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 […]
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 […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Freedom Caucus issued a statement Wednesday condemning the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a campus event in Utah, attributing the violence to rising political division fueled by the left and calling for national unity against such attacks. Kirk, the 31-year-old founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, a prominent right-wing youth organization, was shot […]
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 […]
SALISBURY, MD—The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual(s) involved in the shooting death of 10-year-old Tyron Marque Colbert. At approximately 10:30 p.m. on August 5, 2024, Tyron was shot and killed while he was inside his home in Salisbury, Maryland. Anyone with information […]
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 […]
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and the federalization of the city’s Metropolitan Police Department to combat what he described as rampant crime and homelessness in the nation’s capital. The move, which Trump called a “historic action to rescue our nation’s capital,” has sparked controversy, with […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to destroy power substations in the Baltimore area. Brandon Clint Russell, 30, of Orlando, was given the sentence by Senior U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar, who also ordered a lifetime of supervised release. Russell’s co-conspirator, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 37, of Catonsville, Maryland, was previously […]