User:Praxidicae/Richard Fritz

Richard Fritz is the State's Attorney for St. Mary's County, Maryland.

Rape charges and coverup
A St. Mary's County newspaper was awarded a $435,000 settlement in 2005 after filing a lawsuit alleging that Fritz and several deputies violated the first amendment in 1998 when they attempted to keep "unflattering" stories about Fritz' 1965 conviction of rape out of the press leading up to the election.