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Russell Scott Laderer

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Carroll County Sheriff's Office Major Faces Misconduct Charges

Prosecutors allege that Maj. Nicholas Plazio gave false information in a homicide case.

Maj. Nicholas Plazio of the Carroll County Sheriff's Office resigned Wednesday after the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor charged him with misconduct in office. According to charging documents, Plazio willfully and knowingly gave false information to the Carroll County State's Attorney Office, and gave false testimony in court, in connection to cases against Russell Scott Laderer and Cassandra Glover. Laderer and Glover were implicated in the 2010 stabbing death of Jeremiah DeMario of Hampstead. In March, Carroll County State's Attorney Jerry Barnes dismissed charges against Laderer and Glover, saying in a statement that the Carroll County Sheriff's Department was to blame. According to a Sheriff’s Office news release, Sheriff's …

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Murder Charges Dropped, State's Attorney Blames Sheriff, Victim's Brother Banned From Murder Trial, Sheriff's Office Says It's Target of 'Inaccurate Rumors', and 1 more ›

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Nicholas Plazio Jr

8:02 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Thank you Sanchez. I never dreamed this is how his career would end but finally he can partake in a much deserved retirement.   more ›

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Murder Charges Dropped, State's Attorney Blames Sheriff

Russell Scott Laderer and Cassandra Glover were headed to trial in the stabbing death of Jeremiah DeMario.

Carroll County State's Attorney Jerry Barnes dismissed charges against a couple accused in the stabbing death of a Hampstead man in September 2010, saying fault lies with the Carroll County Sheriff's Department. The trial was set to begin Monday, March 12. Barnes said in a court document that the sheriff's department made errors in the murder investigation that made prosecution nearly impossible. "...We have reached a point in this case wherein we can no longer legally or ethically overcome the consequences of unconstitutional police procedures utilized in the investigation of these cases, that have resulted in this Court's rightful suppression of the evidence necessary to proceed," Barnes said in a court document. The sheriff's department…

Buck Harmon

6:30 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013

The entire process seems sloppy and broken...   more ›

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