments Off on Prince George’s jury awards $11.2M to woman defrauded after house fire
The Fort Washington woman sued an insurance adjuster and builder for defrauding her out of her homeowner's insurance money after her home burned down.
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January 24, 2018
Comments Off on Baltimore grand jury indicts officer involved in controversial body camera incident
A Baltimore city grand jury has indicted a police officer on charges of tampering with or fabricating evidence and misconduct in office based on body worn camera footage that surfaced last year appearing to show him placing drugs on the ground then ...
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January 24, 2018
Comments Off on Prince George’s Co. files lawsuit against opioid manufacturers
Prince George’s County on Wednesday joined the growing list of jurisdictions in Maryland suing opioid manufacturers. “The scourge of this health crisis is affecting Prince Georgians countywide,” Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III said in a statement. “Families ...
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January 23, 2018
Comments Off on Howard Co. judge files exceptions in disciplinary case
Judge Mary C. Reese filed exceptions to the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities' findings that she committed sanctionable conduct in a 2015 case.
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A Baltimore County grand jury indicted former superintendent S. Dallas Dance on Tuesday for allegedly not reporting on financial disclosure statements more than $140,000 in income he received from companies working with the county school system. Dance was charged with four counts ...
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January 22, 2018
Comments Off on Retired DNR police officer claims captain caused firing from civilian job
A retired Maryland Natural Resources Police officer has filed suit against the department, alleging he was fired from his civilian employee position in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. Norris Paul Carey Jr., who retired from MNRP in 2013 ...
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January 19, 2018
Comments Off on Md. state senator to get separate trials on bribery, obstruction
State Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks will have a separate trial on an obstruction of justice charge after a federal judge ruled Friday that the count should be severed from nine counts of bribery- and fraud-related offenses he also faces.
Tagged with: bribery fraud nathaniel t. oaks obstruction of justice U.S. District Court
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