ANNAPOLIS, MD—A former legislative aide in the Maryland State Senate has been sentenced to four consecutive weekends in jail and two years of supervised probation for stealing funds allocated for legislative scholarships. Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard III announced Wednesday that Esther Dikongue received the sentence from Circuit Court Judge Stacy W. McCormack in Anne Arundel County. Upon completion […]
EDGEWOOD, MD—An Edgewood woman was sentenced this week to life in prison, with all but 180 years suspended, for a 2019 arson that killed four people. Bobbie Sue Hodge, 66, received the new sentence after her previous 2022 conviction was remanded for a new trial by the Appellate Court of Maryland. The Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office announced the sentencing of […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Bel Air, Maryland, man was sentenced to federal prison this week for his role in a $29 million embezzlement and kickback scheme that defrauded his employer, a Harford County manufacturer. U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Eugene Andrew DiNoto, 54, to concurrent terms of 70 months for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and engaging in an illegal […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Two men have been sentenced to prison in connection with a 2022 homicide that occurred in Middle River. Demetris Tyron Hollis, 21, and Deandre Antoine Wright, 21, were both sentenced on Friday in the Baltimore County Circuit Court to life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder. On November 12, 2022, authorities responded to the 9900-block of Berliner […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County businessman has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than $1.3 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans, authorities say. David Epstein, 46, of Owings Mills, submitted fraudulent loan applications for his business, PEI Staffing, a temporary staffing company, through the CARES Act, according to the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Harford County man has been sentenced to prison in connection with a sexual assault that occurred on a cruise ship. Jalen Thomas Kelley, 22, of Abingdon, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release. On December 12, 2024, after a two-week trial, a federal jury convicted Kelley of aggravated sexual […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—A Nottingham man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced in connection with a 2022 murder case in Harford County. Anthony Sean Ross, 32, of Nottingham, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus twenty years on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The Honorable M. Elizabeth Bowen handed down the sentence […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Three Baltimore men have been sentenced for their roles in a string of at least 45 armed robberies across Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and Howard County. Corey Sabb, 20, Dewayne Sanders, 20, and Allen Hill, 19, were sentenced on April 22, 2025, by the Honorable Nancy Purpura of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. The group terrorized communities from […]