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U.S. Attorney Erek Barron

This June 7, 2017, file photo provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office shows Brandon Russell. A Maryland woman conspired with the Florida neo-Nazi leader to carry out an attack on several electrical substations in the Baltimore area, officials said Feb. 6, 2023.
Feb 14, 2023

Pair indicted in Maryland on charges of conspiring to destroy energy facilities

A federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Catonsville woman and a Florida man who are accused of plotting to attack Baltimore's power grid.

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Nov 21, 2022

After Treem case, U.S. attorney has new rules for monitoring attorney communications

Even after a jury acquitted Joshua Treem on obstruction of justice, trust between federal prosecutors and the defense bar remained low.

Barron news conference
Aug 24, 2022

Feds pledge to use $3.5M in state funding for new violence reduction initiatives

Federal law enforcement officials will use $3.5 million in state money to fund a set of new initiatives aimed at reducing violent crime.

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Anne Arundel County Police block off the collapse zone around Empire Towers, the 10-story office building in Glen Burnie that was condemned as unsafe last week after being compromised during unpermitted construction in the garage.

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A bronze statue of Harriet Tubman stands outside the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum, which Maryland officials helped fight to recover funding. (Nolan Rogalski/Capital News Service)

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The Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore.

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A voter fills out a ballot at an El Dorado County polling station during California’s special election on Proposition 50, a measure that would temporarily redraw congressional districts, in El Dorado Hills, California, on Nov. 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo)

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