Parkville woman indicted on federal racketeering charges at Maryland Correctional Institute Jessup

Baltimore, MD – A federal grand jury has indicted 20 defendants on federal racketeering and related charges at the Maryland Correctional Institute Jessup (MCIJ), including correctional officers, employees, contractors, inmates, and outside “facilitators,” for allegedly paying bribes to correctional officers and other staff members to smuggle contraband, including narcotics, unauthorized flash drives, tobacco, and cell phones into the prison. The […]

Verizon store, two Royal Farms stores robbed

Police are investigating four robberies that were reported over the past week. At just before 1 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, an individual entered the Royal Farms store located in the 8800-block of Philadelphia Road in Rosedale (21237) and robbed the store of cigarettes. At around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, a man said he was assaulted and robbed […]

Parkville bank, Essex food delivery driver robbed

Police are investigating two robberies that were reported this week. At just after 11:15 a.m. on Monday, April 8, an individual entered the Chesapeake Bank branch located in the 2000-block of East Joppa Road in Parkville (21234) and displayed a note demanding money. The suspect then fled after receiving the money. At just after 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, […]

New caller ID ‘spoofing’ scam demands payments for violations

The Maryland Judiciary is warning the public about a new telephone scam that appears to originate from the Baltimore County Circuit Court Clerk’s Office. The callers use a scam known as “caller ID spoofing” in which the scammers deliberately falsify the information sent to caller ID displays to hide their identity, in this case appearing as the clerk’s office. When […]