August 15, 2019: Notice of Meeting of State Prosecutor Selection and Disabilities Commission
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July 9, 2019: Former Pocomoke City Police Chief Sentenced for Misconduct in Office Conviction
FORMER POCOMOKE CITY POLICE CHIEF SENTENCED FOR MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE CONVICTION State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that former Pocomoke City Police Chief Kelvin Sewell was sentenced today, after being convicted of criminal misconduct in office in the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Sewell was convicted of protecting a fellow Mason by interfering with Read the Rest…
July 9, 2019: Kelvin Sewell, Sentencing Memorandum
Sentencing Memorandum The State of Maryland, by Emmet C. Davitt, State Prosecutor, and Kelly Madigan, Deputy State Prosecutor submits the following Sentencing Memorandum. The defendant in this case, Kelvin Sewell (“Sewell”), was found guilty by a Worcester County jury in December of 2016 of Misconduct in Office. Sewell appealed his conviction to the Court of Read the Rest…
May 28, 2019: Chesapeake Beach Councilman Pleads Guilty to Illegal WIretapping
Chesapeake Beach Councilman Pleads Guilty to Illegal Wiretapping State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced that Stewart Cumbo, a former Maryland State police officer and current member of the City Council for the Town of Chesapeake Beach, plead guilty today in the Circuit Court for Calvert County to illegal wiretapping. Between July and November of 2018, Read the Rest…
April 30, 2019: Former Chief of Staff to State Delegate Convicted of Election Law Violation
State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt announced today that Tyler Walch, former Chief of Staff for Delegate Richard Impallaria, was convicted 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. The charges Read the Rest…
April 3, 2019: Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County Issues Memorandum Opinion in State of MD v. John Leopold
On April 2, 2019, the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County issued a Memorandum Opinion in the State of Maryland v. John Leopold, and denied former County Executive John Leopold’s Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis and Request for Hearing. Click HERE to view a copy of the opinion.
March 25, 2019: Political Activist Pleads Guilty to Illegal Wiretap of Congressional Staffer
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…
March 25, 2019: Jake Burdett, Statement of Facts
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…
March 21 2019: Chesapeake Beach Councilman Charged with Illegal Wiretapping
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…
March 21, 2019: Chesapeake Beach Councilman Charged with Illegal Wiretapping, Criminal Information
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…