U.S. Army Research Biologist pleads guilty to engaging in bribery scheme at Aberdeen Proving Ground

BALTIMORE, MD—A 45-year-old North East man has pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges after authorities say he accepted cash and other incentives from a company in exchange for favorable treatment. Jason Edmonds was employed by the U.S. Army as a Research Biologist at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The Chemical Biological Center at the AGP was the nation’s principal research and development […]

Baltimore County man pleads guilty to VA fraud

BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man pleaded guilty to wire fraud after he lied and said he was paralyzed to receive more than $750,000 in benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland announced this week. William Rich, 43, of Windsor Mill, received $750,000 in special monthly compensation, caregiver assistance compensation, and medical equipment, according to […]

Baltimore man sentenced for armed robberies of cell phone stores

BALTIMORE, MD—A U.S. District Judge has sentenced a 46-year-old man from Baltimore to serve time in prison for his part in three armed cell phone store robberies. Gary Leon Holloway will now serve 14 years in prison and four years of supervised release, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland. Holloway and his co-conspirators […]

Man sentenced to 10 years for armed robbery of Baltimore County cell phone stores

BALTIMORE, MD—A man from Baltimore has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for an armed robbery that took place in January 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Maryland District. The sentencing will also include three years of supervised release for Marvin Benjamin Sparrow, 32, of Baltimore. According to his guilty plea, Sparrow was part of a […]

Maryland credit union employee sentenced to prison in identity theft scheme

BALTIMORE, MD—A former federal credit union employee in Maryland has been sentenced to serve four years and nine months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing identities and using them to open fraudulent bank accounts. Jalen McMillan, 30, of Jessup, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. He will also serve five years of supervised release […]

Baltimore County duo convicted of gruesome abduction, torture, and carjacking

BALTIMORE, MD—Two men have been convicted in federal court in Maryland of abducting, torturing, and carjacking three people, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland announced this week. Dennis Hairston, 34, of Windsor Mill, and Donte Stanley, 33, of Rosedale, were each convicted on charges connected to the kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery of two check cashing business employees in May 2021. […]

Marilyn Mosby sentenced to home confinement for fraud

BALTIMORE, MD—Marilyn Mosby, who served as Baltimore City State’s Attorney, has been sentenced to a year of home confinement with electronic monitoring after she was convicted of fraud. The former state’s attorney was also ordered to forfeit 90% of the property she bought with the fraudulently obtained mortgage, including any appreciation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Maryland […]