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Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights scrutinized after Baltimore City Detention Center scandal
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Correctional Officers’ Bill of Rights, which was sponsored by a former Washington County senator and signed into law in 2010, is getting fresh scrutiny in the aftermath of a scandal at the Baltimore City Detention Center, where 13 female...Tags: Michael E. Busch, AFSCME, Christopher B. Shank, Donald F Munson, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Affidavit says tests link ricin to suspect
Ricin was found in the former martial arts studio of the man suspected of sending poison letters to President Barack Obama and other public officials, and was also discovered on a dust mask and other items he threw in the trash, federal prosecutors said...
Tags: Police Arrests, Witnesses, Parties and Movements, Prosecution, eBay Inc.
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Police: Brothers planned to detonate leftover explosives in Times Square
Associated PressThe Boston Marathon bombers were headed for New York’s Times Square to blow up the rest of their explosives, authorities said Thursday, in what they portrayed as a chilling, spur-of-the-moment scheme that fell apart when the brothers realized the...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Punishment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Times Square, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Charges dropped against man in ricin letters case
Charges were dropped Tuesday against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Obama and others, while authorities searched at another man’s home in connection with the case. The surprising move was announced in a...
Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013, Mississippi), Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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Bomb suspects appear driven by faith
The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by their religious faith but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating the severely wounded younger man....
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Lu Lingzi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Military Justice, Trials
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Shooting victim identified, investigation continues
davem@herald-mail.comA man who died after being shot in an apartment in the 100 block of Randolph Avenue Saturday night has been identified as 26-year-old Steven Andrew Obrien, and police are continuing to investigate his death, a Hagerstown Police Department spokesman said...Tags: Shootings
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FBI releases images of two men at Boston Marathon
Plucking a couple of faces in baseball caps out of a swarming crowd, the FBI zeroed in on two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and shared surveillance-camera images of them with the world Thursday in hopes the public will help hunt them down. The...
Tags: Krystle Campbell, Lu Lingzi, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Sports
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Ricin letter sent to Obama; suspicious packages, envelopes reported on Capitol Hill
Associated PressLetters sent to President Barack Obama and a Mississippi senator tested positive for poisonous ricin in preliminary checks Wednesday, and authorities chased reports of other suspicious mail at a U.S. Capitol already on edge. An FBI intelligence...Tags: Patrick R. Donahoe, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Claire McCaskill, Joe Manchin III
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Two more former Roxbury officers plead guilty in 2008 assault on inmate
Two more former correctional officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution south of Hagerstown have pleaded guilty in connection with an assault on an inmate at the prison in March 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The pleas of Lanny...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Lawyers, Civil Rights, Punishment, Trials
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Halfway Fire Co. administrator and former chief is charged with misusing funds
dona@herald-mail.comJeffrey C. Ringer, the administrator and former chief of The Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway, Md. Inc., has been charged with misusing more than $10,000 in company funds over four years to pay for bar and restaurant bills, and a family member’s...Tags: Lawyers, Maryland State Police, Credit and Debt, Fires, Prosecution
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Oscar buzz for 'Argo' has Mendez caught up in promotional whirlwind
dona@herald-mail.comAntonio Mendez has been busy recently with a recent appearance with Ben Affleck on “Good Morning America,” a Fox News crew coming to his home in southern Washington County and a soon to be published feature article in The Washington Post....Tags: Entertainment Events, Iran, Matt Damon, Alan Arkin, Ben Affleck
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After six-day standoff, residents of Ala. town relieved child is safe
Associated PressFor six anguished days, people in this small Alabama town asked just one question about the 5-year-old boy being held hostage in an underground bunker by a menacing, unpredictable neighbor: "Is he free yet?" After FBI agents determined that talks with an...Tags: Law Enforcement, Laws, Television Industry, Human Interest, Robert J. Bentley
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