A Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge granted a temporary restraining order Friday forbidding the Rev. Joel R. Peebles, the pastor at the center of a battle for control over the multi-million-dollar Jericho City of Praise in Landover, from collecting tithes and offerings during church services. The court order is the first legal action in […]

Russo took the stand on Tuesday, and said he would call McCafferty 2-4 times a year, and ask her to watch out for certain cases involving friends, employees and others close to him. He added he expected McCafferty to help because they are friends. McCafferty admitted she spoke to former DAS CEO Steve Pumper and Russo about […]

Elena Kagan, building on a long, diverse legal career in government and academia, was officially sworn in as the 112th justice at the Supreme Court on Saturday, promising to “faithfully and impartially” discharge her new judicial duties.     With friends, family and four of her new colleagues looking on, the 50-year-old Kagan took the […]

A Plain Dealer reporter avoided a contempt-of-court jail stay Wednesday after Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Timothy J. McGinty stepped forward to disclose that he was the source who provided the reporter with a psychiatric evaluation of accused serial killer Anthony Sowell. After McGinty came forward, Common Pleas Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold ended her quest […]