The judge called the ex-FBI agent’s offenses, which included the rape and sexual assault of young women, “some of the most difficult and troubling circumstances I’ve ever heard.”
Akwalabeng Fontava, 29, was found killed in a North Bethesda apartment the morning of Sept. 21. According to court records, two people inside the apartment were then kidnapped, including Fontava’s girlfriend and a relative who was sleeping over.
The teachers, employed through Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, allege they haven’t been paid for work they did months ago, putting them behind on rent and car payments.
Allison Green, chief of the Maryland attorney general’s office’s Independent Investigations Division, and her deputy, Renee Joy, have resigned, office spokesperson Jennifer Donelan said in a statement. Both will leave the office after this week.
Jaylen Prince, a teenager who was found guilty of shooting and killing a classmate inside a Maryland high school in 2024, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with all but 75 years suspended.
Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolonging her detention.
Maryland nearly pulled off an upset against No. 1 South Carolina in last season’s Sweet 16, taking a halftime lead before ultimately falling to the Gamecocks 71-67.
“The assault that we’ve now had on the state of Maryland has been aggressive, has been intentional, it’s been petty, it’s been partisan and it’s been punishing,” Gov. Wes Moore said during a conversation with David Rubenstein at Impact Maryland.
An initiative dubbed “Contest Every Seat” aims to fill ballots across the state with Democratic candidates for the House of Delegates, state Senate, county councils and county commissions.
MCPS Athletic Director Jeffrey Sullivan shares the biggest challenges facing high school sports and what might be next after the success of pickleball and girls flag football