BALTIMORE COUNTY COUPLE CHARGED WITH OPERATING AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WITHOUT A LICENSE

Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced today that Tillena Chelsea Wolfe, 29, and Kevin Wilford Bullock, 31, of 8619 Lugano Road in Baltimore County, were charged in Baltimore County District Court on July 3 with Operating an Assisted Living Facility Without a License, from on or about April 1, 2002 until on or about August 1, 2002, at the Briarwood Apartments in Owings Mills. It is alleged that the defendants operated the unlicensed facility under the business name A Touch of Love, Inc.

A trial date is presently scheduled for September 4, 2003.

The pending cases will be prosecuted by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. While the charges are merely accusations of wrongdoing and every individual is presumed innocent unless the State proves the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, practicing nursing in Maryland without a license and the other related charges are punishable by a maximum sentence of one year, a fine of $5,000, or both.

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