THE CHESAPEAKE TODAY – ALL CRIME, ALL THE TIME
– News and commentary on the Criminal Class – Featuring the Chesapeake Region of Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
FEDERAL FRAUD RAP FOR RAP ARTIST: “Chad Focus” Arrington Indicted on Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft Scheme Allegedly Used His Company Credit Card to Make More Than $4.1 Million in Unauthorized Purchases to Promote His Brand and Enrich Himself and His Co-conspirators BALTIMORE, MD – A ‘Rap Artist’ will now see his fame spread further, […]
Continue Reading
OFFICIAL CORRUPTION: Warren County Sheriff Daniel McEathron Ate His Gun as Cops Closed in on Embezzlement Scheme Following Indictment of Jennifer McDonald, Sheriff and Economic Development Officials for Scamming Millions CULPEPER, Va. – The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Culpeper Field Office is currently on scene and investigating an unattended death in Warren […]
Continue Reading
Front Man Pleads Guilty to $550 Million Ponzi Scheme—One of the Largest Ever Charged in Maryland Kevin Merrill Also Admits to Obstructing Justice After his Arrest; SEC Has Related Civil Action Baltimore, Maryland – Kevin B. Merrill, age 53, of Towson, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and wire fraud arising from a $550 million investment […]
Continue Reading
FRAUD: Medstar Health to Pay U.S. $35 Million in Kickback Scheme Involving Dr. John Wang and Needless Stents Wrong Way for Wang Wobbing Patients It’s easy for MedStar to fork over $35 million when they can add to patient bills in its many hospitals BALTIMORE, MD. – MedStar Health, Inc. (MedStar) in Columbia, Md., operators […]
Continue Reading
COURT NEWS: PAWN STARS GOING TO FEDERAL PENITENIARY COURT NEWS: GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES! David Gutman joins his fellow cons, Dmitry Babich and Marina Gelfen in a trip to federal prison for hijacking goods from Home Depot with a team of shoplifters and fenced them on eBay BALTIMORE, MD – On Friday, March 15, 2019, […]
Continue Reading
FRAUD: They didn’t stick to selling illegal cigars, instead these 13 Cubans were skimming the public at gas pumps and playing credit card bingo on dark web Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Commit Wire and Mail Fraud Columbia, South Carolina—- United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced on Feb. 26, 2019, that 13 […]
Continue Reading
FRAUD: Court Finds Yiheng Percival Zhang Guilty of Federal Grant Fraud for Phony Research Already Done in China ROANOKE, VIRGINIA – A former Virginia Tech professor studying artificial sweeteners was found guilty last week of conspiring to commit federal grant fraud, making false statements and obstruction by falsification, First Assistant United States Attorney Daniel P. […]
Continue Reading
Southern Md. Police Beat: Samantha & Wayne Somerville maced victim in an armed robbery in Millison Plaza, say police; tracked by a witness to restroom lair LEXINGTON PARK, MD. – A shopper leaving a store in Millison Plaza was the victim of an armed robbery on February 20, 2019, at approximately 11:40 a.m. QUICK ACTION […]
Continue Reading
SANCTIONS AND ACTIONS AFFECTING LICENSURE (FY 2019) COURT NEWS: Disbarred, suspended, reprimanded attorneys of Maryland for Feb. 15, 2019 BAILEY, Charles B. – Suspended by Consent for thirty (30) days, effective December 5, 2018, for failing to appropriately safeguard property and maintain complete records of his attorney trust account, and for making cash withdrawals from […]
Continue Reading
OFFICIAL CORRUPTION: Taneytown Police Chief William Tyler Pleads Guilty in Machine Gun Self-Dealing Baltimore, Maryland – William E. Tyler, 55, of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to the illegal transfer and possession of a machine gun. Tyler is the former Chief of Police in Taneytown, Maryland. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney […]
Continue Reading
