By Ian Round Capital News Service Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty Thursday to four of the 11 counts against her related to the sales of “Healthy Holly” children’s books. At the U.S. District Court in Baltimore, Pugh pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two […]
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Pugh charged with 11 counts of wire fraud, tax evasion for ‘Healthy Holly’ scheme
Federal prosecutors charged former Mayor Catherine Pugh with 11 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion related to her “Healthy Holly” children’s book scheme.
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City officials react to Pugh’s 3-year sentence for ‘Healthy Holly’ scheme
Former Mayor Catherine Pugh was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison, followed by three years of probation, for her fraud scheme involving her “Healthy Holly” children’s book series. The judge also ordered Pugh to pay $411,948 in restitution and to forfeit $669,688 including property on Ellamont Road in Baltimore and $17,800 from the Committee […]
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Rapper Chad Focus pleads guilty to wire fraud conspiracy
Chad Arrington, a SEO specialist who funded his nascent rap career as Chad Focus using a company credit card, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland announced today.
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Pugh attorneys seek 1 year, 1 day in prison for ‘Healthy Holly’ scandal, citing personal toll of case
Attorneys for former Mayor Catherine Pugh are asking for a sentence of one year and one day in prison–nearly three years fewer than the sentence U.S. prosecutors are seeking. In a sentencing memorandum Friday, Pugh’s attorneys asked for leniency in sentencing the former mayor for her crimes, based on her having already and continuing to […]
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Young ‘heartbroken’ by Pugh indictment, Scott delivers message to people seeking public office
Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young said today that, like all of the city’s public officials, he is “heartbroken and disappointed” by the 11 federal charges brought today against former Mayor Catherine Pugh. Federal prosecutors charged Pugh with wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax evasion related to the […]
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Art Abounds at St. James Academy
At St. James Academy, art is everywhere— in the halls, hanging from ceilings, and certainly in the minds of the students. Colorful murals, whimsical sculptures and other impressive visual works created by artists-in-residence fill the building. The art teachers inspire a passion for art-making in their students who are usually found in the art room […]
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Grant awarded $13 million contract despite Pugh ties
Grant Capital Management was awarded a $13 million contract from the city against the backdrop of allegedly illicit campaign contributions made by the company’s founder to former Mayor Catherine Pugh’s mayoral campaign Wednesday. The five-person Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved the contract to fund new Motorola radio equipment for the Baltimore Police Department and […]
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Laurel-based Something Awesome wins Charles Town Classic
With a determined surge in the home stretch, Laurel Park-based 7-year-old Something Awesome took home the $1.2 million Grade 2 Charles Town Classic on Saturday, dueling nose to nose with War Story before the finish line.
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Feds charge man with making threatening calls to Owings Mills synagogue
A federal grand jury yesterday indicted 64-year-old man Stephen Lyle Orback for making threatening calls to the Rosh Pina Messianic Congregation in Owings Mills, suggesting there would be a mass shooting at the synagogue.
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Nelson Kohl Apartments in Station North to open next month, Wendell Pierce says
A brand new eight-story apartment complex in Station North financed in part by Wendell Pierce, best known for playing Det. Bunk Moreland on “The Wire,” is set to open in early April.
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BPD detective indicted for role in gun-planting incident tied to GTTF
Federal prosecutors indicted a Baltimore police detective over his alleged role in helping Gun Trace Task Force Sgt. Wayne Jenkins plant a gun on a man he had hit with his pickup truck in 2014. Robert Hankard, 43, is also charged for allegedly falsifying police reports from a 2015 drug bust, and giving false testimony […]
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Feds charge former Del. Cheryl Glenn with bribery, wire fraud
Former Del. Cheryl Glenn, who abruptly resigned from office last week, has been charged with bribery and wire fraud, federal prosecutors announced Monday. The federal criminal information filed in July and unsealed today accuses Glenn of accepting more than $33,000 in bribes to help two companies get into Maryland’s medical cannabis business and introducing a […]
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Towson man who led $550M Ponzi scheme sentenced to 22 years
The man at the center of an infamous Ponzi scheme that drew more than half a billion dollars was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in prison.
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Friday Morning Headlines: Council Votes to Defund Mayor’s Budget Office; Where Would Your Favorite ‘The Wire’ Character be Today?; and More
Music recording program teaches reading literacy in Baltimore — ABC2 Kim Morton quietly assumes position of Mayor Pugh’s chief of staff — Baltimore Brew City Council panel votes to eliminate funding for mayor’s budget office — WBAL-TV Orioles Not Faring Well In Early All-Star Voting Results — PressBox Where Are the Characters From ‘The Wire’ […]
