U.S. Department of Justice

A trap for small businesses

2012-05-29 11:14:00

Laws are like fine nets, catching the common fish even as the biggest push their way through. Or so you might think on learning of how federal prosecutors keep nabbing small and medium-size businesspeople who violate an obscure law relating to bank...

Sparrows Point steel mill will close in June

2012-05-24 16:14:00

The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant is idling operations there, warning 1,975 workers Thursday that they would be laid off starting next month. The news, the latest casting doubt on the future of the Baltimore County facility,...

Rape and prison

2012-05-23 11:03:00

The prospect of spending years behind bars in a tiny cell is sufficiently chilling to deter most people from ever committing a crime. Those who willfully break the law anyway and get caught have no one to blame but themselves when a judge sentences them...

Sparrows Point owner considers selling plant

2012-05-21 17:32:00

The struggling Sparrows Point steel mill could be sold within the next six months, mill owner RG Steel said Monday. "We're not going to be specific at this time," said Bette Kovach, an RG Steel spokeswoman, as she confirmed comments by two company...

DOJ seeks to tighten Baltimore policy on recording police

2012-05-17 12:55:39

The U.S. Department of Justice isn't satisfied with the Baltimore Police Department's recently issued orders on the public's right to record officers. Jonathan Smith, chief of the special litigation section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights...

Same-sex marriage seals Obama's fate as a one-term president

2012-05-16 13:28:58

Barack Obama made himself a one-term president last week by telling ABC, "I think that same-sex couples should be able to get married." Up till now, he was politically savvy, saying his position was "evolving." But in repealing the military's "don't ask,...

Domino sugar plant settles pollution lawsuit

2012-05-14 16:38:00

The owner of the Domino sugar refinery in the Inner Harbor has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty and install pollution controls to settle a federal lawsuit accusing the plant of violating the Clean Air Act. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District...

Biography: Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III

2012-05-03 13:05:00

This official biography of Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III was provided by the Baltimore Police Department. Frederick H. Bealefeld, III was appointed Police Commissioner of the City of Baltimore, Maryland on November 20th, 2007 and commands the...

Panos' career in print and practice honored by press association

2012-04-23 15:37:00

During his more than 60 years in the news business, Timonium resident Lou Panos crossed paths with people from legendary Baltimore scribeH.L. Mencken to the Kennedy brothers — as in RFK and JFK. Along the way, Panos, 86, who was inducted last...

Memo to the president: why being 'on the right track' isn't enough

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Dear Mr. President: So far your election strategy can best be summed up as: "We're on the right track, my economic policies are working, we still have a long way to go, but stick with me and you'll be fine." I'm afraid this won't be enough to win you...

Five arrested for selling counterfeit luxury purses, shoes, watches and hats

2012-04-25 18:18:38

A federal grand jury indicted five men on charges they allegedly sold counterfeit goods of high-end designers such as Michael Kors, Coach and Jimmy Choo around Baltimore, including at the Patapsco Flea Market, where authorities conducted a weekend raid in...

Baltimore efforts under way to rally support for Trayvon Martin

2012-03-22 17:35:42

As the nation watches the fallout from the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed Florida teen, many Baltimoreans are voicing concern. Among those intervening locally is Jamal Bryant, pastor of the Empowerment Temple, a large church in...

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department in Arizona are being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged racial profiling and civil-rights violations.

2012-05-10 00:00:00

Mourners gather in June 2010 near the spot where Sergio Hernandez-Guereca, 15, was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent near El Paso. The Justice Department on Friday called the shooting an acceptable use of force.

2012-04-27 20:54:00

This artist rendering shows the scene in U.S. District Court on March 9, 1974, when Judge John J. Sirica, foreground, faced the seven men being arraigned on charges stemming from their alleged involvement in the Watergate affair. They are, from left: John D. Ehrlichman, former presidential aid; H.R.

2012-04-21 15:30:19