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Former Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby seeks to replace home detention with curfew due to new job
Former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby is seeking a judge’s permission to replace her court-ordered home detention with a curfew after landing a job that requires her to travel throughout the state of Maryland.
Mosby was convicted of one count of mortgage fraud in February after she testified that she unintentionally made false statements on loan applications to buy two Florida vacation homes.
In November, she was convicted of two counts of perjury by a federal jury after she falsely claimed financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to withdraw money from the city’s retirement fund. A judge sentenced Mosby to a year of home detention and three years of supervised release in May.
On Friday, just five months into her sentence, Mosby’s attorneys filed a motion to modify the conditions of her home detention with the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
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Marilyn Mosby (Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
In the filing, the attorneys ask the court to replace her home detention condition with a curfew that allows her to leave her home anytime between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.
“This modification is necessary in light of a new job that Ms. Mosby recently secured, which will require routine travel to varying locations throughout Maryland,” the attorney’s wrote. “Without the ability to freely travel within Maryland, Ms. Mosby will be severely hindered from doing her job effectively.”
Mosby started her new job as the director of global strategic planning with an undisclosed company on Oct. 1, and the role requires her to oversee facilities that provide mental health, substance abuse and traditional housing services to individuals in various locations across the U.S., the filing notes.
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The company Mosby works for is based in California, though her role is in Maryland.
Under current home detention conditions, Mosby is restricted to her home at all times except for employment, education, religious services, medical services, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, attorney visits, court appearances, court-ordered obligations, child care or other activities approved by her probation officer.
She is also required to provide a schedule of every movement she plans to make outside of her home at least a week in advance, and her attorneys say there is “little to no flexibility for change.”
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Marilyn Mosby was ordered to 12 months of home detention after she was convicted of mortgage fraud and perjury.
“Requiring Ms. Mosby to provide one-week notice for every meeting and its details (which must be verified) will greatly hinder her job – if not make it impossible,” her attorneys said. “In conclusion, it is imperative that this Court replace Ms. Mosby’s home detention condition with a curfew restriction so that she can effectively work the ‘at least 30 hours’ required under the conditions of her supervised release, pay her bills, and support her family after the financial devastation that she has faced since her prosecution. Failing to reduce her hours of home detention will jeopardize her employment, her livelihood, and her family’s well-being.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Mosby’s attorneys on the matter.
Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against Mosby after allegations that she claimed a pandemic-related hardship to pull money from her retirement account then used the money as down payments on two Florida properties.
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Maryland State Attorney for Baltimore City Marilyn Mosby speaks during a news conference on Oct. 11, 2022, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Prosecutors also said she repeatedly lied on the mortgage applications.
While Mosby’s mortgage fraud trial was slated to take place in Baltimore, it was ultimately moved to Greenbelt, Maryland, because of concerns potential jurors might be biased by media coverage of the case.
Once the trial started, both Mosby and her ex-husband, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, provided testimony, with the latter saying he lied about their federal tax debt because he was embarrassed.
Mosby told the courts she did not make any false statements intentionally and signed the loan applications in good faith.
But it was her failure to disclose the debt on her applications that contributed to the mortgage fraud charges.
Prosecutors alleged during the trial that Mosby lied about getting a $5,000 gift from her husband at the time, which helped her get a lower interest rate.
The gift is what led to the conviction, as prosecutors traced it back to her account.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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A 9-year-old boy died Friday morning after a school bus hit him while he was crossing the street in Brooklyn, the police said.
The child, who has not been identified pending notification of his family, was struck around 8:18 a.m. at the intersection of Lee Avenue and Lorimer Street in the Williamsburg neighborhood as the bus driver turned left, the police said.
The boy was “unconscious, unresponsive” and had injuries to his head and body when the police arrived, officials said. Paramedics responded and transported him to Woodhull Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The police said the bus driver left the scene but returned; it was not immediately clear why.
In February, another child was killed by a school bus while crossing a street in Brooklyn, in the Bath Beach neighborhood. Amira Aminova, 11, had been waiting at the edge of an intersection when the pedestrian signal turned from a walk sign to a flashing red hand with a countdown timer, according to surveillance video. She started running across the crosswalk.
The bus driver appeared to have a green light, and began to make a right turn. Amira was halfway through the intersection by then, but the driver failed to yield and struck her.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani sent his condolences to the child’s family in a post on X on Friday, saying that he was “devastated” by the incident.
“Children should be safe walking around our city,” Mr. Mamdani wrote. “This horrific road death is a painful reminder that we must continue to use every tool available to make our streets safe for all New Yorkers.”
Lincoln Restler, a City Council member, said he was “heartbroken” about the accident that occurred in his district.
“This is one of the busiest intersections in Williamsburg, and I have requested that city agencies immediately make safety improvements,” Mr. Restler said in a statement.
Mr. Restler said he had asked the city’s Department of Transportation to expedite painting new markings at the intersection, which he said was recently under construction and lacked crosswalks and street markings. He also asked the department to analyze crosswalk signal timing for pedestrians and to make the signals longer to give people more time to walk.
“I have also asked the N.Y.P.D. to station a crossing guard here to help children cross safely,” Mr. Restler said.
FSU softball focuses on rival Florida. Here’s its approach on Wednesday
Here’s how Lonni Alameda and Florida State softball are preparing for its rivalry matchup against Florida. First pitch is at 6 p.m.
Jazzy Francik returned to the site of one of the toughest outings of her career and delivered a dominant performance.
The Florida State sophomore tossed her third career no-hitter and powered the Seminoles to a 10-0 win over Boston College in six innings Saturday at Harrington Athletics Village, moving FSU within one win of clinching the ACC regular-season title.
Francik (19-2) was in control from the first pitch, striking out six and allowing only one baserunner on an infield error in the fifth inning. She needed just 67 pitches to complete the no-hitter, the third of her career and one of the most efficient outings of her season.
Florida State’s offense gave its ace plenty of support, collecting 12 hits and scoring 10 runs. After a scoreless first inning, the Seminoles broke through in the second with three runs on RBI doubles by freshmen Haley Griggs and Makenna Sturgis.
FSU added four more runs in the fourth inning behind a two-run double from Jaysoni Beachum and an RBI single by Ashtyn Danley. The Seminoles put the run-rule into play in the sixth, scoring three times on an RBI single from Sturgis, an RBI double by Isa Torres and a sacrifice fly from Danley.
Beachum, Torres, Sturgis and Danley each drove in two runs as Florida State continued to pressure Boston College despite several highlight-reel defensive plays from the Eagles.
Francik and the Seminole defense sealed the no-hitter in the bottom of the sixth to end the game early.
Florida State is one win away from securing at least a share of the ACC regular-season championship. A sweep of Boston College on Sunday would clinch the title outright.
How to watch FSU vs. Boston College Game 2
- Date: Saturday, May 2
- Time: 4 p.m.
- Where: Harrington Athletics Village, Brighton, Massachusetts
- TV/Stream: ACC extra
Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics and Big Bend Preps for the Tallahassee Democrat. If you like to pitch a story on a high school athlete, don’t hesitate to get in touch with him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.
Outrage is building in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Residents say they were blindsided by a plan to convert the former Fraternal Order of Police lodge on Banksville Road into a reentry center. The building could be turned into housing for up to 100 federal inmates, officials said.
Dismas Charities, an organization that operates federal halfway houses across the country, is behind the proposal. But neighbors say this isn’t the place.
“What will these people be doing when they’re not in the halfway house? Will they be law-abiding citizens and respect our community and its members?” questioned Judi Perry, a Shady Crest resident.
Concerns range from safety to proximity. Some fear the risk of repeat offenses, even though the facility is designed for rehabilitation. Residents point to past incidents tied to similar programs, including a case in Kentucky where an inmate left a facility and killed a police officer.
“We need to be better educated about how this facility would operate, what the parameters are for the people who stay there, and maybe, if we had more information, it would comfort us,” Perry said.
Inside a recent Pittsburgh Planning Commission presentation, Dismas Charities pitched the facility as a second-chance model.
“Over the past five years, we’ve had almost 40,000 residents participate in our programs nationally, and the rate of recidivism is .08 percent,” a Dismas Charities representative said at the meeting.
But that message isn’t landing here. Petitions are already circulating with hundreds of signatures collected. Neighbors say this fight is just beginning.
“We have preconceived notions about these people who were convicted and committed a crime. We don’t know what their crime was, and so maybe our concerns are exaggerated. But in general, you don’t like the idea of that facility being so close to our community,” Perry said.
A decision could come soon, as the commission is set to take this up in the coming days. If approved, it would still need additional sign-off before any inmates move in.
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