Wal-Mart settles lawsuit in Md. death
January 23, 2009
An attorney representing the family of a Cecil County man says Wal-Mart has settled a lawsuit filed after the man received the wrong prescriptions from a Wal-Mart pharmacist and subsequently died. Attorney Harry Barnes says it is “a favorable settlement,” but says the details were sealed by a federal judge in Baltimore. Sixty-six-year-old George Smith of North East died in March 2007. He became ill eight days after receiving prescriptions intended for someone else and died at Union Hospital... More
Delegates oppose longer shifts for prison guards
January 23, 2009
Some state lawmakers from Washington County are objecting to a provision in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposed budget that would mean longer work days for Maryland correctional officers. Corrections employees currently work eight-hour shifts. Under the proposed budget, all corrections employees — including prison guards — would work 12-hour shifts. ‘ The changes are expected to save the state $8 million in overtime costs, but Republican Delegates LeRoy Myers and Christopher Shanks... More
Killer captured 5 days after escaping Md. prison
January 23, 2009
After five days on the run, a convicted killer who jumped two razor-wire topped fences to escape a western Maryland prison has been captured, state police announced Thursday. A clerk at a gas station in Boonsboro, about six miles from the prison, called 911 to report that a man who fit the description of Kandelario Garcia-Ramos had been loitering in the store for an unusually long time, police said. By the time police arrived the man had left the store and he ran when a trooper confronted him. More Read More →
Baltimore hires new head of embattled crime lab
January 22, 2009
Baltimore police say they have hired a new director for their embattled crime lab. More Read More →
Teen to plead guilty in mom’s slaying
January 22, 2009
A Baltimore County teenager accused of killing his mother with a baseball bat and trying to kill his father intends to plead guilty to first-degree murder. More Read More →
Baltimore could pay Dixon’s legal bills
January 22, 2009
Baltimore City Solicitor George Nilson says his office is drafting a policy that could require Mayor Sheila Dixon’s legal bills to be paid by city taxpayers. More Read More →
Family of escaped killer’s victim scared
January 21, 2009
BRENTWOOD, Md. — The widow of a tire store owner stabbed to death by a former employee says she and her family were alarmed to learn the killer had escaped a western Maryland prison. More Read More →
Police departments look for more fuel-cutting cars
January 21, 2009
Police Chief Richard Watson admits his department’s newest patrol car is a curious departure from its big-horsepower Ford Crown Victorias. But the four-cylinder Pontiac Vibe GT has plenty of pep for policing, he said, and gets twice the gas mileage. Law enforcement agencies across the country looking for ways to cut corners and reduce costs after last year’s $4-a-gallon gas are increasingly turning to more fuel-efficient cars. While few expect that more muscular cruisers like the Crown... More
No sightings of Md. killer who escaped prison
January 21, 2009
HAGERSTOWN — Authorities say there have been no sightings of a convicted murder who scaled two razor-wire covered fences at a medium-security state prison in western Maryland and escaped over the weekend. Division of Correction spokesman Mark Vernarelli said 23-year-old Kandelario Garcia-Ramos is the first person to escape from a medium- security or higher facility in the state since 2003. He says those records are only kept for five years. Officials believe Garcia-Ramos used clothing to protect... More
Baltimore fire deaths drop, prevention credited
January 21, 2009
Baltimore fire officials say fire deaths were down last year, and they are crediting prevention and safety efforts. More Read More →
