Category Archives: Criminal Law
Judge Upholds Mayor’s Curfew Authority While Dismissing Charge
By Justin Fenton The Baltimore Sun Baltimore circuit judge upheld Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s authority to impose a curfew amid the unrest following the death of Freddie Gray, while dismissing a curfew violation charge against an Annapolis man arrested outside City Hall. Circuit Judge Paul Alpert determined that a curfew was within Rawlings-Blake’s powers as… Read More »
Holiday Workers Need Background Checks, Too
2014 by Angela Preston in Best Practices, By The Way (BTW), Compliance As we get ready for the big gift-giving season. It’s hard to believe, but holiday hiring season is already well under way. If you hire holiday or other temporary workers, it’s important to hire ones that you can trust. Why Screen Temporary… Read More »
Has Santa Claus Been A Bad Boy? Don’t Forget the Background Check
Published by Nick Fishman Tis the season to be jolly. . . and vigilant. As we break out the holiday decorations, rush for the latest Black Friday sale and pray for a white Christmas (as long as that white Christmas doesn’t delay our flight to Florida or Mexico), we need to remember that the… Read More »
First defendants get lawyers at bail hearings in Maryland
By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun 10:20 p.m. EDT, July 1, 2014 In the aftermath of an eight-year court battle, a major change in the way Maryland’s justice system operates finally boiled down Tuesday to one simple question. “Would you like to have a court-appointed attorney?” court Commissioner Jennifer Colton asked a heavily tattooed… Read More »
“Alcopops” Manufacturer to Fix Marketing, Sales Practices Four Loko maker marketed alcoholic beverage to underage persons, failed to disclose dangers of mixing alcohol and caffeine
Baltimore, MD (March 25, 2014) – Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, joined by 19 state attorneys general and the City Attorney of San Francisco, announced today that Phusion Projects, LLC and its officers, Jaisen Freeman, Christopher Hunter and Jeffrey Wright (collectively, “Phusion”) have agreed to resolve allegations that Phusion marketed and sold flavored malt… Read More »
Caregiver Sentenced for Assaulting Vulnerable Adult Baltimore County man struck, scolded victim at doctor’s office
Baltimore, MD (March 24, 2014) – Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Ronald G. Barnes, 54, of Lochearn, was sentenced following his conviction in February of second degree assault. Barnes was employed as a driver/medical runner for L.I.F.E., Inc., a not-for-profit agency that provides residential, employment and day services to individuals with… Read More »
Gansler Announces Conviction of Former City Public Works Employee
Baltimore, MD (Nov. 21, 2013) – Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Walter Bernard Jones, 47, of Baltimore, pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to one count of felony theft scheme having a value of at least $10,000, but less than $100,000. Judge Lynn Stewart Mays sentenced the defendant… Read More »
Former Ferndale fire company volunteer charged with sex abuse
A Baltimore man who once volunteered for a fire company in Anne Arundel County was arrested Wednesday on multiple sex abuse charges, county police said. Preston Lamont Scott II, 31, is accused of abusing two children he knew. Police did not release the children’s ages, gender or relationship to Scott to protect their identity…. Read More »
Maryland becomes latest U.S. state to abolish death penalty
May 02, 2013|Ian Simpson | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maryland became the 18th U.S. state to abolish the death penalty on Thursday when Governor Martin O’Malley signed a bill outlawing capital punishment in the state. O’Malley, a Democrat mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2016, had pledged to sign the bill, which the… Read More »
Charges weighed in diver deaths at APG
By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun 4:07 p.m. EDT, May 2, 2013 Two senior enlisted leaders with an elite Navy dive unit could face charges of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of two sailors at Aberdeen Proving Ground in February, and others could be charged, the Navy said Wednesday. The chief warrant officer and… Read More »
