Board approves largely above cost for city prison site
The Board of Public Works in Annapolis selected a California firm to manage the Baltimore subway project and agreed to pay 2.9 million for East Baltimore land for a new eight bed prison. The decision follows prior appraisals and a state effort to cut costs while tightening oversight, amid local opposition and political scrutiny.
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Board of Public Works
California
Baltimore
Morton Sarubin
Irvin Koxens
Marvin Mandel
Sarubin
Ralph M. Parsons
Hermann &. Intemann
W Parsons
Parsons
Blair Lee
Louis L. Goldstein
Maryland
Lee
East
Alan Wilner
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Guards suspended over Jessup inmates escape role
Two Maryland correctional officers were suspended without pay after an allegation they aided in the February breakout of nine inmates from Jessup. Polygraph tests showed deception by the guards while one inmate reportedly corroborated smuggling hacksaw blades to inmates. Eight escapees have returned. one is held in Florida.
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Jessup
Maryland House of Corrections
David Cuttler
Anne Arundel County
Florida
Ralph L. Williams
Arnold Hadaway
Hedaway
Hadaway
Veteran convicted in hostage siege in Maryland bank
A Montgomery County jury convicted Vietnam veteran Stephen W. Gregory of eight counts of false imprisonment and four of assault for the February siege at Citizens Bank in Silver Spring. Gregory, 27, claimed insanity as a protest and self‑destructive crisis plea, while prosecutors argued terrorism. Eight hostages were released after a seven hour standoff before Gregory surrendered to SWAT.
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Mid
Stephen W. Gregory
Foy
Insani
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Timothy E. Clarke
Clarke
Gregory
John G. Gill Jr
Gill
Citizens’ Bank and Trust Co
Silver Spring
Maryland receives grant for asbestos monitoring stations
Maryland officials announced an $18,000 grant from the EPA to establish air and water testing stations near crushed stone quarries for asbestos. The funds target Montgomery County and other sites where quarries operate, aiming to assess cancer risk and guide emergency regulations to curb health threats from paving operations.
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Maryland
Les Charles McC Mathias
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Air Montgomery
New Solomon
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