A Baltimore City grand jury has indicted Daquan Dwight Thomas of Owings Mills for operating an assisted living program without a license. Attorney General Anthony Brown announced the indictment in an Oct. 26 press release. Operating an unlicensed assisted living program is a felony under Maryland law.
Thomas, 39, is the owner and operator of Aim to Inspire Care Forever.
According to charging documents, in January 2025 Thomas applied to the Maryland Department of Health’s Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ) for a license to operate an assisted living program in Baltimore. The agency denied the application in January 2026. State and city agencies conducted a joint visit to Aim to Inspire Care Forever on March 30 and found residents living there who required the level of care an assisted living program provides.
The Baltimore City Fire Marshal determined that the property was unsafe to occupy, and all residents were relocated to hospitals or licensed assisted living facilities.
If convicted, Thomas faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
The Attorney General’s office advised that a criminal indictment is merely an accusation of wrongdoing, and a defendant is presumed innocent until the State proves the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.