MARYLAND POLITICAL CORRUPTION / PG County Politician Will Campos-Escobar Enters Guilty Plea to Federal Bribery Charges

Campos faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for the conspiracy, a maximum of 10 years in prison for bribery. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis has scheduled sentencing for April 10, 2017.

DWI & DRUG HIT PARADE: Dennis Evans still going strong with drugs and DWI in the 21st Century

St. Mary’s Deputy Matt Rogers stopped Evans on Medley’s Neck Road near Mulberry Fields Lane on Feb. 3, 2016, and issued him eight charges, all of which were dumped by Fritz.

Calvert Sheriff Police Beat HOT HEAD EX-CON SAID HE WOULD SHOOT IT OUT WITH THE COPS; TOOK AIM TO CARRY OUT HIS THREAT

In plea deals, the prosecutors just make deals with the defense attorney and no trial is held, and the prosecutor essentially just cuts a deal and doesn’t have to do any work. Defense attorneys really like to do business this way, and during elections for States Attorney, the prosecutors blather on about conviction records and how tough on crime they are in courtrooms.

SOUTHERN MARYLAND POLICE BEAT / Cops: Junkies swap liquid methadone to drug dealers for heroin; Javar Nolan plucked From Pump House Lane on distribution of heroin rap

Nolan was indicted by a St. Mary’s County Grand Jury on March 23, 2005, for armed robbery and was represented by David Densford, who now is a Circuit Court Judge. In a plea deal between Densford and Fritz, Nolan entered a guilty plea to one count of armed robbery while ten counts of use of a handgun in the commission of a violent crime, burglary, and armed robbery were all dropped.

Maryland State Police Beat / James Rich Jr. shot Queen Anne’s Deputy Warren Hogan; Deputy’s return fire was fatal

CHESTERTOWN, MD – Serving warrants and responding to domestic violence calls continue to be the most dangerous part of the job for law enforcement officers. A man who had twice before been charged with domestic violence and had been in a physical domestic confrontation grabbed his shotgun to deal with the woman arriving at the man’s home with a Queen Anne’s Sheriff’s Deputy to retrieve her belongings shot the deputy. The deputy returned fire and ended the shootout with a fatal shot.