The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia has sent grand jury subpoenas to dioceses throughout Pennsylvania as he tries to build a federal criminal case centered on the wholesale exploitation of children.

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HAGERSTOWN — The Maryland Democratic Party is seeking a congressional ethics investigation of Rep. Roscoe Bartlett’s employment of state Republican Party chairman Alex Mooney while Mooney was also a candidate for the Maryland Republican’s seat. Democratic Party Executive Director David ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The Anne Arundel County police department’s second-in-command says he’s asked for a federal probe of the department. Deputy Police Chief Lt. Col. Emerson C. Davis revealed the request while testifying before the County Council on Monday. Davis told ...

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Maryland State Police say they’ve made progress in the investigation of the killing of a North Carolina teen who went missing while visiting Baltimore. But police said Wednesday, nearly one year after Phylicia Barnes’ disappearance, that they can’t reveal details ...

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A recently disbarred lawyer from Montgomery County will be sentenced this week to as much as 20 years in prison for his role in a multistate insurance scam ring. Amir Ryan Lahuti, 45, was one of four people who recruited ...

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To federal prosecutors, former GlaxoSmithKline attorney Lauren Stevens led an effort to obstruct a U.S. Food and Drug Administration probe into her company’s marketing of the anti-depressant Wellbutrin SR as a weight-loss drug, a use not approved by the FDA. ...

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Opening arguments begin Wednesday in the trial of a former GlaxoSmithKline attorney on charges of obstructing a U.S. Food and Drug Administration probe into her company’s marketing of the anti-depressant Wellbutrin SR as a weight-loss drug, a use not approved ...

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Thirty-one Baltimore police officers have been suspended after authorities uncovered a towing extortion scheme, and 17 of them are facing federal charges. The department is starting suspension hearings Thursday for the officers, many of whom were assigned to the northeastern ...

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The 14 Baltimore City police officers thought they were called to the police academy Wednesday morning for an equipment inspection. Instead, Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III personally took their badges before they were arrested for allegedly conspiring to commit ...

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GREENBELT — The husband-and-wife owners of several Maryland liquor stores have pleaded not guilty to their alleged roles in a scheme to sell untaxed alcohol and cigarettes. Amrick and Ravinder Melhi of Clarksville were arrested as part of a sweeping ...

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