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Baltimore County announces $300,000 Hackerman Foundation grant to support cold case sexual assault investigations

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Monday announced that the Hackerman Foundation has awarded $300,000 in grant funding to Baltimore County and the Baltimore County Police Department to support cold case sexual assault investigations and improve current and future investigations. This new funding will support key recommendations from the Baltimore County Sexual Assault Investigations Task Force’s recently released final […]

Towson Ponzi scheme promoter sentenced to 22 years in federal prison

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

TOWSON, MD—U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett on Thursday sentenced Kevin B. Merrill, 54, of Towson, to 22 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy and wire fraud arising from a $396 million investment fraud scheme that operated from 2013 through September 2018, with an additional $260 million in attempted investments at the time […]

Joint task force launched to combat Baltimore crime

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, along with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, on Wednesday announced the Baltimore Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Strike Force, a new initiative designed to combat violent crime in Baltimore. The mission of the Baltimore OCDETF Strike Force is to disrupt and dismantle the most […]

Malachi Lawson, missing 4-year-old boy, found dead

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

UPDATE: Police stated on Saturday that the boy had never been truly missing. Malachi’s mother has been arrested after disposing of her son’s body in a dumpster. Original story below… —— BALTIMORE, MD – Malachi Lawson, the missing 4-year-old boy who went missing from the Baltimore area on Thursday, has been found dead. The FBI joined the search for the […]

FBI joins search for missing Baltimore 4-year-old

Posted on August 2, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

UPDATE: Four-year-old Malachi Lawson has been found dead. Original story below… —— BALTIMORE, MD – The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the search for a missing 4-year-old boy from Baltimore. Malachi Lawson was last seen on Thursday afternoon, August 1, at approximately just before 3:30 p.m. At that time, he walked away from the front door of 4533 N. […]

Councilman Marks to support crime-fighting agreement with U.S. Department of Justice

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

NOTTINGHAM, MD – Baltimore County Councilman David Marks announced on Wednesday that he would vote to support an agreement with the federal government that gives the county a broader role in combating illegal drugs and other criminal activity. The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program was established in 1982 to reduce the supply of illegal drugs in the […]

Parkville woman pleads guilty to federal drug distribution charges at Maryland Correctional Institute Jessup

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

PARKVILLE, MD – Patricia McDaniel, Correctional Dietary Officer, 26, of Baltimore; Tyirisha Johnson, 23, of Baltimore, each pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal racketeering charge related to the Maryland Correctional Institute Jessup (MCIJ), and India Parker, 33, of Parkville, pleaded guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy, for participating in a scheme to smuggle contraband, including narcotics, unauthorized flash drives, […]

Members of carjacking ring sentenced to prison

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced on Wednesday that members of a serial carjacking ring would be going to prison. Daquan Johnson, 19; Dalante Graham, 19; Tyheim Gray, 20; and Travon Williamston, 18, were sentenced for a string of carjacking offenses. Between September and December of 2017, these four defendants were responsible for at least 26 […]

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