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Maryland Home Builders Ordered To Pay Nearly $1 Million For Defrauding Buyers: AG
A Maryland homebuilder and his companies have been ordered to pay over $950,000 after being found guilty of hundreds of consumer protection violations involving unfinished modular homes and misappropriated funds, officials announced.
Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge Krystal Q. Alves affirmed a Final Order against Finish Werks Corp., Finish Werks Custom Builders, Inc., and their owner, William Karl “Harris” Woodward, for violations impacting families in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Montgomery counties, according to Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown.
The companies committed…
Killer Who Ditched Co-Workers Body In Maryland Swamp Gets Life In Prison
A man described by authorities as a "violent predator" was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday, Sept. 9 for kidnapping, robbing, and killing a Pennsylvania co-worker, authorities announced.
Michael Allen Stark, 50, of Royersford, PA was found guilty by a Bucks County jury of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping, theft by unlawful taking, flight to avoid apprehension, and abuse of a corpse, according to District Attorney Jennifer Schorn and court records.
Stark's victim was 50-year-old Matthew James Branning of Sellersville, who went missing after l…
Family Friend, House Cleaner Sentenced For Swiping Thousands In Cash From MD Client
Two Maryland house cleaners have been sentenced to time in prison for stealing thousands of dollars in cash from a client's home, authorities said.
Karen L. Stonesifer, 65, of Hampstead, and Susan E. Pinder, 65, of Manchester, were both captured on surveillance footage swiping $2,440 and $810 from drawers in their home, officials in Carroll County said.
Circuit Court Judge Thomas S. Stansfield sentenced Stonesifer to 5 years of imprisonment with all but 90 days suspended, along with 3 years of supervised probation and ordered her to pay restitution in the amount of $2,440 (Stonesifer p…
Fraudster Admits To Posing As Bail Bondsman As Part Of $840K Elder Fraud Scam In Maryland
Authorities announced that a 64-year-old man has admitted to his role in an $800,000 elder fraud scam where he targeted victims in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and the surrounding regions.
Michael Odell Anderson, 64, of Crystal Beach, Florida, and Dun Lorring, Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in relation to his participation in an elder fraud scam, the Department of Justice announced this week.
Between April 2020 and December 2020, officials said that Anderson conspired with others to persuade elderly victims to give them thousands of dollars u…
'If I Can't Have Her, No One Can', Maryland Arsonist Sentenced After Setting Ex's Home On Fire
"If I can't have her, nobody can, or at least no one in Baltimore," were the chilling words of a man who pleaded guilty to setting his ex's house on fire, authorities say.
Luther Moody Trent, 21, compared the volatile relationship to Romeo and Juliet, in an interview with an unspecified local news station where he claimed to have set the victim's home on fire back on May 21, 2021, according to the Department of Justice.
Trent admitted to pouring and igniting gasoline along the exterior of the home around 1:30 a.m. that spring morning while the victim and two others were inside.
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