Most people grow out of the "pretending to be a firefighter" phase of life around the time their age hits double digits. And then there is this 44-year-old Frederick County man.

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A Montgomery County firefighter can recover workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he sustained in a motorcycle crash while traveling from a physical training session to his old fire station to pick up mail, the state’s top court has held.

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A Howard County firefighter can proceed with his wrongful termination lawsuit stemming from his social media posts related to gun-control legislation, a judge ruled Friday in U.S. District Court.

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A former Baltimore County firefighter has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on two child pornography offenses. Twenty-four-year-old Anthony Maurice Cottle of Owings Mills was also ordered to register as a sex offender at sentencing Thursday in ...

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The city of Baltimore will pay $200,000 to settle with the mother and children of a fire-department recruit killed during a “live burn” training exercise in 2007.

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WESTMINSTER — A former Sykesville firefighter claims that gender discrimination led to her firing after she took time off for pregnancy and the birth of her son. The Carroll County Times reports that Robin Lancaster of Westminster filed the complaint ...

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A retired Prince George’s County firefighter was awarded damages of $300,000 after a federal jury found the county unlawfully retaliated against her for filing a complaint of racial and gender bias.

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The city of Baltimore should be able to proceed with a plan to implement cost-saving changes to the city’s Fire and Police Employee’s Retirement System.

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A Baltimore firefighter and another man have been charged with running an online prostitution ring. Authorities allege that Jamar Marvin Simmons had been organizing the ring for several years. Simmons and another man, Franklin Coit, were charged after police raided ...

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Trial begins Tuesday in the Baltimore police and fire unions’ pension litigation against the city, but this week’s round in U.S. District Court might not settle the issue of what benefits they are owed. The plaintiffs will have to win ...

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