A unanimous Maryland high court has disbarred a young attorney who essentially compelled his immigrant client to plead guilty to a drug trafficking offense without investigating her credible defense of duress, considering the immigration consequences of her plea or filing ...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it’s targeting drug trafficking in Cecil and Frederick counties with additional federal funds for law enforcement. They are among 12 counties nationwide that the Office of National Drug Control Policy designated Thursday as high-intensity ...

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Federal prosecutors say 18 people have been changed in a drug trafficking operation that spanned three states and transported hundreds of pounds of marijuana. The 18 were charged in indictments and complaints unsealed Tuesday. Fifteen people were arrested and search ...

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GREENBELT — A Montgomery County police officer charged with illegally using computers to help her drug-dealing fiance was released on home confinement Friday and will be tracked through electronic monitoring equipment. Delores Culmer, 37, of Silver Spring, Md., was arrested ...

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GREENBELT — A Montgomery County police officer has been arrested on charges that she used police databases to help a convicted drug dealer she was having a relationship with. A criminal complaint announced Wednesday charges 37-year-old Delores Culmer, of Silver ...

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A Baltimore man has been indicted on charges of killing a federal witness — a charge that could land him on federal death row. An indictment unsealed Friday says 30-year-old Antonio Hall shot and killed Kareem Guest in September 2009 ...

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