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Attorney General Brown announces charges against 4 individuals for ‘flash mob’ robberies in Baltimore County, across Maryland

Posted on November 25, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Monday announced the indictments of four individuals for their roles in a criminal organization responsible for approximately $800,000 in retail burglaries and thefts across at least six jurisdictions in Maryland. The investigation was led by the Gaithersburg and Montgomery County Police Departments. “Organized retail crimes are not victimless. Stealing hundreds of thousands of […]

Maryland Car Rally Task Force uncovers 14 illegal firearms during recent arrest

Posted on September 5, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MD—The Maryland Car Rally Task Force uncovered a cache of weapons during a recent arrest, authorities announced this week. Following the arrest of Adin Tyrone Carr, the Maryland Car Rally Task Force served search warrants at two residences, leading investigators to uncover 14 firearms in Prince George’s County. The task force began investigating illegal street exhibitions and takeovers […]

Four suspects indicted for string of burglaries at Baltimore gun shops

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Tuesday announced that charges have been brought (PDF) against four individuals, aged 16 to 20, for their roles in the string of commercial burglaries and attempted commercial burglaries of Federal Firearm Licensee (FFL) stores that plagued Anne Arundel County, Prince George’s County, and Baltimore County between the months of December 2023 and March […]

Silver Spring woman wins massive $5 million Maryland Lottery prize

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

SILVER SPRING, MD—A Silver Spring woman has won $5 million on a Maryland Lottery scratch-off game. This first of four $5 million top prizes was claimed on March 11th. The player, who has not been identified, bought the new $5,000,000 CASH game ticket at Great Plaza Liquor, located at 6439 Marlboro Pike in District Heights on February 19, 2023. The […]

Maryland serial carjacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

GREENBELT, MD—A Hagerstown man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for a series of armed carjackings and an attempted carjacking between May and June 2022, officials announced. Carlos Guardado-Eagle, 22, took part in at least four carjackings, three of which left two victims without car keys, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for […]

Five Marylanders facing federal charges for fraud scheme involving theft of checks from mail

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

GREENBELT, MD—A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging five Maryland residents with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and bank fraud and related charges in connection with a fraud scheme involving more than 600 stolen checks with a face value of over $5 million. The indictment was returned on December 7, 2023, and unsealed late on January 19, 2024. […]

Eleven Maryland defendants facing federal charges relating to unemployment fraud scheme with more than $1.6 million in losses

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—A federal grand jury has returned a superseding indictment adding two new defendants to the nine defendants previously charged in relation to a Maryland and California unemployment insurance fraud scheme. The superseding indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and stealing a post office key. The superseding indictment was returned on […]

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