CHESTERTON, Ind.—A Chesterton man was arrested on Friday for allegedly sending an online threat directed at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Jackson Fleming, 23, was taken into custody on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Indiana. He is suspected of making the threat on Sept. 11 through a social media […]
NEW YORK—A New York state judge dismissed terrorism-related charges Tuesday against Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old suspect accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last year, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove the killing was intended to intimidate the public or influence government policy. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro tossed out two counts — first-degree murder in furtherance of […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after fraudulently obtaining more than a half million dollars in COVID-19 relief loans, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday. Edward McCorkle, 37, admitted to submitting fraudulent applications for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) funds under the federal CARES Act between May […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in two armed commercial robberies and a carjacking in November 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced John Hyman, 21, of Baltimore, followed by three years of supervised release. Co-defendant Devin Grimes previously […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Rosedale woman was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking and money laundering operation that distributed thousands of diverted oxycodone pills throughout the Baltimore region. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander sentenced Terry Allen, 57, after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and money laundering. U.S. Attorney for the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A registered sex offender from Baltimore County has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material, federal authorities announced this week. Steven Christopher Kelban, 50, of Catonsville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett to a decade in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. This is Kelban’s third conviction related […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Freedom Caucus on Tuesday lauded the Trump administration for its decision to halt an offshore wind project off the state’s coast, calling the move a victory for the economy and a rejection of what they called a “failed energy experiment.” The caucus praised President Donald J. Trump and the Department of Justice for withdrawing federal approval for […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Mexican national previously convicted of child sex abuse was sentenced Tuesday to 20 months and 20 days in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after being deported. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar imposed the sentence on Alfredo Carreon-Lopez, 39, of Rosedale. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Kelly O. […]