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Jul 15, 2011

Top 5: ‘It was a case that should never have gone to trial’

After insisting that he was a victim of police retaliation, West Baltimore boxer Deon Johnson had his attempted murder case dropped this week on the morning of the trial. That […]

Jul 15, 2011

Top 5: ‘We serve at the pleasure of the commission’

WBAL’s Mark Miller announced this week that he would be retiring after 32 years and the traffic plans surrounding Baltimore‘s Grand Prix race are starting to take shape in the […]

Jul 13, 2011

Suit against HarborView stays in court

In the latest development in litigation between residents in Baltimore‘s HarborView tower and the property’s condominium association, a city judge has ruled that penthouse owner Paul C. Clark’s fraud lawsuit […]

Jul 13, 2011

Lawsuit over State Center redevelopment to go forward

A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge cleared the way Wednesday for a legal challenge against the procurement procedures of the proposed $1.5 billion State Center development. Judge Althea M. Handy […]

Jul 13, 2011

Top court upholds Holton’s bribery dismissal

Saying “at last justice has prevailed,” Baltimore City Councilwoman Helen L. Holton praised Maryland’s top court late Wednesday for declining to reinstate criminal charges that she had committed bribery, and […]

Jul 11, 2011

State drops charges against teen boxer Deon Johnson, co-defendant

Deon Johnson, the West Baltimore boxer who claims his Olympic dreams were derailed two years ago when Baltimore police officers knocked him off a dirt bike, won perhaps the biggest […]

Jul 8, 2011

Top 5: ‘It is what it is’

A tip-pooling case involving a South Baltimore tavern owner has settled, and the city takes steps to prevent more misconduct in its police department. Those stories and more in this […]

Jul 6, 2011

New sentence ordered for gun conviction

An appellate court cannot simply excise a “no-parole” provision that made an otherwise legal sentence illegal, the state’s top court held Wednesday. Rather, the sentencing judge must hold a new […]

Jul 5, 2011

9 on short list for 2 judicial vacancies

A Maryland judicial commission has released the pared list of candidates Gov. Martin O’Malley will consider for two vacancies on the Baltimore City Circuit Court. The Trial Courts Judicial Nominating […]

Jul 4, 2011

Lottery commission asks court to resolve claims

The Maryland State Lottery Commission is asking a Baltimore judge to resolve a number of claims against $2.8 million that Baltimore City Entertainment Group LP paid for its casino license […]

Jul 1, 2011

Letters to the Editor – 6/17/11

In his June 14 article concerning the legislative audit of the Clerk’s Office at the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Steve Lash writes a piece that shows a lack of […]

Jun 28, 2011

PSC ruling on Constellation deal due in January

Hearings and discussions over Exelon Corp.’s proposed acquisition of Constellation Energy Group will take more than two months according to state regulators who outlined the process on Tuesday. The Maryland […]