A Hagerstown man is suing the city after he claims police arrested him multiple times on a warrant for a different person. Jamarr Robinson was involved in a dispute at the Maryland Health and Wellness Center in October 2019 and Hagerstown ...

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A Baltimore judge will determine whether to allow a lawsuit by a man claiming two former Gun Trace Task Force officers planted a gun and arrested him to move forward after a hearing Friday that may have convinced her to rule ...

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A Baltimore judge on Wednesday did not address whether two former Gun Trace Task Force officers were acting within the scope of their employment when they allegedly falsely arrested a man for handgun possession last year, instead denying a motion to dismiss a civil conspiracy claim against them.

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A Charles County jury awarded a $3 million verdict this week to a man who was wrongfully charged with shoplifting and fraud after police arrested a different man who gave a false name and escaped. Police took almost three months ...

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is scheduled to approve a $110,000 settlement Wednesday with two people who flagged down police to assist them with a road rage incident only to end up arrested and charged themselves. Ivan Pratt Sr. ...

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is scheduled to approve Wednesday a $65,000 settlement with a man who was searched several times and taken into custody last year despite no drugs or weapons being found on him. Ryan Brown filed ...

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A Forestville man has been awarded more than $500,000 after he was Tasered during a traffic stop in the parking lot of a McDonald’s where he was picking up dinner for his children. The federal jury’s verdict in favor of ...

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A federal appeals court Monday reinstated a $2.3 million jury award to a Baltimore man who was falsely held in jail for 15 months as the “Charles Village rapist,” saying city police officers lacked probable cause to make an arrest. ...

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is scheduled to approve Wednesday settlements totaling $150,000 in two cases where plaintiffs alleged they were arrested and held based on limited or conflicting evidence before charges were eventually dropped. In a case settling ...

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The Baltimore police officers involved in Freddie Gray’s arrest and transport who are now suing the city’s top prosecutor have aired a litany of grievances about the way the criminal cases against them were conducted. But before they can have ...

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