FREDERICK — A former Frederick County sheriff’s deputy has a January trial date on charges he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl. Forty-six-year-old Sam Bowman of New Market had a pretrial conference Monday afternoon in Frederick. He faces three counts of ...

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ROCKVILLE — A Maryland man has been charged with inappropriately touching a 7-year-old girl who was shopping with her family. Montgomery County police say they’ve arrested 45-year-old Mario Amaro. The Rockville man is charged with two counts each of third- ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley is announcing a 6 percent drop in violent crime in Maryland. O’Malley released the 2010 year-end crime data on Wednesday. It is compiled by the Maryland State Police and submitted to the FBI for use ...

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ORANJESTAD, Aruba — A U.S. tourist detained in Aruba in the death of his travel companion has cooperated with investigators and should be immediately released because there is no evidence against him, his defense lawyer said Sunday. Michael Lopez, the ...

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Baltimore’s Board of Estimates approved a $30,000 payment to settle an excessive force lawsuit filed by a 33-year-old city man who claimed he was beaten and jailed by police after he called in a domestic abuse complaint. The board approved ...

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A bicyclist who was in a coma for months after being struck by an 83-year-old driver has died. Twenty-year-old Nathan Krasnopoler died Wednesday morning, his family said in a statement. Funeral services are scheduled Friday in Pikesville for the Johns ...

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Maryland man who claimed his travel partner apparently drowned during a getaway to Aruba has now become a suspect in her disappearance because his response to the incident raised suspicions of police. Gary V. ...

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PALMER PARK — The Prince George’s County police department is banning its members from working security at house parties while off-duty after five officers were hired for a weekend party where someone drowned, police said Tuesday. Deputy Police Chief Kevin ...

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A Baltimore police spokesman says three people found in a burning row house were all shot in the head. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the 58-year-old owner of the home, his 36-year-old daughter and her 27-year-old male companion were found ...

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Maryland State Police says troopers will be looking out for stranded motorists as a heat wave blankets the area. Police say troopers are being directed to assist motorists with disabled vehicles, as quickly as possible, on Thursday and Friday. Motorists ...

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