Two former Baltimore police officers face trial in federal court for having allegedly lied to U.S. law enforcement in connection with their purported plan to sell cocaine seized during a drug arrest they helped conduct in the city 11 years ...

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A Frederick County police officer violated a woman’s constitutional rights by looking down her underwear during a highway-side search for hidden drugs after a traffic stop allegedly revealed cocaine in her car, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled in overturning her ...

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A sharply divided Maryland high court has reinstated drug- and gun-possession convictions of Hyattsville roommates, saying a jury validly concluded they had “constructive possession” of the contraband in the one-bedroom apartment’s common areas, including the kitchen, bathroom and a hallway closet.

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Appellant’s conviction for possession of cocaine must merge into his conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine.

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Dover police say a Delaware man has been arrested after officers discovered a stash of cocaine in his prosthetic leg. Police say officers stopped 39-year-old Marlow Holmes as he was driving near McKee Road in Dover just after 2:30 p.m. ...

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GREENBELT — A man who was convicted of smuggling cocaine from a Caribbean island hidden in the soles of flip-flops has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison. Twenty-eight-year-old Lorenzo Solomon of Baltimore was sentenced in federal court ...

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The leader of a Guatemala-to-Maryland cocaine operation has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

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An internal Justice Department report on flaws in forensic-evidence gathering by the FBI might provide the final chance for a convicted Maryland double-murderer who has served 30 years of a double-life sentence to argue for his innocence. John Norman Huffington’s ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania state prosecutors said Thursday they filed charges against 14 people in what they describe as a drug distribution network that purchased cocaine in Baltimore for resale in the Altoona area. Attorney General Linda Kelly said the ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Jury selection has begun in Hagerstown for the first-degree murder trial of a schizophrenic drug addict charged with killing his 22-year-old neighbor. Darrol Sands’ lawyer said at the start of the proceeding Tuesday that his client pleads not ...

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