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Wedding day: Oct. 6, 2012 Her story: Cara Lewis, 26, grew up in Hampstead. She is an assistant state's attorney for Baltimore City. Her mom, Cheryl Lewis, is senior vice president of lending at Farmers & Merchants Bank in Upperco. His story: Peter Nothstein, 34, grew up in Rodgers Forge. He is an assistant U.S. attorney for Maryland. His mother, Patricia Nothstein, is the director of the lower school at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. His father is deceased. Their story: Cara and Peter met on April 9, 2010, at Pickles Pub across from Camden Yards during the home opener for the Baltimore Orioles through a mutual attorney friend.

Baltimore police have turned over to prosecutors their investigation into the death of Anthony Anderson, who the state medical examiner says died in September from blunt force traumaduring an arrest in East Baltimore.  Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the case is now under prosecutorial review, and prosecutors did not give a timetable for a decision. Anderson, 46, was walking through a vacant lot when he was stopped by police officers  Detective Gregg Boyd, Detective Michael Vodarick and Detective Todd Strohman.  Relatives and others who say they witnessed the encounter say Anderson was unnecessarily thrown to the ground and that officers ignored his rapidly deteriorating condition, and have called for criminal charges.

When Kiheem Taylor was charged with kidnapping two teenagers at a Timonium light-rail station and raping one of them, prosecutors struggled with an all-too common problem — they didn't have enough solid evidence. But Taylor gave prosecutors a break when he made phone calls from the Baltimore County Detention Center. Just months earlier, authorities had begun recording inmates' phone calls, and Taylor implicated himself while talking to an ex-girlfriend. Judge Robert N. Dugan said at the time that the call was "overwhelming, damning evidence of [Taylor's]

Prosecutors and legislators are pushing to close what they describe as a loophole in Maryland sex offense laws, citing recent cases in which they suspected that a teacher and a part-time coach became sexually involved with high-school-age students. State law bars sexual contact between "full-time permanent" employees who hold a "position of authority" over students who are minors at the schools where they work — even if the student is older than 16, Maryland's age of consent. The list in the law "includes a principal, vice principal, teacher or school counselor.

It was Halloween in Baltimore Highlands when Sterlin Corday Matthews donned a "Hellraiser" mask and went out with his friends. Before he returned home, one teen trick-or-treater had been shot to death and two others wounded. Jurors in Baltimore County took less than an hour Thursday to find Matthews, 19, guilty in the 2010 killing of Dequan Burks. The second-degree murder verdict came despite the fact that prosecutors had no gun to present in a case marked by uncooperative witnesses, who reluctantly identified the costumed shooter by his long braids and voice.

Two Baltimore police commanders have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing after an investigation into whether they improperly received overtime payments, the city state's attorney's office announced. But City Councilman Brandon Scott said he was concerned about how the case was handled and said he would call for an investigative hearing at City Hall. Scott had initiated the investigation into the matter with the office of the inspector general before it was referred to the prosecutors' office.

Anne Arundel County police have taken the badge of a former district commander who is now a target in the state prosecutor's investigation, Chief Larry W. Tolliver said Thursday. Capt. Eric Hodge received a "target letter" this week from the same prosecutors who are pursuing the criminal misconduct case against County Executive John R. Leopold. Tolliver confirmed the letter and said he suspended Hodge's police powers that day after meeting with State Prosecutor Emmet C. Davitt and promising the department's cooperation.

The death of a 13-year-old Monae Turnage was heard throughout the Baltimore area earlier this year. Two underage juveniles ages 12 and 13, who were charged with involuntary manslaughter. They didn't receive any jail sentences, only psychiatric help was given at ruling. The two young boys were known to be the victim's friends; they admitted to accidentally shooting the victim and later dumping her body in an alley. The cover-up may also have involved a city police officer. During the summer, prosecutors released a document, stating that there were "insufficient basis to pursue criminal charges" against Officer John A. Ward, who was later identified as being engaged to one of the young boy's sister ("Officer faces no charges over gun," Oct. 10)

Shelly S. Glenn, a state prosecutor who was handling the criminal case against Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold, is leaving her post to prosecute police misconduct in Baltimore.  "Shelly Glenn is a tremendous addition to our office," Baltimore State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein said. "In addition to her technical skills as a prosecutor, she possesses a great deal of experience handling cases involving misconduct by public servants. I'm looking forward to working with her in the months and years ahead.

Baltimore City Police Sgt. Carlos M. Vila pleaded not guilty to charges that he wiretapped a judge discussing a warrant, in a brief hearing Thursday. In announcing the indictment in August, prosecutors said Vila recorded part of an April telephone conversation with Maryland District Court Judge Joan B. Gordon without her knowledge and played it a month later at the Southeast District Police Station. Another officer "heard the recording and confronted Vila," which led to an investigation, prosecutors said.