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Hearing set on motion to dismiss in Currie case
A federal judge will hear arguments on whether to dismiss the remainder of the bribery charges against a Maryland state senator accused of using his influence to benefit a grocery […]
Owners of Baltimore County auto shop plead guilty in towing scheme
The owners of a Baltimore County auto repair shop pleaded guilty Monday in a towing scheme that may have involved dozens of Baltimore city police officers. Brothers Edwin Mejia, 28, […]
Maryland man pleads guilty in contraband cigarette plot
GREENBELT — The owner of an auto glass store in Prince George’s County has pleaded guilty in a plot to traffic millions of contraband cigarettes across state lines. Amir Miljkovic […]
Top 5: ‘We have all sinned’
A former public official pleads guilty, a University of Maryland student indicted for making fake IDs, and the family of a breast cancer victim is awarded $3.8 million by a […]
Ex-PG County Exec. Jack Johnson admits to extortion, tampering
GREENBELT — Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack B. Johnson pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of extortion and one count of tampering related to money he received from developers […]
Some charges dropped against State Sen. Currie
Federal prosecutors have dropped nearly half of the bribery charges against Maryland state Sen. Ulysses Currie. In court filings last week, U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein wrote that a Supreme Court […]
PG County’s Leslie Johnson charged with conspiracy
GREENBELT — Prince George’s County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson has been charged with destroying a $100,000 check from a developer after FBI agents showed up at her house last fall. Federal […]
10 Baltimore officers indicted in extortion scheme
A federal grand jury in Baltimore has indicted 10 city police officers accused of taking kickbacks for diverting drivers at accident scenes to an unauthorized towing company and repair shop. […]
Top 5: ‘I was there to reclaim our badge’
It was an eventful week in the city of Baltimore and in the state of Maryland, as city police announced charges against officers allegedly involved in an extortion scheme, and […]
31 Baltimore officers suspended; 17 facing federal charges
Thirty-one Baltimore police officers have been suspended after authorities uncovered a towing extortion scheme, and 17 of them are facing federal charges. The department is starting suspension hearings Thursday for […]
Details released in alleged police corruption arrest
U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein, Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld and FBI Special Agent in charge Richard A. McFeely held a press conference Wednesday afternoon releasing some of the details of the 17 Baltimore City police officers charged in an extortion scheme involving a towing company.
