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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 (in Westminster Patch), 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 ›

Friday, March 16, 2012

Sheriff's Office Says It's Target of 'Inaccurate Rumors'

The Carroll County sheriff's office says it is cooperating fully in a dispute over how it handled a murder investigation.

The Carroll County sheriff's office, accused of incompetence in a murder case in which the Carroll County state's attorney said he was forced to drop the charges, issued a statement Friday that it has been the subject of "inaccurate rumors and innuendos." "Sheriff’s office personnel are cooperating fully with an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct" being conducted by the Office of the Maryland state prosecutor, read the release by Maj. Phil Kasten to news outlets via e-mail. The statement said Sheriff Kenneth Tregoning requested the investigation in October following motion hearings involving alleged perjury by an office investigator and senior staff member. "Unfortunately the absence of public information created by …

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Murder Charges Dropped, State's Attorney Blames Sheriff

ALCAPONE

12:05 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012

WHO IS GOING TO DISPUTE IT? THE SHERIFF OR ONE OF HIS STAFF SAID IT SO IT MUST BE ACCURATE! YEAH RIGHT. MAYBE THAT DEPARTMENT NEEDS MORE PEOPLE TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELFS AND HAVE A GOOD OLD INVESTIGATION THAT BRINGS ALL THE DIRT OUT FROM UNDER THE RUG. AND BOY IS THERE PLENTY THERE.   more ›

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