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Feds convict 2 more guards in Md. inmate’s beating
Two more former Maryland correctional officers have pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges in the 2008 beating of an inmate. The Justice Department says former officer Walter Steele pleaded guilty Thursday in Baltimore to conspiring with others to obstruct an investigation into an assault by officers on an inmate at Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown. […]
Security guard wounded in shooting at Family Research Council
WASHINGTON — A man suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard at the headquarters of a Christian lobbying group on Wednesday made a negative reference about the organization’s work before opening fire, a law enforcement official said. Police said the man entered the front lobby of the Family Research Council in Washington around 10:45 […]
Would-be security guard settles ADA suit
A candidate for a security guard position who had his job offer pulled because he has sight in only one eye has settled his discrimination case against the company for $40,000. John Dause, 60, of Henderson, N.C., accepted the $40,000 settlement on Jan. 3 before the case headed to trial in U.S. District Court in […]
Top 5: ‘The petition having been improvidently granted’
The Court of Appeals deciding over a weekend not to rule on a case it heard and Gregg Bernstein looking back on his first year as Baltimore City’s top prosecutor are among the most-read legal affairs stories of the week. The list also includes a Maryland man having his case heard by the Supreme Court […]
Former Andrews security guard gets $120K in lawsuit over ‘prank’
A former security guard at Andrews Air Force Base was awarded $120,000 by a federal judge for a “prank” played on her by Air Force personnel that included having her searched by a guard dog. Gloria N. Oke filed the lawsuit in 2009 in the U.S. District Court for Maryland in Greenbelt seeking $300,000 on […]
