A Baltimore woman whose baby was likely born addicted to heroin and survived only nine days will serve 30 years in prison.

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Federal prosecutors say five men have been convicted in a heroin trafficking ring that was protected by a corrupt Baltimore police officer. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement Tuesday that the five men were convicted last week of ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan called on state’s attorneys from around Maryland to ramp up their prosecution of heroin dealers as part of a growing effort to address the heroin and opiate crisis. Hogan, appearing in St. Mary’s County for the announcement ...

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After undergoing a major overhaul in a Senate committee, a bill which started out as a way to punish individuals who distribute an opioid that is linked to a user’s death now instead would create an enhanced penalty for distribution ...

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As the Hogan administration provides more money to fight the heroin and opioid crisis in Maryland, legislation to increase penalties for distributing an opioid linked to a fatal overdose drew criticism in the General Assembly as a step backward to ...

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A Maryland state delegate who is the subject of a legislative ethics review said he is owed an apology from Gov. Larry Hogan for saying the lawmaker could be kicked out of the General Assembly and had introduced legislation in an attempt to "get a license to sell heroin."

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The survey also found that residents have no appetite for sports betting; many have been touched by the heroin epidemic.

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Baltimore police say a department crime technician and her boyfriend have been arrested after handguns and suspected heroin were found in their home and rented car. The department said in a news release that police raided the home of 37-year-old ...

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A woman has been sentenced to prison in the 2015 fatal heroin overdose of the teenage daughter of a retired Hagerstown police sergeant. The Herald-Mail reports that 25-year-old Erica L. Buffolino was given a nearly six-year sentence in a Baltimore ...

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Lawyer ironically faces DUI charge heads news summary including a fiance's murder trial, criminal questions for college applicants and a garden variety gun-rights case.

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