Maryland man celebrates third major lottery win
JOPPA, MD – Douglas Eck just celebrated his third major lottery win after winning $25,000 in the Maryland Pick 5 drawing this week. Eck is familiar to winning the letter. In 2008,…
Maryland man wins second big lottery jackpot in two weeks
Hyattsville, MD – Some people are just lucky, and for one man in Hyattsville, luck came through in the form of a $100,000 lottery jackpot-winning ticket. The man, who wished to remain…
Maryland man sentenced for role in drug trafficking and firearms conspiracy
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Marcus Purnell, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Purnell, also known as…
Maryland man sentenced for role in drug trafficking and firearms conspiracy
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Marcus Purnell, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, was sentenced today to 15 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Purnell, also known as…
Ohio Man Admits to Making a Bomb and Driving it to Carroll County, Maryland with the Intent to Kill His Romantic Rival
Baltimore, Maryland – Clayton Alexander McCoy, age 32, of Chesterland, Ohio, pleaded guilty today to transporting explosives with intent to injure and to possession of an unregistered firearm/explosive device, in connection with…
Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Coercion and Enticement of a Minor
WASHINGTON –Charles Clark, 65, of La Plata, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M.…
Maryland United States Attorney Erek L. Barron Announces New Civil Rights Section on the First Anniversary of His Appointment as U.S. Attorney
Baltimore, Maryland – On the first anniversary of his appointment as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Erek L. Barron, announced that after a year-long assessment of the needs of…
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland Prosecutes Three Men on Violent Crime Charges Relating to Domestic Abuse
Greenbelt, Maryland – In recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland is highlighting the recent prosecution of three defendants, in unrelated…
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland Joins the Justice Department’s Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force to Protect Older Americans
Baltimore, Maryland – United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron announced today that as part of the Office’s continuing efforts to protect older adults and to bring perpetrators…
Maryland police capture wanted murder suspect in Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE, MD – The Maryland State Police have announced the arrest of a suspect wanted for the fatal shooting of a man earlier this month in Dorchester County. According to police, Geett…
Maryland State Police issue amber alert for missing 16-year-old
HARFORD COUNTY – Maryland State Police are searching for a missing teenager that has not been seen since Monday night. The Maryland State Police have issued the following Ambler Alert for 16-year-old…
Maryland U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron Announces More Than $5.4 Million in Grants from the Department of Justice to Reduce Community Violence in Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland – United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron announced today that the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced grant awards totaling $5,446,796…
Maryland United States Attorney’s Office Resolves Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Against Maryland Developer Involving Multifamily Housing Complexes
Baltimore, Maryland – United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced today that Maryland-based…
Final Trade Mission Includes Expansion of Global Gateway Initiative in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today concluded his economic development mission to Asia—the final trade mission of his time in office—by visiting U.S. servicemembers in Japan at Yokota Air Base and meeting with U.S.…
Governor Hogan Creates Economic Development Pact Between Maryland and Japan
Agreement Focuses on Economic Development Opportunities Between Maryland and Japan ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that Japan’s Kanagawa Science Park business incubator will become the latest partner of Maryland’s Global Gateway Initiative,…
Two Maryland Men Charged with Trafficking Thousands of Fentanyl Pills into Connecticut
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal…
Silver Spring, Maryland Man Faces Federal Charges for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in the Death of a Minor Victim
Greenbelt, Maryland – A criminal complaint has been filed charging Mikiyas Maryie Kefyalew, a/k/a “Mick”, age 24, of Silver Spring, Maryland, with distribution of fentanyl resulting in the death of a minor…
Maryland Man Ordered to Pay $90,000 for Role in Romance Fraud Scheme
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Oluwabamishe Awolesi, 29, of Beltsville, Maryland, was sentenced today to five years of federal probation, including 60 days on home detention, and ordered to pay $90,000 in restitution for…
Maryland man sentenced for fentanyl distribution
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Sven Alston, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced today to 58 months of incarceration for distributing fentanyl, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced. Alston, age 33, pleaded guilty in…
Maryland Resource Police Charged 75-Year-Old Pennyslvania Hunter for Baiting Deer, No Permit
HANCOCK, MD – Maryland natural resources Enforcement Officers charged a 75-year old Pennsylvania man for constructing a tree stand in baiting deer during hunting season. According to Maryland natural resources officials, it…