Appellant presents one issue for our review: whether the trial court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury on the “claim of right” defense to the charge of theft.

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Tariq contends that there was no evidence from which a rational fact-finder could conclude that he committed a breaking and entering, a required element of both third and fourth-degree burglary, and, further, that there was not sufficient evidence to support the court’s finding that he committed theft.

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(AP) A Montgomery County man will spend the next 18 months in jail after being caught riding his neighbor’s stolen $10,000 tractor. The tractor, used for mowing grass, plowing snow and moving mulch, went missing from its owners’ shed in ...

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The former office manager of one of Montgomery County’s oldest law firms was sentenced to 18 months' detention for stealing more than $600,000 from the firm over the course of eight years.

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(AP) Crime statistics show auto theft is hitting historic lows throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Citing annual crime reports, AAA Mid-Atlantic reported Monday that auto theft in Maryland last year was the lowest ever reported, dating back to 1975. Virginia is ...

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The former office manager of one of Montgomery County’s oldest law firms pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft of more than $600,000 from the firm over the course of eight years.

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A Glen Burnie man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing over 2,000 aluminum carts from the U.S. Postal Service. Roland Michael Muir, 57, admitted in his plea agreement, entered in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, that he and another man ...

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Federal authorities have charged a Baltimore-area postal worker with stealing more than 20,000 pieces of mail, including magazines, videos, passports and gift cards.

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Repeat “dine-and-dash” offender Andrew Palmer is headed back to prison for pulling his signature move of eating a meal and then trying to get out of paying the restaurant by faking a medical emergency.

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A former University of Maryland Eastern Shore employee who used state purchasing cards to buy an Xbox, cell phones, jewelry and other items for herself has been ordered to pay $3,800 to reimburse the state.

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