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Aberdeen Police Officer Charged With Rape After Investigation By Cecil County Sheriff
A veteran police officer in Maryland has been suspended after being charged with rape, authorities announced. Radovan Jovic, 33, a member of the Aberdeen Police Department is facing a host of charges following an investigation by the Cecil County Sheriff's Office into allegations of a sexual assault. According to police, in January, the department was made aware of the assault claim involving a member of the agency, later confirming the officer implicated, prompting the investigation. In February, investigators were provided with the information that led Jovic's suspension, and it is alleg…
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Scheming State Employee Accused Of Forging Checks; Making Bogus Insurance Claim: Maryland AG
A woman who abused her position with the Maryland Department of Labor has been charged in a pair of cases involving theft and insurance fraud, the Attorney General's Office announced on Wednesday. Shanell Angelia West, 45, of Essex, has been indicted after allegedly abusing her power while working as a clerk for the department, authorities announced. According to the indictment, West was allegedly involved in a theft scheme, where she stole from state licensees. It is alleged that West would keep or make copies of checks payable to the state, altered them, then deposited them into her own …
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Police Officer Convicted By Judge For Stealing From Business In Baltimore: State's Attorney
The sticky-fingered Baltimore Police officer who was caught stealing from a business while on the job has been convicted of abusing his powers, authorities announced. Officer Eric Payton was convicted this week in a bench trial for misconduct in office and theft of between $100 and $1,500, after stealing from a business while on the job. According to Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates, in September last year, an officer from the department responded to the 4800 block of Belair Road to conduct a check on a local business, where he found the front door ajar, prompting a call for backu…
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Former Sheriff's Deputy Accused Of Misconduct In Office, Revenge Porn: Maryland Prosecutor
A Cecil County Sheriff's deputy has found himself on the wrong side of the law after a pair of inappropriate relationships, Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard III announced on Wednesday. Deputy Kyle Thomas, who worked in Cecil County from February 2021 through July 2023, is facing damning charges after terrorizing at least two women in separate cases. According to court documents, while on duty in June 2021, Thomas took a sexually explicit video of himself and sent it to a woman, who alerted his bosses, prompting the deputy to retaliate. It is alleged that Thomas then contacted the …
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Former Maryland State Delegate Richard Impallaria Admits To Misusing State Funds
Former Delegate Richard Impallaria has pleaded guilty to misconduct in office for misusing state funds, announced the Maryland State Prosecutor's Office. Impallaria reportedly used state funds to pay his personal landlord for an office that was next to his personal cottage outside of his district. Prosecutors alleged that the building was not used for legislative business and that Impallaria used the space for personal storage. The General Assembly reportedly paid twice as much for Impallaria's office than any other tenant. Over the course of nearly ten years, the state paid nearly $100,00…
Police & Fire
Suspended Sheriff's Officer In Maryland Indicted For Rape, Solicitation Claims, Officials Say
A Charles County Sheriff's officer who has been suspended since January in connection to a rape and solicitation investigation has been indicted by a grand jury on multiple charges. Bryan Antwain Keys, Jr., 36, was arrested on a criminal warrant over the weekend in connection to second-degree rape, solicitation of prostitution, and misconduct in office claims. A seven-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, Keys was relieved of his duties in January after his agency was made aware of the allegations, prompting an extensive administrative investigation by the department’s Office of Professiona…
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Former Sheriff's Deputy In Maryland Accused Of Rape, Abusing Person In Custody: Officials
A sheriff’s deputy in Maryland has been charged with raping a person in custody last week in Wicomico County, his employer announced on Monday, Oct. 31. Wicomico County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Abreu, 30, was arrested over the weekend following a complaint and investigation involving a person who had been taken into custody, officials said. According to the sheriff's office, the complaint was received by the agency on Sunday, Oct. 30 and the matter was then "immediately assigned" to the sheriff’s office's Criminal Investigation Division, which announced his arrest on Monday. The alleged i…
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Suspended Maryland Correctional Officer Admits To Violating Privacy Of Arestee's Phone: Sheriff
A suspended correctional officer in Maryland has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of misconduct in office after allegedly violating the rights of an arrested party, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced. NiJee Pierre McWillis, a Charles County correctional officer who was suspended in March pending his trial for the alleged misconduct, was indicted earlier this year on charges for misconduct in office and unauthorized access to computers and related material. He had also been charged with copy/possession of a database, though that will be dismissed by the Charles County Stat…
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