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Police hunting robbers luring victims on Craigslist
A man claiming to be selling watches, coins and other items on Craigslist — the Internet version of classified ads — has lured four people to a residential street in Northwest Baltimore and robbed them at gunpoint, according to city police....Tags: Theft, Craigslist, Inc., Criminals
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Identity thieves filing fake returns using data on real taxpayers
Here's another reason to file your tax returns as early as possible: an identity thief might beat you to the money.
Identity thieves are filing fake federal returns using taxpayers' Social Security numbers and claiming tax refunds worth billions of...Tags: Timonium, Theft, Credit and Debt, Banking, Personal Data Collection
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Maryland crime victims remembered
Now in its 23rd year, Maryland's annual statewide memorial service for crime victims and their families, an official day of remembrance organized by prosecutors and the state Board of Victims Services, comes with a long roll call of the murdered or...Tags: Howard County, Abusive Behavior, General Motors Corp., Criminals, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Changing Maryland's gun laws may have little effect on crime, scholars say
John Josselyn stood at a gun range in Baltimore County on the warmest day of last week, ready for target practice with his .22-caliber pistol, and recalled how the simple threat of a gun once saved him from three thugs. The gun-rights advocate called it...Tags: Firearms, Maryland State Police, Civil Rights, Bolton Hill, Science
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Baltimore police target rise in robberies
The gunman held a small black revolver to the back of the man's head and demanded, "Give me what you got," according to the police report. He forced the victim to the pavement at Clement and Covington streets in South Baltimore, and took a wallet and cell...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Theft, Apple iPhone, Inner Harbor, Bolton Hill
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Crime victims need protection against greedy towing companies
Dan Rodricks' commentary on the towing industry highlights an obvious problem that allows towing companies to make a lot of money at the expense of vehicle owners ("Towing the line on property rights," Dec. 18). But the problem is even larger than Mr....Tags: Martin O'Malley, Criminals, Companies and Corporations
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Two arrested in Edgewood murder have gang ties, police say
The Harford County Sheriff's Office arrested three people Friday and charged two of them in connection with the murder of a man found shot to death in a car in Edgewood Thursday morning.
Both men charged in the murder had been previously identified by...Tags: Prosecution, Theft, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Trials, Witnesses
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Man, 66, dies in multiple-vehicle crash in Pasadena
A 66-year-old Prince George's County man was killed in a multiple-vehicle crash Monday along Route 100 near Quarterfield Road in Pasadena. John Frederick Cornelius of Fort Washington died at University of Maryland Shock Trauma, where he was taken shortly...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Pasadena (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Accidental Death, Prince George's County
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Special prosecutor emerging as option on conflict cases
In the case involving an altercation last week between Baltimore Clerk of Circuit Court Frank M. Conaway Sr. and a blogger, State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein has said his office won't make the decision on whether to file criminal charges or handle any...Tags: Wicomico County, Douglas F. Gansler, Baltimore County, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Putting murderers to death doesn't help victims' families
I do not know Vivian Penda but I was touched and moved by her op-ed in which she shared her struggle following the murder of her son. In her powerful guest opinion she urged, "For the sake of victims' families, repeal the death penalty." (Nov. 17.) It...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, John Kitzhaber, Murder, Punishment
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Witness intimidation summit held in Baltimore
Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein hosted a summit Tuesday about witness intimidation where police, prosecutors and witness assistance providers could discuss the best ways to protect and support victims and witnesses of crime. "Violent...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Witnesses, University of Baltimore, Frederick H. Bealefeld, III
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Former climbing coach pleads guilty to sexual abuse in Columbia
A former rock-climbing coach who worked at three Earth Treks facilities in the area admitted Wednesday that he and a 14-year-old girl he coached in Columbia had sex at that facility and elsewhere, as he pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child....Tags: Punishment, Lawyers, Prosecution, Howard County, Trials
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