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Anne Arundel State's Attorney highlights prosecutions, victim services funding and grant-supported advocates
Summary
Anne Colt Leitess, the State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, told the County Council the office's FY26 operating increase reflects primarily salary and personal-services growth, while newly acquired grants have expanded victim-advocate capacity and supported evidence-management work.
Anne Colt Leitess, the elected State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, briefed the County Council on May 12 about the office's work, grant funding and a personnel-driven budget increase in the FY26 proposal.
Leitess summarized the office's mission as prosecutorial and victim-service oriented: "We are committed to justice by employing the highest ethical standards and vigorously prosecuting the guilty and protecting the innocent and representing the interests of the state of Maryland in criminal cases here in the county," she said. Leitess described several recent case outcomes, her office's expansion of victim-witness advocate staff and steps taken to secure more…
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