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		<title>Rollins Gets Probation, Fine, Psych Review for Sex Charge Convictions; No Restitution to Taxpayers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2017 01:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COMMENTARY Cecil County State’s Attorney Edward D.E. “Ellis” Rollins III was sentenced to probation, a fine, community service and a mandatory psychological evaluation on Tuesday (2/14/2017) for his conviction on charges of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct in a sex-related case. But Cecil County taxpayers have yet to get justice for the salary and benefits costs they paid for months while Rollins was focused on his own personal legal problems instead of prosecuting criminals on behalf of local citizens. Rollins appeared Tuesday morning in Worcester County Circuit Court, where Judge Brian Shockley imposed a 90-day suspended sentence for indecent exposure and a 60-day suspended sentence for disorderly conduct. The local prosecutor, Beau H. Oglesby, had requested six months jail time but the judge disagreed. Oglesby had initially ordered Rollins released without charges last June but, after a local blog reported on the incidents at an Ocean City hotel, and further investigation by local police, charges were filed several days later. Indecent exposure is a misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum of three years in prison and/or a fine of up to $1,000. Disorderly conduct” is a misdemeanor, punishable by a sentence of 60 days in jail and/or a $500 fine. Rollins [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County State&#8217;s Attorney Rollins Arrested in OC for &#8220;Indecent Exposure,&#8221; Charges Pending Police Probe; Removal from Office Possible</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Cecil County State’s Attorney Ellis Rollins, a current candidate for a Circuit Court judgeship appointment from Governor Hogan, was arrested on 6/22/16 in Ocean City&#8211; where he was attending a taxpayer-financed conference of State’s Attorneys&#8211; for suspected “indecent exposure” and “disorderly conduct” allegedly involving nudity and sex acts in public view. But he was released without formal charges, on orders of the local State’s Attorney, pending further “investigation.” Although the sleazy nature of the allegations has triggered a firestorm of commentary on local and state social media, the alleged incidents raise substantive questions of the facts and the locations of the alleged conduct, such as whether it occurred on a clearly visible hotel outdoor balcony, on the threshold of the balcony, or within a hotel room but in front of an un-curtained sliding door—facts that could determine whether illegal conduct occurred or whether criminal charges are warranted. Nevertheless, the alleged incident or incidents raise questions of Rollins’ judgment, personal behavior and whether a sense of “entitlement” &#8212; based on his family’s long history of prominence in area legal circles&#8211; may have led him to think he could act inappropriately without suffering legal consequences. A statement from the Ocean [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil County State&#8217;s Attorney Hired Son for Job Same Day Dad Sworn in; Primary Campaign Challenger Questions Nepotism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil County State’s Attorney E.D.E. (Ellis) Rollins III, who is seeking re-election to his post, hired his son as an investigator&#8211; who began work the same day his father was sworn into office&#8211; although he lacked the law enforcement experience of previous occupants of the position. The hiring has become an issue in the current Republican primary campaign. Ellis Rollins’ son, Kyle Rollins, was hired as an investigator in the State’s Attorney office on 1/3/11, according to county Human Resources Director Donna Nichols, who said his current salary is $53,664. He is scheduled to receive a 4.75 percent pay raise—including a 1.75 percent cost-of-living increase—effective 7/1/14, she added. The State’s Attorney’s office receives funds from Cecil County government as well as the state but its personnel policies come under the county government’s HR office, Nichols said. The county has an anti-nepotism policy regarding the “employment of relatives” but Nichols said it was determined that the elder Rollins would not be directly supervising his son. The elder Rollins told Cecil Times that there was an appellate court case that was “on point” that indicated there was no conflict in hiring his son for the position. He said he notified county officials—including [&#8230;]]]></description>
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