US police credit Facebook page in solving crime
February 18, 2009
A central Maine police department is crediting the social networking Web site Facebook with helping to solve a vandalism case. More
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Victim’s mother urges death penalty repeal
February 18, 2009
Vicki Schieber wants to meet the man who brutally raped and murdered her daughter more than 10 years ago. It’s not what you might think. In fact, Schieber wants to help him reach a sense of peace similar to the one she and her husband Sylvester Schieber have found. More Read More →
Wedgie as good as handcuffs in suspect detention
February 17, 2009
It took a wedgie and a headlock to pin down a man suspected of breaking into a car. More Read More →
Documents: DHS passed protest info to Md. police
February 17, 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tracked an anti-war group’s plans for peaceful protests and passed the information on to the Maryland State Police, according to documents released to The Washington Post and reported in Tuesday’s editions. More Read More →
Rejected bill saves rover from being caged
February 17, 2009
The Maryland Senate recently rejected a bill that would prevent pets from riding unrestrained in the back of pickup trucks on Maryland highways. More Read More →
Cameras help Baltimore police track suspect
February 17, 2009
Baltimore police say they used surveillance cameras to identify a suspect in a shooting outside a Baltimore club and track him as he fled. Police say two women were struck when someone fired multiple shots into a crowd outside Club One in the 300 block of Holliday Street around 1:40 a.m. Monday. More Read More →
A new angle in e-mail scams
February 17, 2009
You’ve probably received e-mails asking you to help families whose wealth is in danger of seizure by their governments. They trust you—yes, you, a total stranger on another continent—to act as a go-between to save their fortune.
For this they’ll give you a hefty chunk “for your kindness.”
Many of these scams... More
Ex-city administrator indicted by grand jury
February 16, 2009
Maryland’s state prosecutor says a grand jury has charged a former Seat Pleasant city administrator with felony theft, counterfeiting and other offenses. State Prosecutor Robert Rohrbaugh says a warrant has been issued for the arrest of 42-year-old Bryan Alston of Baltimore County. The indictment was returned on Feb. 5. The indictment alleges that in 2006, Alston issued false check payments to Seat Pleasant vendors by forging the signatures the city’s mayor, treasurer and various vendors.... More
Baltimore’s Northeast District plagued by violence
February 16, 2009
Records show that Baltimore’s Northeast District has accounted for nearly a third of this year’s 31 homicides in the city. The Northeast is the largest of the city’s nine police districts. Police are investigating two recent slayings in the district. A 62-year-old military veteran was stabbed to death last week, and a 30-year-old man was shot to death outside a nightclub over the weekend. The military veteran, Daniel Hoeck, had received two Purple Hearts. Neighbors tell The Baltimore... More
Rwandan prosecutor calls for US professor’s return
February 13, 2009
Rwanda’s prosecutor general is calling for the swift extradition of a Maryland professor accused of genocide. More Read More →
