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Friday, October 23, 2009

Ruling shows hazy line between detention, arrest

By Peter Hermann
October 21 2009

When you tell someone you "got arrested," it's a safe bet you mean a cop put you in handcuffs and took you to jail. Turns out in Maryland you can "get arrested" without any of those things happening. In fact, the law says you can "be arrested" by a police officer even if that very same police officer insists he didn't arrest you.

The complete article can be viewed a

at:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bal-md.hermann21oct21,0,6303271.story
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