From the United States Attorney’s Office: The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Joshua Aaron Shores, age 44, of Bel Air, Maryland and also of Ocean City, Maryland, was sentenced on April 27, 2017, by United States District Court Judge John E. Jones, III, to 60 months’ imprisonment […]
Bel Air Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of 2-Month-Old Niece; Sprayed Cologne in Her Mouth, Punched Her Face
From the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office: On December 18, 2015, Colin Wolf 22, of Bel Air, pleaded guilty to the First Degree Murder of Aubree Roberts, aged two months. He was sentenced by the Honorable Angela Eaves to life, all but thirty three years suspended. On April 18, 2013 the Defendant had been left […]
New “Re-entry” Services Aim to Reduce Criminal Relapse, Rebuild Lives of Harford County Inmates
From Harford County government: Harford County Government and the Harford County Sheriff’s Office have partnered on a new initiative aimed at reducing recidivism, or relapse into criminal activity, by inmates in Harford County. Presently, the county’s recidivism rate is between 44% and 48%. Of those who choose to reoffend, most do so within a year […]
Former Harford County Councilman Lance Miller Sentenced to 11 Months for Intent to Distribute Marijuana
Former Harford County Councilman Lance Miller was sentenced to 11 months in jail after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, according to court records. Miller entered the plea Monday, one day before he was scheduled to go to trial on a total of four charges: one count of possession of a […]
Edgewood Woman Among Three Acquitted in Baltimore Jail Racketeering Conspiracy
From the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland: A federal jury convicted five defendants today for participating in a racketeering conspiracy and drug conspiracy, involving the smuggling of drugs and contraband inside the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC): Former Correctional Officers: Ashley Newton, age 31, of Baltimore, and Travis Paylor, […]
Exclusive: Harford County Detention Center Inmate Hanged Self in 2013 In Attempt to Gain Medical Treatment
Six days into a 23-day sentence for a traffic charge, the pain became unbearable. During his first five days at the Harford County Detention Center, Norman Miller carried a secret inside him. Seeking favor with his fellow inmates, before entering the jail Miller swallowed two small “balloons”—actually fingers from a latex glove—filled with tobacco, matches, […]
Haladej: At the Harford County Detention Center, “Where Did the Integrity and Sanctity of Human Life Go on Jan. 25, 2013?”
The following letter was sent to The Dagger by Teresa Haladej, the mother of Norman Miller; Miller died following an apparent suicide attempt at the Harford County Detention Center in January 2013. It is published here in its unaltered form; for The Dagger‘s independently reported feature story on the incident, or to comment on this […]
Two Harford County Residents Among Corrections Officers Newly Charged in Black Guerrilla Family Jail Conspiracy
From the U.S. Department of Justice: Baltimore, Maryland – United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Stephen E. Vogt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Secretary Gary D. Maynard of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg Bernstein; Baltimore Police […]