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Baltimore judges, state’s attorney’s employees might testify at trial of former city homicide prosecutor accused of stalking women

Baltimore Circuit Court judges and State’s Attorney’s Office employees might testify at the trial later this year for the former city homicide prosecutor accused of using his law enforcement authority to stalk ex-girlfriends, a state prosecutor said during a hearing Wednesday. The Office of the State Prosecutor brought 88 criminal charges against Adam Chaudry in December, alleging he subpoenaed phone records for over two years to harass women he had dated.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
MD Sportsbooks Handle $26.9M, State Receives $415K Contribution

Maryland’s five sportsbooks handled more than $26.9 million in bets in April, and paid out more than $24 million to bettors, Maryland Lottery and Gaming announced Tuesday. Casinos brought in $2.7 million from the April wagers. Following the deduction of promotional plays and other amounts, the state receives a 15% tax on those winnings. That tax totaled $415,801 last month, the agency said.

Read More: WJZ-TV
Cradlerock Elementary celebrates opening of first STEM Center in Howard County Public School System

A small group of students gathered Monday around a table in a brightly decorated classroom at Cradlerock Elementary School in Columbia poring over gadgets and poking neon-colored balls of modeling clay with wires connected to a small fan and light bulb. The classroom, known as the STEM Center or “The Rock Tank,” opened to students on March 3 and is the first of its kind in the Howard County Public School System. The school held a special ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the new space last week.

Harford County partners with Core Service Agency for Mental Health Awareness Month programs

For Mental Health Awareness Month gets close to its midway point, Harford County has partnered with the Core Service Agency of Harford County to bring free programs to residents to support mental wellness. The free activities include a family wellness night, an outdoor movie screening of the documentary “The Power of Expression” in Bel Air, and training on suicide prevention. “Mental health is as important as your physical health, and we’re working with the Core Service Agency of Harford County to bring you programs to support mental wellness during Mental Health Awareness Month in May,” Glassman said.

Read More: The Aegis
Baltimore County expects 28,000 children to get SNAP summer food benefits, thanks to state help

Nearly 28,000 children in Baltimore County could receive increased food benefits to help their families buy groceries this summer under a significant local expansion of a state anti-hunger program. Summer SNAP for Children will provide $30 monthly per eligible child in June, July and August. Each child will also receive $10 over winter break in December. The county had planned to serve about 10,000 kids, but additional state funding means many more will qualify, officials said.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
After covid cases surge, some Johns Hopkins students want online exams

A late-semester spike in coronavirus cases at Johns Hopkins University, spurred by recent social events, has some students pleading for the option to take exams online. After many months of strict health protocols at Hopkins, the campus in Baltimore has seen more than 500 cases in the past week and, according to its online dashboard, had filled all available isolation housing. The spike shocked some students because of the school’s international reputation in public health and its early and enduring warnings about the dangers of the pandemic.

 

Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Modelers Do Not Anticipate Big ‘Wave,’ Despite Uptick

COVID-19 cases continue to pile up in Maryland and the state’s positivity rate hovers above 6%. But even as cases rise, risk of serious illness remains low. The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is a global leader in the fight against COVID, guiding public policy and saving lives. “We are starting to see an uptick,” noted Assistant Scientist Shaun Truelove, PhD, who researches infectious disease dynamics and modeling. “The question now is, what does that uptick mean? And what will it become in the next couple weeks and next couple months?”

Read More: WJZ
Maryland law enforcement working with feds to protect homes of SCOTUS justices

Gov. Larry Hogan is directing state law enforcement to assist local and federal partners should they be called to protect the homes of Supreme Court justices in Maryland. Over the weekend, crowds of abortion-rights demonstrators held protests outside the homes of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts, both of whom live in Maryland.

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Annapolis firefighters to honor fallen colleagues by turning footpaths next to Eastport station into memorial park

For years, the lawn outside the Eastport fire station has been crisscrossed with dirt footpaths worn by pedestrians who cut through the property between nearby residential neighborhoods and a commercial district. Capt. Dallas Lister, a 26-year veteran of the Annapolis Fire Department, has pondered what could be done to accommodate that foot traffic and spruce up the patch of grass. In 2020, Lister came up with the idea for a memorial park to honor three fallen members of the fire department and other community heroes.

Read More: Baltimore Sun
Md. high court weighs impossibility defense in graduation eve slayings

Maryland’s top court grappled Monday over an impossibility defense as it heard the appeal of a man’s second-degree murder conviction for being an accessory before the killing of two Montgomery County teenagers on the eve of their high school graduations. Attorney John N. Sharifi, pressing Roger Garcia’s case, told the Court of Appeals a person cannot be guilty of assisting in the planning of a second-degree murder, which by definition is not premeditated and thus not planned.

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