Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that Erica Griswold, former Anne Arundel County Register of Wills, was sentenced to eighteen months incarceration, suspended, and two years of probation, for Misconduct in Office by the Honorable Stacy W. McCormack in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. According to the statement of facts Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard, III, announced today that a criminal information has been filed in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland, charging Jamel R. Franklin, a former Prince George’s County Councilman, with multiple counts of felony theft scheme, embezzlement, and perjury. According to the charges filed today, Mr. Franklin established his Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard, III, announced today that Erica Griswold, Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County, pleaded guilty to Misconduct in Office. The Honorable Stacy W. McCormack accepted Griswold’s guilty plea in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court. Sentencing has been set for July 18, 2024, at 1:30pm. According to the statement of Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that Easton Police Department Sergeant Jason Dyott has been charged by criminal information with two counts of Misconduct in Office. According to the charging document, Sergeant Dyott, who served as a sworn law enforcement officer with the Easton Police Department since approximately June 2008, used his Read the Rest…
Charlton T. Howard III, Maryland State Prosecutor, announced today that the John King for Governor campaign committee has been fined $2,000 dollars via civil citation for sending campaign material to at least two Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) board members ahead of the 2022 Maryland Primary Election without an authority line. According to the affidavit Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard, III, announced today that an Anne Arundel County Grand Jury has indicted Erica Griswold, Register of Wills for Anne Arundel County, on charges of Misconduct in Office, Misappropriation by a Fiduciary, and Theft. According to the indictment, on or about June 16, 2023, a cashier’s check for $6,645.00 was Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that former Cecil County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kyle L. Thomas was sentenced to five years of incarceration, with all but one year suspended, followed by three years of supervised probation, for one count of misconduct in office, and one year of incarceration, suspended, for one count Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard, III, announced today that a Baltimore County resident, Francis G. Bagnall, pleaded guilty to voting in the 2018 Maryland Gubernatorial General Election without having the legal authority to vote. Bagnall was sentenced to Probation Before Judgment by the Honorable Robert E. Cahill, Jr. pursuant to a signed plea agreement, Read the Rest…
In conjunction with The Maryland State Board of Elections Charlton T. Howard III, Maryland State Prosecutor, and Jared DeMarinis, State Administrator of Elections at the Maryland State Board of elections, announced today that the 1776 Project PAC has been fined $20,250 dollars via civil citation for sending 13,879 text messages to Carroll County voters in Read the Rest…
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced today that former Cecil County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Kyle L. Thomas, pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in office and one count of visual surveillance with prurient intent. According to the statement of facts read in the courtroom, Thomas served as a Deputy for the Cecil Read the Rest…