From the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore: Federal agents arrested seven Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) officers today for a racketeering conspiracy and racketeering offenses, including robbery, extortion, and overtime fraud. The indictment was returned on February 23, 2017, and unsealed today following the execution of arrest and search warrants. One of the officers also […]
Sen. Cassilly: “Increase in the Minimum Wage to $15 Will Force Companies, and at Least 25% of the Skill Developing Jobs, to Leave the City”
From State Sen. Bob Cassilly: The General Assembly spent a significant part of the 2016 session working on problems concerning youth in Baltimore City. Much of the discussion was about bringing economic opportunity to a city where the real unemployment rate among young black males approaches 50%. Clearly we cannot afford to write off an […]
Maryland Watch: Pay No Attention to the Holes in My Argument
Speed cameras are a hot topic right now because it’s been discovered that Baltimore City has been issuing faulty tickets, but Governor Martin O’Malley wants you to pay no attention to that, because you have the right to go to court and prove your innocence and therefore are not being robbed your due process and […]
Klein’s Gun Buy-Back Program Nets 461 Weapons; Harford County Buy-Back Considered
From Klein’s ShopRite: FOREST HILL, MARYLAND, DECEMBER 15, 2012: Klein’s ShopRite of Maryland funded and sponsored a “Gun-Buy-Back” program in Baltimore City on Saturday, December 15, 2012, wherein the Klein family gave a $100 Klein’s ShopRite Gift Card for every firearm turned in, resulting in 461 weapons being collected in one day. Turn-in was anonymous, […]
Aberdeen Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Role in Baltimore City Police Towing Extortion Scheme
From the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland: Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Baltimore Police officer Jaime Luis Lugo, age 36, of Aberdeen, Maryland today to two years in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiring to commit and committing extortion under […]
Aberdeen Man Sentenced to Life Plus 30 Years for 2007 Keyser Motel Murder
An Aberdeen man was sentenced Monday to life in prison plus 30 years for the 2007 murder at an Aberdeen motel of his co-worker, the final step in a “cold case” solved more than three years after the slaying. Mark E. Christian, 24, was found guilty earlier this year of the Aug. 18, 2007 murder […]
Aberdeen Man Pleads Guilty in Baltimore City Police Towing Extortion Scheme
From the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland: Baltimore Police officer Jaime Luis Lugo, age 36, of Aberdeen, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit and committing extortion under color of official right in connection with a scheme in which brothers Hernan Alexis Moreno and Edwin Javier Mejia paid Lugo […]
Edgewood Man Convicted in Baltimore City Police Department Towing Extortion Scam
From the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland: Baltimore, Maryland – A federal jury convicted Baltimore Police officer Samuel Ocasio, age 36, of Edgewood, Maryland today of conspiring to commit and committing extortion under color of official right in connection with a scheme in which brothers Hernan Alexis Moreno and Edwin […]