Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Chief Justice John Roberts stays Maryland Court of Appeals ruling striking down the collection of DNA samples from people arrested for felonies.
UPDATED (6:21 p.m.)—Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger said a Supreme Court order Wednesday will not result in the immediate resumption of collecting DNA samples from people arrested for certain crimes. "I'm not prepared to tell county police to start collecting DNA from arrestees," Shellenberger said. "I think we need something a little more solid before we start changing procedures." Chief Justice John Roberts' order stayed an April Maryland Court of Appeals ruling that barred law enforcement from collecting DNA samples from people arrested and charged with felonies. The Court of Appeals made the 5-2 ruling in the case of Alonzo King who was arrested in 2009. Wicomico County collected King's DNA at the time of his …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Charges against off-duty Baltimore County police officer aren't enough, says mother of Christopher Brown.
The mother of a slain Randallstown teen is calling for a federal civil rights investigation into the June 13 death of her son. Chris Brown, mother of Christopher Brown, said in an interview Thursday that she plans to ask the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice to review the actions of the Baltimore County Police Department and State's Attorney's office. "I want to take this out of the hands of the Baltimore County Police Department and the state's attorney's hands," said Chris Brown. "I'm trying to take this to the federal level." Christopher Brown died June 13 of asphyxiation, according to police, citing a state medical examiner's report. James Laboard, an off-duty police officer, was indicted Wednesday on two counts of manslaughter by…
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Rosedale man is serving 18 years for killing his wife, Tracey Gardner-Tetso, whose body was never found.
A Rosedale man's conviction for killing his wife has been upheld by a state appeals court. In October 2010, Dennis Tetso was convicted of second-degree murder for killing Tracey Gardner-Tetso, despite her body never being recovered. Gardner-Tetso disappeared on March 6, 2005, on her way to a rock concert. Her husband's trial became the first “no-body” murder trial in Baltimore County. Testso's conviction was upheld Monday in an 82-page decision by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. "Anytime you have a novice legal approach, you are waiting for you work to be affirmed on appeal," Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger said. The key to the investigation, Shellenberger said, was video that showed Gardner-Tetso’s car in a …
Thursday, April 26, 2012
21 people have been arrested for smuggling untaxed cigarettes in Baltimore County so far this year.
Cigarette smuggling in Maryland is on the rise, according to Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot. "We've got an epidemic of this smuggling in our state," Franchot said during a Thursday news conference in Towson with Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger. Police confiscated 10,000 packs of alleged contraband cigarettes during a traffic stop near White Marsh. More than 3,100 packs were seized in a stop involving a Honda Accord two weeks ago. The state comptroller said his office has prosecuted more cases of cigarette smuggling "in the last nine months than we have in the previous five years." In Baltimore County, there have been 20 formal cigarette smuggling investigations since mid-2006 resulting in the arrest of 28 …
Buck Harmon
7:59 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012
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