On behalf of The Law Offices of Thomas Maronick Jr LLC | Dec 9, 2019 | criminal defense
A “traffic initiative” that involved police observing cars stopped at a red light for certain legal violations was not a traffic checkpoint so that there was no intrusion on a Baltimore man’s constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures,...
| Aug 16, 2019 | criminal defense
The Fourth Amendment grants the right to be free from unreasonable searches. Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals recently made an important ruling in a case dealing with whether the physical search of a woman in daylight hours on the side of a busy highway was proper....
On behalf of The Law Offices of Thomas Maronick Jr LLC | Jun 11, 2019 | criminal defense
Thieves posing as Maryland law enforcement officers are swindling Maryland residents by threatening them with arrest for missing jury duty or failing to appear as witnesses, Maryland’s Attorney General has recently warned. Consumers in Baltimore City, Baltimore...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Thomas Maronick Jr LLC | Apr 23, 2019 | criminal defense
Ocean City comes alive in the summer months as one of the premier vacation spots for families, college kids, couples, partygoers, and more. Thousands of students and adults find themselves letting loose with copious amounts of alcohol, lowering inhibitions and...
| Feb 5, 2019 | criminal defense
The Maryland Judiciary has warned residents in Baltimore and the surrounding counties about a telephone scam that has been making the rounds involving Baltimore bench warrants. The caller tries to extort money from victims, telling them they will be arrested for...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Thomas Maronick Jr LLC | Dec 6, 2018 | criminal defense
Recent lawsuits by workers fired after employer background checks, that in some instances revealed charges that were many years old or inaccurate, show how important it is to get criminal records in Maryland expunged. In one instance, a group of Amazon drivers have...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Thomas Maronick Jr LLC | Nov 23, 2018 | criminal defense
Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals recently threw out evidence obtained after a Baltimore City police officer leaned into an open car window after a traffic stop. The court said the evidence obtained after the officer leaned into the car and picked up a pill bottle...
| Sep 17, 2018 | criminal defense
A Maryland appeals court recently rejected an attempt by an Army veteran to avoid registering with the Maryland Sex Offender Registry. The man, a sergeant in the United States Army, was convicted under military law of two counts of abusive sexual contact involving a...
| Sep 10, 2018 | criminal defense
What is the Penalty for Credit Card Fraud in Maryland? A Baltimore woman has been sentenced to four years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for crimes that stem from her use of counterfeit credit cards. According to her plea, from the winter of...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Thomas Maronick Jr LLC | Jul 9, 2018 | criminal defense, drug crimes
Even though possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana is not a crime in Maryland, police officers have probable cause to arrest for marijuana possession if they smell the drug on a person, Maryland’s intermediate appellate court has ruled. “We hold, consistent...
