More coverage of crime office probe
Archived coverage of a federal investigation into grants distributed by the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention.
FBI requests review of files on crime-control office grant
FBI agents investigating a state crime control office once overseen by former Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend asked this week to review the agency's files on a Baltimore program that pairs felons leaving prison with mentors in the city's business community, sources close to the investigation said yesterday. Full story...
Probe of crime office is revived
After many weeks of little visible activity, the U.S. attorney's office is stepping up its investigation into the practices of the governor's crime control office. Full story...
Memo advises on anti-crime agency grants
The Maryland attorney general's office has generally found nothing wrong with a state anti-crime agency hiring staffers through federal grants given to the University of Maryland, according to a memo from the office. Full story...
Anti-crime office puts most funds in community groups
The state crime-control office credited by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend with making Maryland safer directs the largest chunk of its federal grant dollars not to police agencies, but to community and church groups, schools and citizen patrols for programs designed to clean up troubled neighborhoods or discourage young people from turning to crime. Full story...
Anti-crime unit defends staff hirings
As the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention grew rapidly into an agency that manages about $90 million of anti-crime grants, its top officials say they sought to hire the best people available. Full story...
Worker had state salary, aide says
A former state employee whose work records were subpoenaed by authorities investigating the possible misuse of federal funds was paid entirely with state money when he worked in Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's office, a Townsend aide said yesterday. Full story...
Employee records sought in probe
Federal authorities investigating a state crime-control office overseen by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend have issued new subpoenas seeking personnel records for a former Maryland State Police employee and the computer hard drive of another former state worker, officials said yesterday. Full story...
Vague U.S. rules could hamper probe of grants
Justice Department investigators trying to determine whether federal funds were misspent by a Maryland crime control office might face one central hurdle: vague guidelines established by their own agency for how the money can be used. Full story...
Probe displays ties between Annapolis and College Park
This time of year, the University of Maryland, College Park is supposed to be receiving tuition checks. This summer, it's also been receiving subpoenas. Full story...
Going after the politicians
AMaryland United States attorney is involved in a sensitive investigation of a leading politician. The story makes it to the media. The subject denounces the probe as politically motivated. A deadline looms. Political pressure mounts. Full story...
Townsend asks attorney general about grant use
Reacting to a federal investigation that is haunting her campaign, Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend asked the state attorney general yesterday to rule whether an agency she oversees is properly using grants awarded to the University of Maryland to carry out anti-crime projects. Full story...
Subpoena issued for crime office
A federal grand jury issued a new subpoena yesterday to the state anti-crime office for records of the work done by a former employee who said publicly this week that she was assigned to do a research project to benefit Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's campaign for governor. Full story...
Federal grants to UM used to staff anti-crime office
University of Maryland officials said yesterday that they were directed by a state anti-crime office to use federal grants to hire about 30 workers for whom the university had no supervisory authority - an arrangement one called unusual. Full story...
Federal jury widens probe of crime office
A federal grand jury investigating a Maryland crime-control office overseen by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend has asked to review personnel records for about half the agency's professional staff as well as documents showing how more than $6 million in federal funds was spent, according to subpoenas released yesterday by state officials. Full story...
Probe of office overseen by Townsend may be expanding
The federal investigation into grants distributed by a state anti- crime office may be expanding beyond the scrutiny of awards to a Prince George's County nonprofit group and the University of Maryland, College Park. Full story...
Probe of crime office expands to include UM program
A federal investigation of a Maryland anti-crime office has widened its focus to include grants given to the Center for Substance Abuse Research, a program run from the University of Maryland, College Park. Full story...
Crime office under probe grew rapidly
Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend called it a "tiny little office" being picked on by an aggressive U.S. attorney. Full story...
Nonprofit testified in Md. agency probe
Federal prosecutors have been investigating anti-crime grants distributed by an agency overseen by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend since at least April in a probe that has included grand jury testimony by an official of a Prince George's County nonprofit in June. Full story...
U.S. investigates grants state gave for project
State officials confirmed yesterday that federal authorities are investigating juvenile program grants distributed by an anti-crime office overseen by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, but Townsend said she believes the probe is fueled by her political opponents. Full story...
