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The city’s spending panel on Wednesday approved an $80,000 settlement with a Randallstown man who alleged he was assaulted by police while walking to his car. Timothy Ashe sought $1 million in punitive damages and more than $75,000 in compensatory damages in his lawsuit, filed in January 2014 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Ashe alleged […]
Woman suing Ocean City after being dragged by tramAn Altoona, Pennsylvania woman is suing the Town of Ocean City, its mayor and council and two others, for $750,000 over a 2012 incident involving a tram. The incident occurred Aug. 23, 2012, when Sherry Clapper was on the Ocean City Boardwalk. At about 6:30 p.m. that […]
On April 21, the Baltimore Police Department submitted a written request to the city’s spending panel that asked for $2.2 million to fund various law enforcement initiatives. The Board of Estimates will scrutinize the proposal, and it is possible that changes might be made before it is fully implemented. Even so, police requests carry a […]
Prosecutors are expected to rest their case today in a jury trial for a Rising Sun Police Department officer accused of slamming a 17-year-old girl’s head against the hood of a patrol car in November after taking her into custody at a town shopping center. The defendant, Daniel Stickney, 37, also allegedly applied upward pressure […]
In a previous article, we discussed in detail some of the specifics relating to Maryland’s implied consent laws. To briefly recap, if a motorist is suspected of DUI, law enforcement officers may request that the individual submit to a breath or blood test to check for the amount of alcohol or drugs present in the […]
SALISBURY, Md. – The family of a man killed in a police-involved shooting is taking preliminary legal action against Maryland State Police. Nearly a month ago Winfield Fisher was killed just outside the Maryland State Police barracks in Salisbury. The attorney for Fisher’s family tells 47 ABC that they filed a notice under the Maryland […]
SALISBURY, Md. -The family of a man killed in a police-involved shooting is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. Winfield Fisher III, 32, was shot outside a state police barrack in Salisbury. The answers, according to the man’s parents, are few. Now, nearly a month after he was killed in a police-involved shooting, they’ve notified the state […]
Recently, a federal court judge in Maryland presiding over a marijuana distribution case handed down prison sentences that were considerably shorter than federal sentencing guidelines recommend. In fact, the judge used his discretion to sidestep the guidelines, which would have called for a sentence of eight to 10 years for one defendant, and imposed a […]