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Nance replaces Welch as chief judge on circuit court
The Baltimore City Circuit Court has a new chief judge. Judge Alfred Nance assumed the largely ceremonial position Monday.
Love It has no love for vendor
The vendor’s sales manager wanted the Baltimore business to pay the $3,000 it owed, so he emailed the company last month indicating he would make a “PERSONAL VISIT” from Florida to Charm City if the money was not quickly forthcoming.
Police officer owes $50K for arrest of 13-year-old
A Baltimore jury has awarded $50,000 to the mother of a then-13-year-old boy who said he was chased down, punched and ultimately released by a city police officer, only to be detained again without charges after the teen sought treatment for his injuries.
Editorial: A chemical giant reborn
The announcement right before the holidays that Worthington Industries is closing its steel-processing plant in Essex is a reminder of the long, grinding attrition of Maryland’s traditional strengths in manufacturing and heavy industry.
Editorial: All in the Family Division
Imagine the fate of your family life depends on a trial judge, who will issue a custody decision based in part on an investigative report. Now, imagine that the report can only be viewed in one room of one courthouse. No copying allowed. No exceptions.
‘Mayor of Poppleton’ gets settlement
The city’s Board of Estimates is scheduled Wednesday to approve a $63,000 settlement with a West Baltimore man nicknamed the “Mayor of Poppleton” who alleged police broke his arm and used excessive force during a traffic stop.
No-copy policy requires judge’s discretion
The state’s highest court has questioned a longstanding policy of the Baltimore City Circuit Court in custody cases, which bars attorneys and self-represented litigants from taking a custody investigator’s report out of the Family Division Clerk’s Office or even making photocopies of it.
Alleged former BGF member refiles suit against officers
The lawsuit contains similar allegations to a federal lawsuit filed months before indictments came down in the Black Guerilla Family jailhouse drug ring.
Judge to rule on new eatery next to Tiki Barge
A Baltimore judge will decide the fate of the Raw Barge Seafood Co., a proposed floating restaurant next to the popular but controversial Tiki Barge in the Harborview community.
Suit against Cordish, resort over dining pier moves to Baltimore
A Baltimore company’s breach of contract lawsuit against The Cordish Cos. and Dick’s Last Resort has finally landed in Baltimore City Circuit Court.
East Baltimore house repo goes astray
Veronica and Peter Nikoroken thought they had cleared up any confusion with Bank of America after a vacancy notice was mistakenly placed on their East Baltimore home in February. Bank of America did not even have a mortgage on their home, after all.
Top court won’t stay lawyers-at-bail ruling
Maryland’s top court said Wednesday it will not stay its landmark decision that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to counsel at initial bail hearings — but even so, it may have prolonged the seven-year legal fight between the accused and the state.
