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Medical malpractice attorney says he was ‘Snydered’ in a dishonest way
Trial begins for Stephen L. Snyder, a medical malpractice attorney accused of extorting $25 million over alleged organ transplant issues at University of Maryland Medical System.
Federal prosecutors drop case against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins
Federal prosecutors are dropping the machine gun conspiracy case against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, weeks after a jury acquitted his co-defendant.
Extortion trial could expose details about risky organ transplants at UMMS
Medical malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder’s extortion trial spotlights the underlying situation at UMMS that he was trying to expose.
Jury awards $5.2 million to Baltimore Police captain assaulted by officer on The Block
An altercation six years ago outside a strip club involving an on-duty Baltimore Police officer and an off-duty officer will cost taxpayers $5.2 million.
Harford County councilman charged with theft from electrical workers union
Councilman Dion Guthrie, 86, a Democrat, is charged with one count of theft between $1,500 and $25,000 from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1501.
Former Harford County hoops player was alleged mastermind of U.S.-China drug ring
A federal investigation has led to the takedown of 17 people allegedly involved in a nationwide marijuana trafficking organization that laundered its proceeds through China.
Pregnant woman’s fatal shooting among cases linked to alleged hit men in new indictment
The two men are accused of carrying out a string of contract shootings and killings across Baltimore over a bloody eight-month period.
Pratt Library’s unconventional new CEO is out to change lives
After a national search, the Pratt Libraries boards selected Chad Helton as president and CEO of the 142-year-old Baltimore library system.
Woman sentenced to 18 years in neo-Nazi power grid attack plot
Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested in February 2023 after corresponding for months with a government source to plot the attack.
David Rubenstein long ago moved on from Baltimore. Now he’s king of Birdland.
David Rubenstein grew up in Baltimore and now owns the Orioles. But for most of his life, nobody — not even Rubenstein himself — thought he was a Baltimore guy.
Dali ‘jury-rigged’ and unseaworthy when it slammed into Key Bridge, feds say
The U.S. Justice Department accused the operators of Dali, the container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, of negligence and mismanagement.
Gang hit man gets 45 years in killings of 3 innocent victims, 10 other shootings
The Black Guerrilla Family hit man had been involved in the killings of not one, not two, but three people.
Baltimore has a speed camera snatcher. There’s been an arrest.
A 67-year-old has been charged with stealing four speed cameras in three locations around the city, and Baltimore Police are investigating whether he is responsible for many more.
City prosecutors clear officer who held gun to man’s head
Jaemaun Joyner’s attorneys shared body camera footage of the incident, calling it an “act of terrorism,” but Police Commissioner Richard Worley backed the officer.
Maryland Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction of Adnan Syed and orders new hearing
Syed was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial” and served more than 20 years in prison in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School. He has always maintained his innocence.
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