A grand jury has indicted a Maryland police officer accused of pulling people over during traffic stops and demanding they pay him cash or receive a ticket.

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A Princess Anne town commissioner did not commit extortion when he told a fellow commissioner up for re-election that he would convince a potential opponent not to run in exchange for $5,000, the Court of Special Appeals ruled last week. Lionel ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A woman has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for extorting more than $10,000 from a sex partner by telling him afterward that she was 15, even though she was 25 at the time. The Herald-Mail reports ...

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First the chefs of a small Italian restaurant got mad at online review site Yelp. Instead of trying to get better reviews, they decided to take a different approach: get terrible ones.

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Issues for the next attorney general lead news roundup that includes court approval of Florida medmal burden, Yelp's alleged extortion and Wisconsin's AG race.

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Over protestations that he had been illegally “kidnapped” from his beachfront condo in the Central American country of Belize, Creative Pipe CEO Mark T. Pappas was denied bail Wednesday and will remain jailed pending a civil contempt hearing on Friday. ...

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GREENBELT — A former Prince George’s County police officer has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for his role in an extortion scheme involving the trafficking of contraband cigarettes and alcohol. Richard Delabrer was sentenced in federal court ...

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Prosecutors say a Baltimore city police officer has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a towing company extortion scheme. A statement from the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office says 33-year-old Johnn Corona, of Rosedale, was sentenced ...

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GREENBELT — A former Prince George’s County housing director has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for his role in a corruption scheme involving former county executive Jack Johnson. James Johnson pleaded guilty to asking for ...

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Baltimore Police Officer Samuel Ocasio was convicted Thursday for his part in a wide-ranging towing scheme in the city that could land him behind bars for 25 years. Ocasio, 36, of Edgewood, was convicted by a jury in U.S. District ...

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