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• 2026 ADULT DRUG TREATMENT COURT GRADUATION CEREMONY HELD A CELEBRATION OF RECOVERYMay 15, 2026 - 4:39 pm
• MIDDLETOWN MAN TO SERVE OVER 35 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT, VIOLATIONS OF PROTECTIVE ORDER, VIOLATION OF PRETRIAL CONDITIONS, AND INFLUENCING OR INTIMIDATING A WITNESSMay 13, 2026 - 9:34 am
• MIDDLETOWN MAN PLEADS GUILTY, WILL SERVE 35 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND THIRD-DEGREE SEX OFFENSEMay 6, 2026 - 11:56 am
• ARMED FUGITIVE SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS IN PRISON FOLLOWING 2020 MULTI-STATE PURSUIT AND SHOTS FIRED AT POLICEApril 8, 2026 - 2:52 pm
• INTERCEPT TASK FORCE WELCOMES VISIT FROM ICAC PIONEERS AS FREDERICK INCREASES ITS RESOURCES TO PROTECT CHILDREN IN CYBERSPACE AND COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKINGMarch 31, 2026 - 3:51 pm
• MIDDLETOWN MAN TO SERVE 16 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION ON OFFENSES OF SEXUAL SOLICITATION OF A MINOR, TELEPHONE MISUSE-OBSCENE PURPOSES (X2) & FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRYMarch 27, 2026 - 2:00 pm
• BALTIMORE MAN SENTENCED TO LIFE WITH 20 YEARS TO SERVE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FIRST-DEGREE MURDERMarch 26, 2026 - 12:44 pm
• FREDERICK MAN FOUND GUILTY AFTER TRIAL OF ATTEMPTED THIRD-DEGREE SEX OFFENSE, ATTEMPTED FOURTH-DEGREE SEX OFFENSE, SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT, AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT BY A FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGEMarch 25, 2026 - 11:22 am
• THURMONT MAN TO SERVE 19 YEARS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR USE OF PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO ENCOURAGE ANOTHER TO COMMIT A SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLATION OF PROBATIONMarch 20, 2026 - 4:43 pm
• FREDERICK MAN TO 30 YEARS WITH 12 YEARS AND 296 DAYS TO BE SERVED IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR ATTEMPTED SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A LOADED HAND-GUNMarch 2, 2026 - 2:00 pm
• NATIONAL PROSECUTOR’S DAY 2026February 5, 2026 - 10:55 am
• NEWLY APPOINTED DEPUTY STATE’S ATTORNEY JOYCE R. KING SWORN-IN, JANUARY 5, 2026 IN THE FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURTJanuary 5, 2026 - 11:48 am
• BALTIMORE MAN TO SERVE 85 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, KIDNAPPING AND CARJACKINGJanuary 2, 2026 - 2:31 pm
• FREDERICK MAN TO SERVE 25 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (x4) AND THIRD-DEGREE SEX OFFENSEDecember 30, 2025 - 9:47 am
• Charlie Smith spoke with WJZ-13 Baltimore’s Mike Hellgren about the Torres SentencingDecember 9, 2025 - 5:31 pm
• 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)December 8, 2025 - 5:54 pm
• NEW JERSEY MAN TO SERVE 40 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDERNovember 20, 2025 - 3:00 pm
• DEPUTY STATE’S ATTORNEY KIRSTEN BROWN SELECTED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARYLAND STATE’S ATTORNEYS’ ASSOCIATIONNovember 17, 2025 - 5:31 pm
• NORTH CAROLINA MAN TO SERVE 16 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR POSSESSION OF LARGE AMOUNT FENTANYL AND COCAINE AND IMPORTATION OF FENTANYL INTO MARYLANDNovember 5, 2025 - 3:15 pm
• MT AIRY MAN TO SERVE 44 YEARS IN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS FOR FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT, VIOLATION OF PROBATIONOctober 29, 2025 - 12:35 pm