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April 20, 2011

Member of Arundel exec security detail testifies

An Anne Arundel County police officer who serves on County Executive John R. Leopold's security detail testified Tuesday before a grand jury, the officer's lawyer said, as the Maryland state prosecutor's investigation into Leopold continues.

Officer Mark Walker, a full-time member of the five-person detail, was subpoenaed to appear in the county courthouse on Church Circle, his attorney, Anton L. Iamele, confirmed as the two men left the grand jury room in State's Attorney Frank Weathersbee's offices around 2 p.m.

Walker was among three of the officers subpoenaed for an appearance in March, but he did not testify that day, Iamele said. Walker had no comment.

Investigators are looking into whether Leopold used county police officers on his security detail to do campaign work. The president of the county firefighters union has said a member of Leopold's detail picked up a $4,000 check from the firefighters' political action committee, an incident that he said investigators asked him about
Posted by Justin Fenton at 1:41 PM | | Comments (0)
Categories: Anne Arundel County, Courts and the justice system
        

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About Peter Hermann
Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.



Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting. A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the City Paper in 2010 and by Baltimore Magazine in 2011.
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