Maryland State Wire

Average VA IRRRL loan amount in Maryland increases from Q4 FY2024 to Q1 FY2025

By Maryland State Wire | Aug 1, 2025

The average VA Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loan (IRRRL) amount in Maryland during the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 was $480,777, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

Mexican national pleads guilty to illegal re-entry after prior deportation

By Maryland State Wire | Aug 1, 2025

Dimas Gonzalo Contreras-Nolasco, a 54-year-old Mexican citizen, has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally re-entering the United States after being deported.

Prince George’s man receives ten-year sentence for carjacking spree

By Maryland State Wire | Aug 1, 2025

A Prince George’s County man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for carjacking and firearms offenses. U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby handed down the sentence to Sean Franklin...