One police officer has left the Baltimore County police and another has been suspended amid an investigation into claims made against them in a high-profile police corruption trial.

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Former state Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty earlier this year to corruption charges.

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A former state senator who pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges is being hailed as a community hero by supporters even as he faces the potential of years of incarceration that his defense attorneys say could amount to a life sentence.

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Defense attorneys representing disgraced former state Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks are challenging prosecutors' request for a 60-month prison sentence.

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We are sick and tired of this circus atmosphere that seems to have become the standard operating procedure of the Baltimore Police Department.

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A federal judge Tuesday denied state Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks' motions to dismiss portions of the indictment against him, finding the lawmaker's request for draft legislation of a bond bill allegedly in exchange for a bribe constituted an "official act."

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Attorneys for state Sen. Nathaniel T. Oaks argued Friday for the dismissal of six counts of the indictment against him, claiming his request the Maryland Department of Legislative Services draft a bond bill in the fall of 2016 was not an official act.

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Two Baltimore detectives have been found guilty of racketeering and robbery in a trial that’s part of an ongoing federal investigation into police corruption. A federal jury delivered its verdict Monday evening. Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor faced robbery, ...

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A federal judge has personally apologized to two men who allegedly had drugs planted on them by a police officer charged with corruption.

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Good news: The U.S. Supreme Court has finally agreed to define the term “corruption.” That term has been used to label pejoratively what columnist George Will and others have correctly observed, which is the undeniable fact that “politics in our ...

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