Political Activist Pleads Guilty to Illegal Wiretap of Congressional Staffer State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that Jake Burdett, a college student at Salisbury University, plead guilty to illegally wiretapping a Congressional Staffer for Congressman Andy Harris in a meeting. Burdett, 21 years old, an advocate for the group Maryland Marijuana Justice, participated in Read the Rest…
STATEMENT OF FACTS On or about October 2, 2018, Jake Burdett (“Defendant”) along with a members of an organization called Maryland Marijuana Justice (“MDMJ”) arrived at the Salisbury Office of Congressman Andy Harris requesting a meeting with Congressman Harris. The group did not have an appointment but Bill Reddish, Congressman Harris’s Community Liaison offered to Read the Rest…
Chesapeake Beach Councilman Charged with Illegal Wiretapping State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that Stewart Cumbo, a former Maryland State police officer and current member of the City Council for the Town of Chesapeake Beach, was charged in the Circuit Court for Calvert County with illegal wiretapping. The Criminal Information alleges that between July Read the Rest…
CRIMINAL INFORMATION THE STATE PROSECUTOR for the State of Maryland informs and charges the Defendant, STEWART CUMBO, with having committed the following offenses: COUNT I From on or about July of 2018 through November of 2018, at Calvert County, Maryland, STEWART CUMBO did willfully intercept, through a recording on his cellular phone, an oral Read the Rest…
The State Prosecutor, Emmet C. Davitt, announced today that he has notified Governor Hogan that he will retire as State Prosecutor effective August 1, 2019. A copy of Mr. Davitt’s letter to Governor Hogan can be found HERE.
Maryland State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that former Correctional Officer Phillipe Jordan, Jr. was sentenced on Friday, January 11, 2019, to a ten (10) year sentence suspend all but three and a half (3.5) years and five (5) years of supervised probation by the Honorable Mark W. Crooks for his guilty plea to bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. Jordan was Read the Rest…
State Prosecutor Emmet Davitt announced today that Tyler Walch, Chief of Staff for Delegate Richard Impallaria, has been charged in the District Court for Baltimore County with violating the authority line requirements of the Maryland Election Laws. The maximum penalty for that offense is one year imprisonment and a fine of $1,000.00. Trial has been Read the Rest…
Treasurer of Former Delegate’s Campaign Finance Committee Charged With Felony Theft For Immediate Release TREASURER OF LATE DELEGATE’S CAMPAIGN FINANCE COMMITTEE CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that Ronald Chesek, 59, Treasurer for the campaign finance committee known as “The Friends of Joseph J. Minnick,” has been charged in the Read the Rest…
For Immediate Release Former Baltimore County Attorney Pleads Guilty to Felony Theft from Clients State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that Roger L. Harris, Jr., former attorney, plead guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County before the Honorable Robert E. Cahill Jr. to theft of approximately $74,795.23 from clients of his law practice. Read the Rest…
Statement of Facts for Roger Harris 03–K-18-001655 Pursuant to a Pre-Indictment Plea, the following are the facts in support of the plea for State of Maryland v. Roger Harris 03-K-18-001655: Roger L. Harris, Jr. (“Harris”) was admitted to the Maryland Bar on June 25, 1997. Harris initially practiced law as an Assistant State’s Attorney Read the Rest…
