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Maryland handgun permit law found unconstitutional
A federal judge in Baltimore has struck down part of Maryland‘s handgun permit law as violating the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Judge Benson E. Legg said the […]
Bail denied for Bel Air teen charged with killing father
BEL AIR — A Harford County judge has denied bail for a 16-year-old boy accused of killing his father and dumping the body in a pond behind a relative’s house. […]
Supreme Court rejects pistols-and-pot case
MEDFORD, Ore. — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from an Oregon sheriff who had been rebuffed in his effort to deny a concealed handgun license […]
Top 5 law stories of the year
A half-million-dollar verdict from January was the most-viewed legal affairs story on The Daily Record’s website in 2011. Readers also flocked to stories about the legal troubles surrounding the Baltimore […]
Former Wicomico Co. state’s attorney arrested
SALISBURY — A former Wicomico County state’s attorney has been arrested on charges of violating a court order by contacting a woman he had dated. Police say Davis Ruark was […]
D.C. gun restrictions upheld on appeal
WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia can bar residents from owning assault weapons and require them to register their handguns without violating the Second Amendment, but the district must explain […]
Supreme Court refuses to hear Maryland gun case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear a Maryland man’s argument that the Second Amendment allows him to carry a gun outside of his home for self-defense. The high court […]
Prince George’s deputy arrested in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City police have charged an off-duty Prince George’s County sheriff’s deputy with assault after an altercation during which she allegedly pointed a handgun at a woman’s […]
Baltimore man gets life in Frederick cabbie’s slaying
A Baltimore man convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of a Frederick taxicab driver has been sentenced to life in prison, plus another 20 years for a handgun offense. […]
Trial begins this week in nightclub slaying
The trial of a Baltimore police officer charged with shooting an unarmed man to death outside a nightclub is set to begin this week. After two trial postponements, pre-trial motions […]
Top 5: Orphan’s Court, Bernstein sworn in and handgun laws
With the new year came the swearing in of Baltimore City’s new state’s attorney, Gregg Bernstein, whose ceremony was attended by many. Another major story this week was a ruling […]
Week in review: January 7, 2011
Chief keeps aim on gun offenders At a news conference Monday, Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III touted last year’s decrease in crime in the city and called for tougher […]
