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		<title>Cecil Co Charter Changes on Ballot Aim to Fix County Exec Issues; State Question Would Close Kevin Hornberger Residency Loophole</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS As in-person early voting in the General Election began on Thursday (10/27/2022), Cecil County voters will decide five local Charter amendments, including changes in selection of Ethics Commission members and requiring greater “transparency” on spending and real estate deals by the County Executive. The proposals are designed to address problems that emerged in the first two years of Danielle Hornberger’s administration. In addition, a proposed amendment to the State Constitution (Question 2) would require a state Delegate or Senator to “maintain” residency withing the boundaries of the district from which he/she was elected. Delegate Kevin Hornberger, Danielle’s husband, lived outside the boundaries of his former District 35-A, according to state land records, financial disclosure statements and sworn mortgage refinancing documents. He got away with using his parents’ address for years because no one challenged his residency within the limited less than two-week window for challenges to the State Board of Elections after a candidate files for office. Currently, the state Constitution only specifies a requirement for district residency at the time of filing but is silent on maintaining residency after an election and for the duration of the four-year Delegate term. A ‘yes’ vote on this state question [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Rollins Resigns as Cecil County State&#8217;s Attorney, After Conviction on Sex-Related Charges; Kept Collecting Salary for Months</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward D.E. “Ellis” Rollins III has resigned as Cecil County State’s Attorney, after clinging to his job and its nearly $150,000 taxpayer-paid salary and benefits for months after he was charged with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct stemming from alleged sex-related incidents in Ocean City. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Tuesday 2/14/2017 in Worcester County Circuit Court for his 12/9/2016 conviction on two charges after a two-day jury trial. He was found not guilty on two other counts, one each of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct. For the two charges on which Rollins was convicted, “indecent exposure” is a misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum of three years in prison and/or a fine of up to $1,000. In addition, “disorderly conduct” is a misdemeanor, punishable by a sentence of 60 days in jail and/or a $500 fine Since charges were filed against him last June, Rollins has not appeared in local courtrooms to prosecute cases, leaving the already thinly-staffed office short-handed. Rollins was said to be working on administrative matters in his office, but multiple sources told Cecil Times that Rollins was essentially AWOL, and there were even times that papers needing signature had to be brought to him [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County State&#8217;s Attorney Rollins Clings to Job, Files for New Trial on Sex Case Convictions; Court Record Raises Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANAYLSIS Cecil County State’s Attorney Edward D.E. “Ellis” Rollins III has filed a motion for a new trial after his jury conviction on two sexual misconduct-related charges&#8211; thus prolonging the taxpayer-funded agony and embarrassment of having to continue to pay a salary and benefits to a disgraced prosecutor who hasn’t appeared in Cecil County courts to do his job in over six months. And the electronic court record of the case in the Worcester County Circuit Court raises questions about whether Rollins has received some kid-glove treatment. Rollins’ attorney filed a motion seeking a new trial on 12/19/16, but the case file listed no date for a hearing on the motion. Rollins had previously requested a delay in sentencing after his conviction last month and he was expected to face sentencing sometime this month, but no date was listed in the court record online. In most cases in the Maryland electronic court case files, the verdicts from a jury trial are clearly listed and usually filed within hours after a verdict is rendered. But not in Rollins’ case. Although Rollins was convicted by a jury after a two day trial, the electronic docket only lists his “not guilty” plea [&#8230;]]]></description>
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