Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard announced today that a Baltimore County grand jury has indicted five Correctional Officers with Felony Theft Scheme and Misconduct in Office. The indictments allege that during their employment as Correctional Officers for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Kimberly Brown, Erica Byrd, Dephany McKnight, Syreeta Saunders, and Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that charges have been filed in Cecil County, Maryland, against Lora Walters, the former Deputy Director of the Cecil County Board of Elections, for Misconduct in Office, Perjury, False Entry in a Public Record, Altering a Public Record, and Committing Corrupt Acts as an Election Official. Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that a Baltimore City Grand Jury has indicted Ivan Gonzalez, a Baltimore Police Officer and 2020 candidate for Baltimore Mayor, on charges of Perjury, Falsifying a Voter Registration, False Oath, and False Entry in a Public Record. Mr. Gonzalez is alleged to have provided false information Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that charges have been filed in Dorchester County, Maryland, against Nicholas Gonzalez, a Cambridge Police Department Officer, for misconduct in office. Mr. Gonzalez is alleged to have unlawfully detained a young woman on or about December 29, 2018. If convicted of misconduct in office, Mr. Gonzalez Read the Rest…
Allegedly Defrauded a New Victim of More Than $71,000 While on Pretrial Release Greenbelt, Maryland – A newly filed federal superseding indictment adds bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges against Glenda Hodges, age 69, of Clinton, Maryland, who was already facing wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft charges in connection with the misuse Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard announced today that a Baltimore County grand jury has indicted two State Correctional Officers and a State Fiscal Technician with Theft, Conspiracy to Commit Theft, Bribery, and Misconduct. The indictment alleges that Correctional Officers Okezie Chidume and Gerald Leon Solomon, Jr., conspired with Fiscal Technician Shantil Carter, to alter timecard Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that charges have been filed in Baltimore, Maryland, against Elizabeth “Betsy” Gardner, a Baltimore City employee, for perjury. Ms. Gardner is alleged to have received payments from community organizations that she failed to disclose on her required city financial disclosure forms. In 2016, Ms. Gardner worked Read the Rest…
For Immediate Release November 17, 2020 Edward M. Estes, Mayor of Glen Arden, Maryland, Charged with Violating the Maryland Wiretap Statute and Misconduct in Office Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that a Prince George’s County grand jury has indicted Edward M. Estes, 63, Mayor of Glenarden, Maryland, for illegally intercepting Read the Rest…
EX-BALTIMORE MAYOR CATHERINE PUGH CHARGED WITH PERJURY Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard announces that the Office of the State Prosecutor has charged ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh with perjury for her failure to disclose her business interest in Healthy Holly, LLC on her financial disclosures during her services as a Maryland State Senator. The charging Read the Rest…
MARYLAND STATE POLICE SERGEANT CHARGED WITH MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE Acting State Prosecutor Kelly B. Madigan announced that the Wicomico County Grand Jury has returned an indictment charging Michael McComas, a sergeant with the Maryland State Police, with misconduct in office for notifying a civilian employee of the Maryland State Police of a pending search and Read the Rest…
