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MD man shot by UD police pleads guilty to aggravated menacing
A Maryland man shot by a University of Delaware police officer during a reported suicide crisis has pleaded guilty to aggravated menacing.
Man accused of having pipe bomb sentenced for fleeing police
A 43-year-old man who fled a traffic stop and was discovered with a pipe bomb in his car in early December was sentenced to 18 months of probation.
Home detention sentence for Marilyn Mosby ends
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s home detention for convictions of mortgage fraud and perjury ended Friday.
MD high court rules it has jurisdiction on appeals from circuit court acting in appellate capacity
The Maryland Supreme Court ruled it alone can review circuit court appeals from district court rulings, impacting probation violation appeals.
Probation can be violated in prison, Md. appeals court rules
Convicts can be found to have violated the terms of their probation while still in prison, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled in revoking the scheduled release of a man who […]
Trial begins for Benghazi attack’s alleged leader
O.J., Supreme Court and a probation question get your week started.
Union takes issue with Md. parole, probation vacancies
Maryland's largest state employee's union is expected to plans to discuss what it calls a "severe staff shortages of parole and probation agents and support staff and the lack of hiring" at the agency at a time when it is preparing for expected larger caseloads.
Md. panel looks to reduce costs of probation
ANNAPOLIS — A state panel is eyeing changes to Maryland’s probation system to reduce the number of people who are incarcerated, using the savings to pay for additional drug and […]
HELEN C. RIVERA v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Allowing trial judges to unilaterally reclassify the status of an individual’s driver’s license and bypass the MVA system severely impedes the ability of the MVA to monitor which Maryland-licensed drivers are currently permitted to drive.
Top court reinstates kidnapper’s violation-of-probation conviction
Convicts released on probation must comply with the “lawful instructions” of their probation agents, Maryland’s top court has unanimously ruled in sending a convicted kidnapper and sex offender back to prison to serve out the remaining six years of his 20-year sentence.
Baltimore felon abuses second chance, faces extended sentence
A convicted felon’s failure to heed a judge’s advice landed him back in prison and led the jurist to sentence his to two years for violating probation.
Leopold can run
Former Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold is guilty of misconduct in office but cannot be banned from running again as a condition of probation, an appellate panel held Wednesday.
