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Rural police department violated officer’s right to misconduct hearing, MD court rules
The Maryland Appellate Court ordered a rural police department to provide a hearing to an officer who received two letters of reprimand.
Judge orders consent decree to resolve Frederick oil spill
A Frederick County judge entered a consent decree to finish environmental remediation after a 2021 diesel oil spill.
Hogan names Kathleen English to Frederick County Circuit Court
Gov. Larry Hogan has named Kathleen English, a lawyer who focuses on criminal defense, to the Circuit Court for Frederick County.
Frederick Co. jury awards $17M in fatal helicopter crash
A Frederick County jury awarded approximately $17 million Tuesday to the families of two helicopter pilots killed in a crash near the Frederick Municipal Airport in 2014. Jurors, following three […]
Solt named Frederick County administrative judge
Judge Julie R. Stevenson Solt has been named administrative judge of the Frederick County Circuit Court. Solt will take over March 1 and succeeds Judge G. Edward Dwyer Jr., who […]
State employee pleads guilty to theft
ANNAPOLIS — The former dietary manager of a Maryland juvenile detention center has pleaded guilty to using a state-issued credit card to buy tons of frozen crab legs and shrimp […]
Newspaper demands info on college chief’s ouster
FREDERICK — The Frederick News-Post is alleging in a lawsuit that Frederick Community College is illegally withholding information about the ouster of the school’s president. The newspaper reports that it […]
Thurmont boy, church settle big splinter injury suit
FREDERICK — A Thurmont boy who was injured by a giant splinter on a big wooden slide has reached a $60,000 settlement with the Rocky Ridge church that owns the […]
Judge dismisses Frederick zoning suit as premature
FREDERICK — A lawsuit against Frederick County over a proposed rezoning that opponents say will lead to higher taxes, sprawl and environmental harm has been dismissed. But an attorney for […]
Convicted double-murderer questions FBI’s forensic evidence in ’81 slayings
An internal Justice Department report on flaws in forensic-evidence gathering by the FBI might provide the final chance for a convicted Maryland double-murderer who has served 30 years of a […]
Taneytown couple awarded $620K in shooting of dog
A Frederick County Circuit Court jury has awarded $620,000 to a Taneytown couple whose Labrador retriever was shot by sheriff’s deputies. While Roger and Sandra Jenkins rushed to the vet […]
Former Md. MVA worker guilty of theft conspiracy
FREDERICK — A former Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration worker has been convicted of conspiring to steal more than $87,000 from the agency’s Frederick office. Fifty-three-year-old Joann Fleishell was convicted at […]
