Category Archives: Criminal Law
Maryland becomes latest U.S. state to abolish death penalty
May 02, 2013|Ian Simpson | Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maryland became the 18th U.S. state to abolish the death penalty on Thursday when Governor Martin O’Malley signed a bill outlawing capital punishment in the state. O’Malley, a Democrat mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2016, had pledged to sign the bill, which the… 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 »
Suspicious Colleague Reported Levy to Hopkins Officials, Dean Says
Reprinted from the Baltimore Sunspot By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun 12:58 p.m. EST, February 27, 2013 A female colleague of Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy had grown suspicious of the doctor, noticing he wore a pen around his neck while examining patients, when she told Hopkins officials she believed he was secretly… Read More »
Johnson Convicted for Murder of Phylicia Barnes
Reprinted from Baltimore City State’s Attorney News 2.6.2013 A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury convicted Michael M. Johnson today of second-degree murder for killing Phylicia Barnes, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein announced. Ms. Barnes came to Baltimore from North Carolina on December 17, 2010, to visit and stay with her sister. The… Read More »
Germantown Woman, Daughter Charged in Medicaid Fraud Scheme Crimes alleged to have transpired in Baltimore City
BALTIMORE, MD ( Jan. 13, 2012) – Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced today that Hellen Njeri Ngatia, 44, and her daughter, Gladys Muthoni Ngatia, 25, both of Germantown, were charged in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City with one count each of Medicaid Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Medicaid Fraud. It is alleged… Read More »