Small GPS devices help prosecutors win convictions

Like millions of motorists, Eric Hanson used a GPS unit in his Chevrolet TrailBlazer to find his way around. He probably didn’t expect that prosecutors would eventually use it too — to help convict him of killing four family members. Prosecutors in suburban Chicago analyzed data from the Garmin GPS device to pinpoint where Hanson had been on the morning after his parents were fatally shot and his sister and brother-in-law bludgeoned to death in 2005. He was convicted of the killings earlier... More

Universities try to control students off campus

SEATTLE - Ah, life in the university district. Cheap ethnic food. Vibrant street life. Fresh-faced students whizzing by on bicycles. People who choose to live on the beautiful tree-lined streets surrounding the nation’s institutions of higher learning often get a more vibrant experience than they expected — loud parties, rundown student boarding houses and trash generated by weekend melees. More  Read More →

Md. official: mistakes made in prison strip search

A prison strip search of nine employees conducted to root out contraband “caused stress and embarrassment to some very fine employees,” Maryland’s top corrections official wrote Wednesday, promising it won’t happen again. More  Read More →

Man, pregnant girlfriend charged in Md. standoff

A man who held police at bay during a two-day Maryland motel standoff and his pregnant girlfriend, who claimed to be his hostage, both face charges, state police said Saturday. More  Read More →

Volunteers start duty in Baltimore schools

When the school bells ring Monday in Baltimore, volunteers will be helping in school offices and lunch rooms. More  Read More →

Easton man charged as police impersonator

An Easton man is facing criminal charges for alleged posing as a police officer to gain sexual favors from prostitutes in Salisbury. More  Read More →

“Wire” actress arrested on minor drug charge

An actress who appeared on the HBO series The Wire has been arrested on minor drug charges. Court records show Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, who played a killer of the same name on the televesion series, was charged after police went to her home in Northeast Baltimore to pick her up for refusing to cooperate as a witness in a murder trial. More  Read More →

Suspect holds authorities at bay in Md. motel

The wanted man holed up with his pregnant girlfriend in a Hancock, Md. motel still hasn’t surrendered. Maryland State Police spokesman Greg Shipley says negotiators played James Prevatt III a recorded plea from his mother in South Carolina asking that he give himself up, but he hasn’t done so. More  Read More →

Campaign helps low-income citizens get stimulus payments

Monday marked the launch of an outreach campaign to help underprivileged citizens apply for economic stimulus payments. Altogether, 36,000 eligible residents from Baltimore city and county, many of whom are senior citizens or are disabled, have not filed a tax return and therefore have not received a stimulus payment. More  Read More →

Planned new jail on hold in Garrett

OAKLAND, Md. - The Garrett County commissioners have halted plans for a new county detention center. More  Read More →

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