It’s somewhat ironic the way Charlie Skuba, newly hired senior vice president and director of client relations at Brann Baltimore, started in the advertising field more than a quarter-century ago.

SANTA CRUZ — Homicide defendant Stewart Skuba was on the stand Friday for a third tense day of cross examination in the murder trial of 29-year-old Elias Sorokin. Skuba is charged with killing Sorokin ...