baltimore behavioral health

The former CEO of a nonprofit treatment center who pleaded guilty to mishandling employee taxes and theft from their pension plan will serve two years in prison and six months of house arrest, a federal judge ordered Friday.

Good morning, Baltimore! Here's what you need to know for Wednesday.

The former leader of a Baltimore treatment center pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to stealing from the employee retirement plan and mishandling employee income taxes.

An Ellicott City man accused of embezzling money from a nonprofit behavioral health company has been working as a fiscal officer for the Howard County government.

The U.S. attorney's office has filed criminal charges against the former CEO of a West Pratt Street mental health clinic that allege that he embezzled $50,000 meant for employee pensions and withheld hundreds of thousands in payroll taxes that were diverted to company executives' salaries.

Inside a three-story Victorian home in Towson, police said they found Baltimore County's first functional MDMA lab, producing a drug more commonly known as the trendy club drug "Molly."

Three people were arrested Wednesday in Towson following a drug raid

State health officials won't say how an Allegany County doctor accused of sexually assaulting a patient obtained a medical license, given a rape conviction on his record. But the state's top health official acknowledged that it's likely because they weren't aware of it.

The former CEO of Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. was ordered to pay $60,750 for failing to deposit workers' contributions in the organization's retirement plan, the Department of Labor announced Thursday.

The Department of Labor announced Monday that it has sued the former CEO of Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. for violating pension law by failing to deposit workers' contributions into the company's retirement plan.

A federal judge has ordered a West Pratt Street clinic and its former chief executive to repay more than 60 current and former employees nearly $50,000 that the private company never deposited in their retirement plans as promised.

By the time Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. sought bankruptcy protection Dec. 28, the once high-flying drug treatment and mental health clinic had shown signs of financial trouble going back two years. But even as the private, nonprofit company's debts mounted, members of the family that long oversaw the West Pratt Street clinic continued to be well paid, recently released tax records show.

Mental health and addiction treatment center Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection because it owes more than $5.5 million to creditors and estimates its assets are less than $500,000, according to federal court filings.

More than a year after questions arose publicly about the state of Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc.¿s retirement plan, the financial company that oversaw the plan has gone on record as saying that the West Pratt Street mental health clinic all but stopped making contributions after Sept. 2009.

Sale comes as default order is entered against clinic in federal lawsuit

U.S. Labor Department is investigating alleged legal violations involving the retirement plan

Lawsuit alleges city clinic didn't comply with two subpoenas

Baltimore Behavioral Health says sale of property would stabilize finances

Lawsuit is latest challenge for BBH, long one of city's largest providers of drug treatment

Bank of America sues BBH for access to financial records

Labor Department seeks documents after former BBH employees report missing money

Hearing called after Sun investigation of Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc.