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Gansler Announces Breakthrough in Fight Against Phone Bill Cramming
Three major mobile phone carriers agree to stop commercial “premium text messages,” the source of most cramming complaints Baltimore, MD (Nov. 21, 2013) – In what could be a major breakthrough in the fight against mobile phone bill cramming, Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler today announced that three of the nation’s largest mobile… Read More »
Gansler Announces Conviction of Former City Public Works Employee
Baltimore, MD (Nov. 21, 2013) – Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Walter Bernard Jones, 47, of Baltimore, pled guilty in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to one count of felony theft scheme having a value of at least $10,000, but less than $100,000. Judge Lynn Stewart Mays sentenced the defendant… Read More »
Gansler Advises Maryland Health Insurance Companies to Treat Consumers Fairly Under State Law and the Affordable Care Act
Cancellation notices must inform policyholders of full rights and options Baltimore, MD (Nov. 18, 2013) – Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler today advised Maryland health insurance carriers that consumers who receive a policy cancellation notice must be informed of their full rights and options under state and federal law, and that such communications should… Read More »
Grand jury: Deputies justified in Vail shooting death
Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:00 am By Danielle E. Gaines News-Post Staff The Frederick County grand jury decided Friday that the use of force by Frederick County sheriff’s deputies was justified in the shooting death of Daniel Alain Vail. Vail, 19, died Jan. 10 when members of the sheriff’s office’s Special Services Team entered… Read More »
Baltimore City Police Officer did not use service weapon in murder-suicide
By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun7:38 p.m. EDT, October 28, 2013 The Baltimore police officer suspected of killing a city firefighter and his girlfriend Sunday did not use his service weapon to shoot them, Anne Arundel County police said Monday. Anne Arundel County police have not elaborated on a motive in what they’ve described… Read More »
Former Ferndale fire company volunteer charged with sex abuse
A Baltimore man who once volunteered for a fire company in Anne Arundel County was arrested Wednesday on multiple sex abuse charges, county police said. Preston Lamont Scott II, 31, is accused of abusing two children he knew. Police did not release the children’s ages, gender or relationship to Scott to protect their identity…. Read More »
Filing a Complaint Against an Insurance Company in Maryland
The Health Education and Advocacy Unit of the Consumer Protection Division of the of office of the Maryland Attorney General helps consumers whose health plan has refused to cover a medical procedure or to pay for a medical service that has already been provided. Maryland law allows both consumers and providers, on behalf of… Read More »
City pays $72,000 to family arrested outside Federal Hill bar
Lawsuit alleged man was slammed to ground, shocked with Taser The city’s spending panel on Wednesday approved a $72,000 payout to three family members who accused Baltimore police of assaulting and falsely arresting them outside of a Federal Hill bar. The Board of Estimates voted to award the money to Rony, Ronnie and Eileen… Read More »
Charges weighed in diver deaths at APG
By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun 4:07 p.m. EDT, May 2, 2013 Two senior enlisted leaders with an elite Navy dive unit could face charges of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of two sailors at Aberdeen Proving Ground in February, and others could be charged, the Navy said Wednesday. The chief warrant officer and… Read More »
Maryland to end benefits for domestic partners; State says change is needed to avoid lawsuits
By Michael Dresserand Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun8:06 a.m. EDT, May 3, 2013 The O’Malley administration has notified state employees in same-sex relationships that they won’t be able to include domestic partners in their health insurance anymore. If they want coverage, they’ll have to get married. The policy change is the result of the… Read More »
