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. […]
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 […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A man will go to prison for 28 years after he was convicted of a murder-for-hire plot. Wayne Prince, also known as “Taz,” was convicted of the charge in federal court in Maryland. The sentence follows a guilty plea by Prince to a federal charge of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A durable medical equipment company with offices in Baltimore County and one of its owners have agreed to pay $352,800 to settle allegations that they defrauded a federal health program intended to help government employees with medical expenses. The settlement resolves claims of billing fraud filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland. Federal officials alleged that Comfort Care […]
UPDATE 2: Brandon Russell, the Florida man with whom Sarah Beth Clendaniel conspired, has been convicted. UPDATE: Sarah Beth Clendaniel has been sentenced to prison. Original story below… BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to destroy the local power grid. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to conspiring to damage or destroy electrical […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that a Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to access device fraud and aggravated identity theft in a tax refund scam. Dolapo Lawal, 33, has admitted to a scheme that involved using the identities of elderly victims to receive fraudulent tax refunds, which he then used to pay off personal credit card debt […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A federal grand jury has indicted three people, accusing them of placing a series of bomb threats against schools, hospitals, airports, and other institutions. Owen Jarboe, 18, of Hagerstown, Maryland; Evan Strauss, 26, of Moneta, Virginia; and Brayden Grace, 18, of Columbus, Ohio; were charged in a six-count indictment with conspiracy, cyberstalking, interstate threatening communications and threats to damage […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Harford County financial advisor who also had a home in Perry Hall has been sentenced to prison for stealing an elderly client’s life savings. On April 30, a judge sentenced Eddy Ray Blizzard, 45, of Havre de Grace, to 42 months’ imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for […]