FREDERICK — An 18-year-old Frederick man is starting a seven-year prison term for shooting a 16-year-old friend who interrupted his video game. The Frederick News-Post reports that Dylan Gray was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to first-degree assault. Gray told ...

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HOUSTON — Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the once mighty energy giant’s collapse could be trimmed by as many as 10 years if a federal judge approves an agreement reached ...

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WASHINGTON — A former campaign aide to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray who admitted making secret payments to another candidate is scheduled to be sentenced in July. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Thursday set a July 26 sentencing ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Former Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold isn’t getting any special treatment while he serves 30 days in jail for misconduct in office. The Capital of Annapolis reports Leopold asked for skim milk and Cheerios for breakfast as ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland prosecutors are recommending no jail time for former Anne Arundel County executive John Leopold. Leopold was convicted of two counts of misconduct in office for forcing his staff to do campaign work and perform personal errands like ...

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MANASSAS, Va. — A Connecticut man accused of being the “East Coast Rapist” in a series of assaults over more than a decade from Rhode Island to Virginia was sentenced to life in prison Friday. The three life terms, plus ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A Hagerstown woman is avoiding jail time after striking a plea deal in the drowning death of her 7-month-old son. Twenty-seven-year-old Taria King pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless endangerment in the death last March of Ronald Oliver Jr. ...

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FORT MEADE — An Army private suspected of sending reams of classified documents to the secret-sharing WikiLeaks website was illegally punished at a Marine Corps brig and should get 112 days cut from any prison sentence he receives if convicted, ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A Hagerstown man has been sentenced to 40 years for the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son. Thirty-four-year-old Brian Michael Miller was sentenced Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court. Miller faced up to 65 years in prison after ...

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MIAMI — Convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla is seeking a delay in his scheduled resentencing hearing in hopes that frequent family visits will improve his mental health. U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke set a hearing for Wednesday afternoon on the ...

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