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Deliberations to resume in Maryland death penalty trial
ANNAPOLIS — Jurors are expected to resume deliberations in the death penalty trial of one of two prisoners accused in the stabbing death of a correctional officer. Deliberations are scheduled to resume Monday in Anne Arundel County in the trial of 32-year-old Lee Edwart Stephens, who is accused in the 2006 death of Cpl. David […]
Jurors get accused killer’s capital murder case
ANNAPOLIS — Depending on who was talking, the prosecution’s star witness in the death penalty case against Lee E. Stephens was either a courageous observer who faced the wrath of his fellow inmates or a brazen gangster who only came forward to shave time off his sentence in an unrelated case. Stephens is accused, along […]
A tour of the Patuxent Institution in Jessup
The Patuxent Institution in Jessup is the hub for treatment services for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correction Services. With about 916 inmates as of Jan. 10, the facility offers a host of treatment programs including alcohol, anger management and mental health services.
Jury hears opening statements in trial over guard’s stabbing
Opening statements in the death penalty case against Lee E. Stephens started Wednesday morning in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, laying the groundwork for a trial that is expected to last six weeks. As a group, the 12 jurors and five alternates are racially diverse but mostly female, with three white men, seven black women […]
Capital murder trial starts in prison guard’s stabbing
Opening statements are set to begin this week in the capital murder trial of Lee E. Stephens, 32, who is accused of murdering a prison guard in 2006 at the now-closed Maryland House of Corrections in Jessup. Stephens’ case marks the fifth time in about 15 years that Anne Arundel prosecutors have sought the death […]
The Daily Record’s 2011 Photos of the Year
From William Donald Schaefer's death in April to the Grand Prix in September, to the inauguration of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in early December, a lot has happened in 2011. The Daily Record's photographers were there to capture some of these historic events, and our editors have chosen the best of the best to be Photos of the Year.
Death at Perkins hospital is second homicide in a week
Maryland State Police have charged a patient at a state mental hospital with killing another patient, the second such homicide in a week. Police say Andre Mayo killed Rogelio Mondragon on Thursday night at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital in Jessup. Last week, police charged another patient with killing his roommate. And police filed charges in […]
Trial delayed in slaying of mental patient in Jessup
ELLICOTT CITY — The trial for a man accused of killing a fellow patient at a state mental hospital has been postponed until February after the defendant became ill. Jury selection was to begin Monday in Howard County Circuit Court for the trial of 51-year-old El Soundani El-Wahhabi, also known as Saladin Taylor. He is […]
Trial delayed in Jessup slaying of mental patient
ELLICOTT CITY — The trial for a man accused of killing a fellow patient at a state mental hospital has been postponed after the defendant became ill. Jury selection was to begin Monday in Howard County Circuit Court for the trial of 51-year-old El Soundani El-Wahhabi, also known as Saladin Taylor. He is charged with […]
Prison guard’s accused killer loses battle over mental-health records
The mental health treatment records of an inmate who is accused of killing a correctional officer must be turned over to a circuit court judge, the state’s highest court has said. Defense lawyers in the capital case against Lamar C. Harris say the records are privileged, but the Court of Appeals on Friday said the […]
Feds to pay $20M toward 2 Maryland prisons
The Maryland prison agency says the federal government will provide $20 million toward the cost of two new minimum-security state prisons in Jessup. The deal announced Tuesday also gives the U.S. Marshals Service exclusive use of the former Supermax prison in Baltimore for housing federal detainees awaiting trial. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional […]
Real Estate Weekly: COPT sees drop in funds from operations
Corporate Office Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust based in Columbia, reported third-quarter funds from operations of $39.1 million, or 54 cents per diluted share, compared with FFO of $42.4 million, or 60 cents per diluted share, for the prior-year period. Officials traced the decline in FFO primarily to a $5.6 million increase in […]
