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Maryland passes Safe Harbor law to protect trafficked children
Maryland lawmakers handed a Protected Harbor invoice this week that may shield trafficked kids from being charged with sure crimes.
The invoice, which was accredited by the Maryland Basic Meeting on Tuesday, will forestall legislation enforcement authorities from arresting and charging little one victims of intercourse trafficking or human trafficking with crimes they might have dedicated on account of being victims. These crimes can embody trespassing, theft, prostitution, possession of a fraudulent authorities identification and driving with out a license, in addition to different violations, in line with the invoice.
The legislation will even require legislation enforcement authorities to tell native little one welfare businesses in the event that they consider a baby was being trafficked.
It should additionally require that authorities launch the kid to both the kid’s dad and mom or guardians, except they consider the kid could also be endangered by their dad and mom or guardians. If the latter is the case, they’ll launch the kid to a welfare company as an alternative.
The invoice now heads to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s (D) desk, the place he plans to signal the invoice into legislation, in line with The Washington Submit. If signed, the brand new legislation can be enacted on Oct. 1.
The Hill reached out to the governor’s workplace for remark.
In keeping with Shared Hope Worldwide, an advocacy group aiming to finish intercourse trafficking, Maryland can be becoming a member of 27 states and Washington D.C. in enacting some type of Protected Harbor legislation, which the group defines as legal guidelines “designed to scale back the criminalization of kid and youth intercourse trafficking victims.”
The group gave Maryland an “F” grade on the state’s insurance policies on little one trafficking victims in 2022, saying that there are “gaps” in areas together with “non-criminalization for prostitution offenses, expanded non-criminalization, juvenile court docket jurisdiction and non-familial trafficking circumstances.”
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The incident happened at around 7:15 p.m., when officers responded to the 8500 block of Loch Raven Blvd following multiple reports of a shooting, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said.
“This is an incident that is shocking, particularly for those of us in Baltimore County,” Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski said. “These types of incidents are really unheard of here, so it really shocks the conscience.”
The first officer to arrive on the scene found a vehicle on its side that had caught fire, Mccullough said.
The Baltimore County Fire Department was called to the scene, where they put out the fire, treated victims and transported them to a hospital, said Baltimore County Fire Department Chief Joseph Dixon.
BCPD believes the shooting was a targeted incident and there is no threat to the public.
BCPD is currently investigating and is asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.
The Baltimore County Fire Department and the Baltimore Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are also on the scene assisting police.
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Maryland man sentenced for assaulting police during Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection
BALTIMORE — A Fredrick County man was sentenced Tuesday for assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
According to prosecutors, Adam Ryan Obest, 43, of Thurmont attended the “Stop the Steal” rally before going to the Captiol’s Lower West Terrace.
Video footage showed Obest holding a large American flag attached to a metal flagpole, and swinging it at police officers after being told not to advance up a stairway.
Minutes later, Obest engaged in another confrontation with police, raising the lagpole above his head and bringing it down abruptly toward a line of police officers before another officer tried to confiscate the flagpole.
He also attempted to take a baton from a Metropolitan Police Department officer and later threw a smoke grenade at law enforcement, according to court documents.
In June 2023 detectives identified Obest as a suspect, matching photos from his social media account to photos captured of him at the Million MAGA March in November 2020. The photos showed an American glag tattoo on his left shoulder, which resembled a similar tattoo shown in his booking photos from an unrelated arrest in 2018.
The FBI arrested Obest in Maryland on June 13, 2023. He was found guilty of two felony charges, including civil disorder, and one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding a law enforcement officer.
Obest was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 36 months of supervised released.
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