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Former PG housing director sentenced to 3 years
GREENBELT — A former Prince George's County housing director has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for his role in a corruption scheme involving former county executive Jack Johnson. James Johnson pleaded guilty to asking for...Tags: Chicago, Egypt, Cook County, Illinois, Punishment
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Seventh officer sentenced, to 2.5 years in towing case
A seventh Baltimore police officer was sentenced Tuesday for his involvement in a towing kickback scheme, prosecutors said. Jhonn Corona, 33, of Rosedale, was given 2.5 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for directing cars from...Tags: Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland), Political Corruption, Prisons, Punishment, Lawyers
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Cummings seeks Wal-Mart investigation
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday requested a meeting with Wal-Mart officials in response to allegations that the retailer covered up a bribery scheme to expand its business in...Tags: Political Corruption, Elijah E. Cummings, Walmart, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, The New York Times
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Last remaining defendant in police kickback scandal pleads guilty to conspiracy, extortion
The last of 17 Baltimore police officers charged in a kickback scheme pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy and extortion in federal court, bringing the prosecution phase of the case to a close. Over a five-month period, Jaime Luis Lugo Rivera, 36,...Tags: Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland), Defendants, Prisons, Court Preliminary, Punishment
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City Council members want more information in teen shooting
The lack of immediate answers in the case of slain 13-year-old Monae Turnage has left the community in limbo, Baltimore City Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said Thursday.
"I understand the protocols, but this family, and this city, needs to know what...Tags: Edward L. Reisinger III, Carl Stokes, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Corporate Crime, Police Investigations
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Suspended officer's attorney warns against rush to judgment
A defense attorney cautioned Tuesday against a "rush to judgment" as a Baltimore police officer is investigated for his conduct following a 13-year-old girl's fatal shooting. Officer John A. Ward was suspended by the agency more than a week ago after...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Inner Harbor, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Baltimore officer sentenced to prison in kickback scandal
Officer David Reeping was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in federal prison for his role in a kickback scheme that ensnared more than 60 officers over two years, according to trial testimony, and led to 16 criminal convictions within the Baltimore...Tags: Theft, Political Corruption, Prisons, Heroin, FBI
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Officer's lawyer in child shooting case warns of haste; Bealefeld goes off on bad cops
While the lawyer for one Baltimore police officer warned of her client being judged too quickly after allegations surfaced that he helped cover-up a child's killing when the rifle was found in his car, another officer apologized for his own misdeeds in...Tags: Heroin, Lawyers, Prosecution, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III, Corporate Crime
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Maryland part of national pacemaker settlement
Maryland will get nearly $10,000 as part of a national settlement involving kickbacks to doctors to encourage them to implant pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced Thursday....Tags: General Practitioners, Douglas F. Gansler, Medical Research, Fraud, Corporate Crime
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Policing the force
Those who are sworn to enforce the law have a special obligation to obey it. That should be the cardinal rule for any police department, and the prison sentence handed down this week for a Baltimore officer who took kickbacks from a Rosedale body shop...Tags: Prisons, Heroin, Punishment, FBI, Lawyers
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Was key to Arundel mess 'in the bag'?
The modern age of Maryland political corruption ranges from the early 1970s and the epic and repugnant crimes of Spiro T. Agnew in Baltimore County to the creepy and nutty (and pending) misconduct charges against John Leopold in Anne Arundel County. Mr....
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Second city officer sentenced to federal prison in kickback scheme
A second Baltimore police officer was sentenced to federal prison Monday for participating in an extortion scheme that led to the criminal conviction of 16 city officials and the suspension of 14 others. Jerry Diggs Jr., 25, was sentenced to 30 months...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Prisons, Punishment, Trials, Blackmail and Extortion
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