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Gift card scandal could sink Baltimore mayor

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power. For Dixon, ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, Buffalo News,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Best Buy,  Barack Obama,  Martin O'Malley,  Kevin Brown,  U.S. Democratic Party

Ex-cult member to face trial in toddler's death

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A former member of a religious cult backed out of a plea deal Friday and will face trial on charges that he and others starved a toddler to death because the boy refused to say "Amen" after meals. Marcus A. Cobbs, 22, had ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, The Washington Post,  30 Oct 2009

Cult member withdraws guilty plea in child's death

BALTIMORE—A former member of a defunct religious cult has backed out of a plea deal and will face trial on charges he and others starved a toddler to death. Marcus Cobbs had agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of accessory after the fact. But his ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, Boston Globe,  30 Oct 2009

US cop accused of pulling gun at haunted house

A Baltimore city police officer delivered the fright of a lifetime to a haunted house employee, pulling a gun on the chain-saw-wielding man at the end of his act, authorities said Monday. Sgt. Eric Janik, 37, was charged with assault and reckless ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, eTaiwan News,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Mike Morrison

Md. cop accused of pulling gun at haunted house

ESSEX, Md.—A Baltimore city police officer delivered the fright of a lifetime to a haunted house employee, pulling a gun on the chain-saw-wielding man at the end of his act, authorities said Monday. Sgt. Eric Janik, 37, was charged with assault and ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, Boston Globe,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Mike Morrison

Baltimore cop accused of pulling gun at haunted house

BALTIMORE — Authorities say a Baltimore city police officer pulled his gun on a chain-saw-wielding haunted house worker who was trying to get "one last scream" out of him. Baltimore County police say Sgt. Eric Janik has been charged with assault for ...

From BEN NUCKOLS ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  26 Oct 2009

Boo! Cop accused of pulling gun at haunted house

BALTIMORE - Authorities say a Baltimore city police officer pulled his gun on a chain-saw-wielding haunted house worker who was trying to get "one last scream" out of him. ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, Access Atlanta Vendor,  26 Oct 2009

Md. father pleads guilty to drowning 3 children

BALTIMORE - A man with a history of mental illness pleaded guilty Wednesday to drowning his three young children one by one in a Baltimore hotel bathtub during a custody dispute with his former wife, who said she still cries every day over the deaths. ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  14 Oct 2009

Delaware 1st grader has 45-day suspension lifted

A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve. The seven-member Christina ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, TheNewsTribune.com,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Zachary Christie

Delaware school board eases zero-tolerance rule

NEWARK, Del. - A Delaware first-grader who faced a lengthy punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school - a combination folding knife, fork and spoon - has gotten a reprieve. ...

From BEN NUCKOLS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Zachary Christie

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