Tuesday, May 21, 2013
At the second annual Conference on Combatting Human Trafficking, the governor noted inter-agency cooperation was key to success.
New state-wide outreach programs have helped more than 15 child victims of human trafficking in the past five months alone, according to the governor’s office. Last year, nearly 80 victims received services from the state. Those numbers were some of the highlights of Monday's Second Annual Conference on Combating Human Trafficking in Maryland, in which more than 400 stakeholders and representatives of local, state and national organizations got together to discuss efforts to battle this crime, which is alive in Maryland. “Working together with all of our partners in law enforcement, we’ve assembled quite a collection of public servants and leaders in the fight against human trafficking,” Gov. Martin O'Malley said in a statement. Public …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The investigation involved five police organizations.
Twenty-three men were arrested in a tri-county undercover prostitution sting along Route 1 in the Jessup area involving federal, state and local police agencies, officials announced Wednesday. The men were arrested last week in the vicinity of previous prostitution stings, according to Mary Phelan, a spokesperson for Howard County police. The Thursday arrests come about two months after police arrested ten men in a July prostitution sting along Route 1 in Laurel, one of whom included a high-ranking Food and Drug Administration official. In May, police arrested eight men in another prostitution bust on Route 1. Phelan said police conducted the sting after receiving neighborhood complaints. Police organizations that participated in the …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
William Maisel is one of three men who pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution during a sting carried out by the Howard County Police Department.
Dr. William Maisel, the cardiologist and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official charged by the Howard County Police Department in July with soliciting a prostitute, recently pleaded guilty in district court. Maisel is the deputy director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), which has become embroiled in an employee-spying scandal. He received one day of probation and paid $257.50 in fees and courts costs, according to T. Wayne Kirwan, spokesperson for the Howard County State's Attorney's Office. Maisel's one day of probation ended on Friday, Sept. 21, according to Kirwan. According to charging documents from district court, an undercover female police officer approached Maisel at a restaurant on Route 1 in Jessup …
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Police work to curb prostitution in College Park hotels; former Olympian in jail; depth of county foreclosure crisis; September 11 remembrance; $250,000 renovation in decades old park; and support for Sacred Hearts expansion.
A lot happened around Prince George's County this week and here are the stories you and your neighbors were reading: N. Carolina Police Investigating DeMatha Prostitute Fling Police in Morrisville, NC are investigating reports that five DeMatha Catholic High School football players hired the services of prostitutes following a season-opening road game victory over Durham-based Hillside High School last weekend. Greenbelt Gunfight Breaks Out Beside Children Playing Soccer Basketball hoops near Mandan Field in Greenbelt, MD, are gone and police have tightened security after a gunfight broke out by a basketball court near children at play last week. The local Boys and Girls Club was slated to use the soccer field, and police confirmed …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Dr. William Howard Maisel is facing charges of soliciting prostitution, days after his FDA center was revealed to have been spying on employees.
This story was updated at 11:53 a.m. A high-ranking official in the Food and Drug Administration was among 10 men arrested July 13 in a soliciting prostitution sting in North Laurel, reports FDAWeb.com. Dr. William Maisel, deputy director for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, is facing four charges of soliciting prostitution after Howard County police conducted an undercover sting in North Laurel. Howard County police said Maisel approached a plain-clothed female police officer and offered money for sex. Maisel, who is scheduled to appear in Howard County District Court on Sept. 20, is the deputy director and chief scientist of the CDRH, which has come under scrutiny for allegedly spying on employees and firing whistleblowers…
Dr. William Howard Maisel is facing charges in a soliciting prostitution sting, days after his FDA center was revealed to have been spying on employees.
A high-ranking official in the Food and Drug Administration was among 10 men arrested July 13 in a soliciting prostitution sting in North Laurel, reports FDAWeb.com. Dr. William Maisel, deputy director for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, is facing four charges of soliciting prostitution after Howard County police conducted an undercover sting in North Laurel. Howard County police said Maisel approached a plain-clothed female police officer and offered money for sex. Maisel, who is scheduled to appear in Howard County District Court on Sept. 20, is the deputy director and chief scientist of the CDRH, which has come under scrutiny for allegedly spying on employees and firing whistleblowers, according to the New York Times. …
Sunday, July 22, 2012
A federal sexual harassment lawsuit against police, a little café slamming big name music venues in a radio competition, and more this week.
Police arrest 10 in a Laurel prostitution sting; a school bus driver is sentenced for producing child porn; Doctors Hospital faces a lawsuit by the family of a man who died after a run-in with police; Bowie Wal-Mart was evacuated after a bomb threat; Hyattsville Council is mum on a federal sexual harassment lawsuit against police; and a cafe is slamming metro area music venue giants in a radio contest—headlines tell of a busy week in Prince George's County. Police Arrest 10 in North Laurel Prostitution Sting Police in North Laurel continue to make business a little more difficult for prostitutes. A sting along Route 1 yielded 10 arrest last week. Police say the arrests were part of an ongoing operation to reduce prostitution along the …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Howard County Police continue to target the Route 1 corridor in Laurel, as complaints about prostitution come from citizens.
The Howard County Police Department announced Tuesday that 10 men were arrested in a reverse prostitution sting along the Route 1 corridor in North Laurel on Friday. Undercover female officers worked in areas where citizens have complained about prostitution, and arrested 10 men who approached them and offered money for sex, according to a statement from the department. This is the second reverse prostitution sting of 2012. Officers arrested eight men for soliciting prostitution in May. Sherry Llewellyn, spokesperson for Howard County Police, told Laurel Patch that Route 1 has been targeted due to residents’ complaints and that the operation has been ongoing for years. Police have seen fewer reports from residents over the years, …
Howard County Police continue to target the Route 1 corridor in Laurel, as complaints about prostitution come from citizens.
The Howard County Police Department announced Tuesday that 10 men were arrested in a reverse prostitution sting along the Route 1 corridor in Laurel on Friday. Undercover female officers worked in areas where citizens have complained about prostitution, and arrested 10 men who approached them and offered money for sex, according to a statement from the department. This is the second reverse prostitution sting of 2012. Officers arrested eight men for soliciting prostitution in May. The following men were arrested and face charges for soliciting prostitution: Miguel Barbosa-Palacios, 37, of Riverdale Preston Harrison McGriff, 38, of Laurel Jose Quintanilla-Rivera, 38, of Laurel William Howard Maisel, 46, of Kensington Vincent Carvel Moore…
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Police charge eight men during the operation in North Laurel.
Howard County Police have arrested and charged eight men for soliciting prostitution along Route 1 in North Laurel, officials announced today. The arrests were the latest in the police department’s ongoing operation to eliminate prostitution along the Route 1 corridor. Howard County Police are continuing to utilize reverse prostitution to catch solicitors, they said. Police used female officers in plain clothes who worked undercover in areas targeted by citizen complaints. Suspects who approached the female officers and made such money offers were arrested, according to a press release. In total, eight men were arrested in charged, according to Howard County Police. Those charges include: Jose Alexis Rojas-Garcia, 23, of Laurel Enrique …
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