The Maryland Senate voted to change a law listing all pit bulls as an “inherently dangerous” breed and holding all pit bull owners as well as landowners who rent to a pit bull owner responsible in case of an attack. The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted seven to two in favor of Senate Bill 2, which…
A new law took effect last month and will affect all drivers convicted of drunk driving in Virginia. The new state law requires all first-time offenders who have a blood alcohol level of more than .08 to have an ignition interlock device installed in their primary vehicle. Before the law took effect, only drivers with…
Maryland police may continue to collect DNA samples from people arrested for some serious crimes, at least until further notice. In an order issued Monday, Chief Justice John G. Roberts said there is a “fair prospect” the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn an April ruling, which found collecting DNA from those not convicted of a…
Prosecutors are fighting to uphold charges against a file-hosting company, Megaupload. In January 2012, Megaupload’s founder, Kim Dotcom, along with six other people were arrested in New Zealand and charged with copyright infrigment and fraud. They have argued the U.S. prosecutors have no legal jurisdiction over the company, that is based in Hong Kong and…
Authorities in Norfolk and Carroll County are investigating up to five possible wrongful convictions from years past. According to several reports, DNA testing in recent years involving more than 70 cases where officials discovered after testing evidence from cases failed to match with the convicted person. The cases under scrutiny range from 1973 through 1988.…
A Fort Washington teen was sentenced Friday in the shooting of a toddler who was being held by his mother at the time. Eighteen-year-old Devon Matos was sentenced to 25 years in prison, the maximum sentence he could have received, after being convicted on two counts of assault, three handgun-related crimes and endangerment after an…
An Oakton dentist was charged with 15 criminal counts including illegally distributing prescription pills to patients, employees and women he dated as well as using the identity of another dentist to fraudulently bill insurance companies of more than $160,000 in claims. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Hamada Makarita, 50, was charged with conspiracy, health care…
The younger brother of two NFL players has been charged with murder in the hammer death of a tourist in April and has also been declared to stand trial at the moment. A judge ordered that 19-year-old Michael Davis be treated for 60 days in a psychiatric hospital in an effort to “restore his compentancy”…
A shop teacher has been charged with 12 felony counts of brandishing a weapon after an incident where he is accused of getting the students attention by shooting blanks in their direction. According to reports, on April 4 at the William H. Neff Center, 60-year-old Manuael Ernest Dillow is accused of lining his 12 students up against…
A man has been charged in the accidental shooting death of a six-year-old in Prince George County. Raymond A. Brown, 20, was charged with putting a loaded weapon within the reach of the boy who got a hold of it and shot and killed himself after receiving a self-inflicted gunshot to the chest. Brown allegedly…