Chief Maryland Public Defender Paul B. DeWolfe called on the state’s top jurist Monday to suspend misdemeanor trial proceedings in district court for all non-incarcerated defendants, except those alleging domestic violence, due to the possibility of exposure to COVID-19 in ...

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OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s Town Council is considering making public drinking an arrestable offense. The Town Council unanimously voted recently to make open container violations a misdemeanor instead of a municipal violation punishable by a $200 fine. Supporters say ...

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WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson has tentatively agreed to settle a single misdemeanor criminal charge related to a multi-year government investigation into the marketing of its psychiatric drug Risperdal. The company said Monday in a regulatory filing that the agreement ...

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Former National Security Agency senior executive Thomas A. Drake pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor in federal court in Baltimore on Friday, a day after striking a deal to dismiss Espionage Act charges that could have put him away for ...

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FAIRFAX, Va. — A judge on Tuesday dismissed a misdemeanor assault charge against Washington Redskins defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth after the player reached an agreement with the man who said he was the victim of a road-rage attack. Under Virginia ...

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The criminal trial of a Towson lawyer accused of stealing money from four of his clients has been postponed. Peter M. Callegary, whose case was scheduled for Tuesday, will now go to trial Jan. 27 in Baltimore County Circuit Court. ...

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