Judge denies defense request in newspaper shooting case
Source: Associated Press
Brian Witte, Associated Press Updated 3:48 pm CDT, Monday, March 11, 2019
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The judge in a case against a man accused of killing five people at a Maryland newspaper office ruled Monday that prosecutors have provided "significantly more" information about the charges to defense attorneys than the law requires.
Lawyers for Jarrod Ramos asked Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Laura Ripken last month to require prosecutors to give them more details about the charges, as they weigh changing their client's plea to not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. His attorneys currently have a Friday deadline to change the plea from not guilty.
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Prosecutors say Ramos carefully planned the attack, barricading the rear exit of the office to prevent people from escaping.
Ramos, of Laurel, Maryland, held a longtime grudge against the newspaper. The Capital had written about Ramos pleading guilty to harassing a former high school classmate in 2011 and Ramos unsuccessfully sued the writer and the newspaper's publisher for defamation.
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Jarrod Ramos: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
38-year-old man has been identified as the suspect who opened fire at the Capital Gazette office in Maryland, killing at least five people in a “targeted attack” on the news organization, police said. He had previously filed a defamation lawsuit against The Capital newspaper, which was dismissed in 2013. The dismissal was upheld in 2015 by a Maryland appellate court.
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Police were executing search warrants at his apartment in Laurel, Maryland, Thursday night. Ramos is a former federal employee and Maryland native who graduated from Arundel High School. Ramos had targeted editors and employees of The Capital newspaper on social media and in court filings for years, turning his anger toward them after the paper published an article about his vicious harassment of a woman he went to high school with.
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