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Gervonta "Tank" Davis smiles in the ring after knocking out Frank Martin during the WBA lightweight championship boxing bout June 15, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
Aug 12, 2025

Baltimore boxer Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ domestic violence charge dropped

A misdemeanor battery case in Florida against Baltimore boxer Gervonta “Tank” Davis was dropped, a month after his domestic violence charge.

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Jul 10, 2025

MD court rules on boundaries of adequate provocation for first time

For the first time, a Maryland court has decided whether a substantial battery on a criminal defendant’s close relative is an adequate provocation that would allow a murder charge to be reduced.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali listens during testimony at Boston Municipal Court on the second day of his sexual misconduct trial on May 10, 2022, in Boston. Batali pleaded not-guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery in 2019, stemming from accusations that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman after taking a selfie with her at a Boston restaurant in 2017. (Stuart Cahill/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)
May 10, 2022

Celebrity chef Mario Batali acquitted of sexual misconduct

Mario Batali was found not guilty of indecent assault and battery, following a swift trial in which the celebrity chef waived his right to have a jury decide his fate.

Jury awards $100k to man slapped by police officer as a teen
Sep 16, 2020

Salisbury man will pay $100K damages for journalist’s tweet-induced seizure

A Salisbury supporter of Donald Trump has agreed to pay $100,000 to a journalist and outspoken critic of the president to whom the backer sent a tweet containing a message intended to cause him to suffer a severe epileptic seizure, which he did.

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Oct 28, 2019

Jury awards $800K to man assaulted by security at Six Flags America

A Prince George's County jury awarded $800,000 Friday to a man who was beaten and arrested by Six Flags security guards last year.