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Staron sentenced in killings of deaf cellmate at Baltimore jail, homeless man
Gordon Staron, 35, of Abingdon in Harford County, was sentenced on Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court for the murders of Keith Bell and Javarick Gantt.
‘They ruined me’: Fired Baltimore health commissioner speaks out
“I don’t think I understood the gravity,” Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga said about not resolving omissions on her ethics forms sooner.
Pentagon official with top security clearance sentenced for dogfighting
Department of Defense deputy chief Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr., of Anne Arundel County, sentenced for dogfighting.
Judge rules Stephen L. Snyder must represent himself in extortion case
A federal judge denied Stephen L. Snyder’s request to be represented by an attorney ahead of his federal extortion sentencing, saying it “rings hollow” and was designed to disrupt and delay the case.
Luigi Mangione’s sprawling family found success after patriarch’s rise
The patriarch of a sprawling Italian American family, who died in 2008, was a self-made multimillionaire real estate developer who owned country clubs, nursing homes and radio stations while supporting an array of civic causes.
Attorney Stephen L. Snyder says he was not competent to represent himself, seeks acquittal
Convicted and jailed, Stephen L. Snyder asks for attorney ahead of federal extortion sentencing.
Baltimore Council President Nick Mosby calls for Marilyn Mosby’s pardon
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby called on President Joe Biden to pardon his ex-wife Marilyn Mosby on Wednesday, saying she was selectively prosecuted.
Drug ring takedown nets charges against nearly 40 people in Southwest Baltimore
Forty people were charged in local, federal takedown of alleged criminal organizations in Southwest Baltimore.
Snyder convicted of attempted extortion in hospital organ transplant case
Medical malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder was convicted in a federal attempted extortion case.
Judge holds Snyder in contempt, orders him jailed overnight in attempted extortion trial
Medical malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder’s federal attempted extortion case is headed to closing arguments.
Client backs Snyder in UMMS extortion trial but says he upset her
Prosecutors accuse trial lawyer Steven L. Snyder of exceeding the demands of his client when he demanded $25 million from the University of Maryland Medical System.
Former associate testifies Stephen L. Snyder directed him to destroy evidence
Kevin Stern and Stephen L. Snyder faced off in a courtroom Monday, with Stern appearing under immunity as a witness for the prosecution and testifying that his former boss asked him to destroy evidence.
Snyder wrote in email that his hospital pitch was ‘not a plan to extort money’
Snyder is on trial for federal charges of attempted extortion, with prosecutors saying he demanded payment while threatening to nuke public trust in UMMS by exposing what he believed were flaws in its organ transplant program.
‘I was sick inside’: Maryland medical system leaders detail Snyder’s alleged extortion
Dr. Stephen Bartlett, once a top official at the University of Maryland Medical System, testified at the federal extortion trial of Stephen L. Snyder.
Baltimore state’s attorney won’t release records on child who starved to death
Despite pressure from lawmakers, the Byrd family’s interactions with Child Protective Services remain confidential.
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