BALTIMORE, MD—The Office of the Attorney General is once again warning that businesses in Maryland have been receiving a letter entitled “2023 Certificate of Good Standing Request Form.” The letter requests a fee in exchange for a letter of good standing with an “official seal of the Secretary of State.” This letter is a scam and is the same fraudulent […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown this week, in partnership with the Maryland Department of the Environment, announced a proposed settlement (consent decree) has been reached with freight carrier ABF Freight System, Inc. to resolve allegations that it violated requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA) relating to industrial stormwater at locations across the country, including one located in […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General on Monday released the identity of the man who was fatally shot by police in White Marsh on January 31st. The decedent has been identified as 37-year-old Brian McCourry Jr., of Essex. McCourry died on March 3rd. On January 31, at approximately 6:10 a.m., detectives with the […]
UPDATE: The suspect’s identity has been released. Original story below… BALTIMORE, MD—The man who was shot by Baltimore County police on January 31 in White Marsh has died. The decedent has not yet been identified. The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General began investigating this shooting on January 31. The investigation remains active and ongoing. On […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Wednesday testified in support of proposed legislation that reflects his top priorities as Maryland’s new Attorney General—fighting discrimination and inequities, protecting Marylanders against civil rights violations, pursuing remedies for unlawful police practices, and enhancing public safety. “We want every Marylander to have an equal shot at all the rights and privileges of […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Tuesday, along with New York Attorney General Letitia James, led a coalition of 14 Attorneys General in submitting comments opposing Gas Innovations LNG Refrigerants Inc.’s request for a special permit to ship cryogenic liquefied ethane in rail tank cars from a facility in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, to undisclosed locations in the United […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Wednesday announced the indictments of six defendants for their participation in an interstate cocaine trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the seizure of 15 kilograms of cocaine, 400 grams of crack cocaine, 10 firearms including two assault-style rifles and a fully automatic Glock 30 handgun, and over $493,000 of narcotics proceeds. The investigation, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Brown has submitted comments, as part of a multistate coalition, supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) supplemental proposal to strengthen regulation of emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed facilities in the oil and natural gas sector, and to, for the first time, regulate methane emissions from existing facilities, which comprise the majority of the emissions in this […]