PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 5, 2026   NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY STATE’S ATTORNEY JOYCE R. KING SWORN-IN,  JANUARY 5, 2026 IN THE FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT     Frederick, MD – Today, January 5, 2026, State’s Attorney Charlie Smith appointed Joyce R. King as the new Deputy State’s Attorney of Frederick County, Maryland.  She […]

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 23, 2025 FREDERICK MAN TO SERVE 25 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (x4) AND THIRD-DEGREE SEX OFFENSE   Frederick, MD – Yesterday afternoon, in Frederick County Circuit Court, Judge Joanie Raymond-Brubaker followed the State’s recommendation and ordered 64-year old Wendell Thomas to serve […]

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 8, 2025   FORMER FREDERICK, MD PEDIATRICIAN SENTENCED TO SERVE 30 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR SEX ABUSE OF A MINOR AND THIRD-DEGREE SEX OFFENSE (X3)   Frederick, MD – Today, in Frederick County Circuit Court, Judge William R. Nicklas sentenced 74-year-old Ernesto Cesar Torres, of Frederick, […]

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 17, 2025   DEPUTY STATE’S ATTORNEY KIRSTEN BROWN SELECTED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARYLAND STATE’S ATTORNEYS’ ASSOCIATION     CAMBRIDGE, MD – Last week, at the Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association Board meeting in Cambridge, MD, Deputy State’s Attorney Kirsten Brown accepted her new position as MSAA Executive Director.  […]