Temporarily setting aside her quest for a presidential pardon, Marilyn Mosby is in far west Texas today, helping to rustle up business for her new employer, God’s Love Outreach Ministries.

The former Baltimore state’s attorney, sentenced to home detention after being convicted of perjury and mortgage fraud charges, was granted permission by U.S. District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby to travel to Levelland, Texas, between December 15 and 18.

A oil-rig and cotton farming outpost of 12,500 named after its most prominent geographic feature, Levelland is located 30 miles west of Lubbock.

Mosby is there “so that she may tour a facility that her company is considering acquiring and participate in local meetings in furtherance of this potential acquisition,” according to Griggsby’s approval order.

Mosby told the court she was “directed to come to Texas” by her boss, Dr. Allen S. Turner, a Baptist minister who operates a string of halfway houses and substance abuse facilities under the brand name G.L.O.M. Global in northern California

Last October, Turner hired Mosby, then in her fourth month of home detention, as Director of Global Strategic Planning.

G.L.O.M. Outpatient Services Inc. was recently incorporated in Maryland, and in September Turner posted on social media a photo of himself with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, saying they met at “a private ball” in Baltimore “to showcase our commitment to strong leadership and collaboration.”

So far,  the company has no operating facilities in Maryland. Neither Turner nor Moore would describe what the men discussed at the reception, a Moore spokesman saying their meeting was “not an official event sponsored by the Office of the Governor.”

Meanwhile, the company’s California operations are beset with shaky finances, with a negative net worth of $3 million, according to its latest Form 990 tax form, and a history of being sued for nonpayment of rent.

In a case report last year, an examiner for the California Department of Social Services wrote, “As a whole, the organization does not maintain sufficient cash reserves to ensure provision of care and supervision to clients. As of March 2023, licensee’s reserves represent only 1.27% of the required amount.”

Wrangling with Probation

Since her hire, Mosby has twice sought court permission to change the terms of her home detention so she would be free to leave her Fells Point residence anytime between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., arguing that she needed such flexibility to travel around Maryland “to drive strategic partnerships with state, local and communal stakeholders.”

Her lawyers said she would return to her apartment at night, but because she would be conducting “field work” on Saturdays and Sundays for G.L.O.M., “it is important that she be permitted to travel outside of her residence on weekends, too.”

Griggsby denied the requests, saying there was no evidence that Baltimore’s convicted ex-chief prosecutor could not perform her work at home with approved releases by her probation officer for outside appointments.

Last week Mosby continued her feud with Probation Officer Rachel Snyder, complaining that the request for her Texas trip had been delayed “for multiple days” by Snyder’s inaction.

“Ms. Mosby has now repeatedly informed this Court as well as Probation that her job is often going to require travel, and this travel is often going to need prompt approval so that Ms. Mosby can make timely accommodations,” a filing by her public defender attorneys James Wyda and Paresh Patel argued, adding:

“Ms. Mosby’s ability to travel and, in turn, effectively do her job, should not be compromised as a result of such failure.”

“Ms. Mosby has now repeatedly informed this Court that her job is often going to require travel, and this travel is often going to need prompt approval”  – Mosby’s attorneys.

Judge Griggsby, who last month raised the question of whether Mosby’s new job was “lawful or legitimate,” bypassed that issue in her latest order approving the four-day Texas trip.

There were several caveats: Mosby was ordered to continue wearing her ankle monitor, provide a daily schedule of her activities to Snyder (with a courtesy copy to the court) and return to her hotel each night no later than 9 p.m.

Levelland is not known for its nightlife, with many local bars and restaurants closed during the first days of the week.

One exception is The Republic of Texas Sports Bar Grill. According to Yelp, it stays open to midnight and boasts one of the best Jack and Coke burgers in the state.