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9:05 PM EDT, October 1, 2014
Michael Phelps' blood alcohol level was 0.14 at time of arrest
Red-eyed and slurring his words, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps had a blood alcohol level of 0.14, well above the state limit of 0.08, when he was arrested and charged with drunken driving Tuesday morning after leaving the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Baltimore, according to court documents.
8:38 PM EDT, October 1, 2014
Police end 4-hour standoff with robbery suspect in E. Baltimore
Baltimore Police closed off part of an East Baltimore neighborhood for hours Wednesday as they attempted to coax a suspect wanted in several robberies out of a home, police said.
6:55 PM EDT, September 30, 2014
Marijuana possession now a fine, but prosecutors see complications
Starting Wednesday, you can no longer be arrested in Maryland for possessing a small amount of marijuana. But how the rest of that interaction with police plays out might depend on what jurisdiction you're in.
10:06 PM EDT, September 30, 2014
Olympian Michael Phelps arrested for drunken driving a second time
Michael Phelps was arrested early Tuesday in Baltimore, charged for the second time in 10 years with drunken driving. The charge comes five months after the record-setting Olympian's return to competition.
7:29 PM EDT, September 26, 2014
Man fatally shot in Northwest Baltimore
Baltimore Police were investigating an early morning homicide in Northwest Baltimore.
10:56 AM EDT, September 30, 2014
Man killed in double shooting in Highlandtown
Two men were shot — one of them fatally — in Highlandtown on Tuesday just after midnight, police said.
3:24 PM EDT, September 24, 2014
Two-alarm blaze near Mayfair Theatre halts light rail
A two-alarm blaze at an adjacent building caused damage to the historic Mayfair Theatre in downtown Baltimore and shut down light rail operations Wednesday afternoon.
9:34 PM EDT, September 26, 2014
Man given chance to reform caught in drug raid, Baltimore police say
A new anti-violence program led Baltimore police to raid the home of a convicted drug dealer they had hoped to reform, and to nearly $4 million worth of drugs and cash, a significant seizure for the department.
12:04 AM EDT, September 25, 2014
City reacts to downtown shooting; seeks end to 'senseless' violence
As Baltimore's mayor on Wednesday consoled the family of a hospital worker used as a human shield during a gang shooting downtown, elected officials and community activists called on the city to do more to combat gang violence.
1:34 PM EDT, September 10, 2014
Baltimore police officer in critical condition after crash
A Baltimore Police officer remains in critical condition after getting into an off-duty crash in Carroll County earlier this week, state police said.
4:57 PM EDT, September 14, 2014
When rap lyrics become evidence
Like many artists of his genre, East Baltimore rapper Young Moose uses his lyrics and music videos to depict the harsh reality of his surroundings, with images of men flashing guns, drugs and cash.
6:25 PM EDT, September 10, 2014
Arson charge against volunteer firefighter dismissed
A U.S. district judge has dismissed charges against a Baltimore County volunteer firefighter who was accused of deliberately setting a 2007 blaze in Halethorpe, accepting his lawyer's argument that the federal court did not have jurisdiction.
9:59 PM EDT, August 29, 2014
Suspicious co-worker tipped Johns Hopkins in Levy case
Newly suspicious of the pen hanging on a lanyard Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita A. Levy wore around his neck, a clinical technician who had worked with him for two years took it one day early last year.
11:10 PM EDT, September 9, 2014
Ravens, NFL say they tried to obtain video of Rice assault
The Baltimore Ravens said Tuesday that the team gave up its investigation into the Ray Rice assault incident after just a few weeks, while the National Football League explained its own fruitless efforts to obtain the surveillance video of the player punching his then-fiancee.
8:56 PM EDT, August 27, 2014
Batts sails through re-confirmation hearing
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts sailed through a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, with City Council members and residents praising his accessibility and moves toward reform.
8:12 PM EDT, August 28, 2014
Man charged in shooting, string of robberies in Southeast Baltimore
Baltimore Police charged a man in connection with a recent string of robberies in the Southeastern District, one of which resulted in a man's being shot.
1:15 PM EDT, August 26, 2014
Man died from self-inflicted gunshot wound at Baltimore Police station
An autopsy has confirmed that a man who was fatally shot inside of a Baltimore Police district station died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, prosecutors said.
4:04 PM EDT, August 30, 2014
Residents put gates on alleys to shut out criminals
The rear alleys in the communities surrounding Broadway in Southeast Baltimore typically conjure up images of rats, litter or worse — not of a playground for children.
5:25 PM EDT, August 29, 2014
Man who claimed intervention in rape charged in the attack
As detectives were investigating a rape that had occurred in West Baltimore, the phone rang in the sex offense unit. On the line was a "concerned citizen" who said that a man named Corey Braxton had tried to help save a woman from being raped on North Avenue.
3:17 PM EDT, August 25, 2014
FBI assists in search for two teens missing from Elkton
Two male teenagers who disappeared from the Elkton area under suspicious circumstances last week remain missing, and the FBI is now offering a $5,000 reward for tips in the search.
11:06 PM EDT, August 22, 2014
Man dies after being beaten and set on fire in Northeast Baltimore
Two men were killed and two others wounded in separate incidents in Baltimore late Thursday and Friday. One of the victims died after being beaten and set on fire.
8:45 AM EDT, September 4, 2014
Teen killed in Northeast Baltimore, second in as many days
Blood smeared the white door and concrete slab outside a rowhouse where a teenager was gunned down early Thursday, the second 17-year-old killed in Baltimore in as many days.
8:48 PM EDT, August 20, 2014
Residents air concerns about Taser use during Gilmor arrests
Moving quickly to quell resident concerns about police actions during the arrest of four at Gilmor Homes on Wednesday, a top Baltimore police commander walked the housing project and assigned investigators to look into the case.
12:29 PM EDT, August 20, 2014
Two fatally shot in Baltimore
Baltimore homicide detectives on Wednesday were investigating two fatal shootings that occurred the previous night.
11:13 PM EDT, August 19, 2014
Neighbors question lack of information after stabbing in Federal Hill
Word of an attack in Federal Hill appeared Monday on a neighborhood Facebook page, warning that a man had been stabbed early Sunday after being chased for his wallet. As news spread, different accounts emerged.
6:23 PM EDT, August 19, 2014
Body found in water was missing man, 21
Police confirmed a body recovered from waters near M&T Bank Stadium was that of a 21-year-old man reported missing from southern Baltimore last week.
8:39 PM EDT, August 13, 2014
Homicide chief replaced as killings remain unsolved
Baltimore police officials have replaced the commander of the homicide unit as two high-profile cases remain unsolved amid a recent spate of violence that saw a killing a day.
10:38 AM EDT, August 18, 2014
Baltimore police filming of protesters raises questions
As hundreds walked through Baltimore on Thursday to protest a police shooting in Missouri, uniformed officers were recording their every move.
11:02 PM EDT, August 12, 2014
Heavy rains lead to water rescues, road detours
Tuesday's torrential rain — the most to fall in one day in more than 80 years — shut down portions of major roadways, stranded dozens of motorists, including some who had to be rescued, and caused dangerous flash floods throughout the region.
4:13 PM EDT, August 14, 2014
Vacant home, part of East Baltimore 'Forever Together' mural, catches fire
A vacant home on an East Baltimore block used for a "pop-up" mural that was commissioned by the city caught fire Thursday morning.
10:15 PM EDT, August 12, 2014
Police investigating man found dead in car in Clifton Park
A 45-year-old Baltimore man was found dead inside a vehicle in Clifton Park Monday evening, and police said detectives are investigating the case as a homicide.
9:12 PM EDT, August 8, 2014
Independent review faults city police in Tyrone West case
An independent panel created to review last year's in-custody death of Tyrone West determined that Baltimore police officers did not use excessive force but made tactical errors that "potentially aggravated the situation" and did not follow basic policies.
1:16 PM EDT, August 13, 2014
Two police officers, two children injured in Northeast Baltimore crash
Two police officers and two children were among six hurt in a Wednesday morning crash in Northeast Baltimore, police said.
7:53 PM EDT, August 8, 2014
Suspect sought in death of 3-year-old girl turns himself in
A person wanted by Baltimore police for questioning about the shooting death of 3-year-old McKenzie Elliott surrendered Thursday on a probation violation warrant, law enforcement sources said.
8:06 PM EDT, August 5, 2014
Baltimore man, 21, charged in second murder in five years
A 21-year-old Baltimore man — convicted less than five years ago of murder — has been charged in a double shooting last week that left 19-year-old Dominic Tales dead and another man critically injured, police said.
9:30 PM EDT, August 6, 2014
Judge orders insurance executive held due to flight risk
A nightclub insurance mogul charged with fraud will remain detained after prosecutors alleged that bomb-making equipment and musings on killing discovered after his indictment — along with notes about disappearing in Croatia — made him too risky to release.
7:31 PM EDT, August 9, 2014
Investigative file raises new questions about Baltimore crash that killed three
Andrew Baker Jr. and Angel Chiwengo were holding hands and listening to soft music on the radio as he drove her home from the Pikesville Doubletree Hilton where they worked.
6:38 PM EDT, August 4, 2014
Man dies in hospital after Baltimore shooting
A man died in the hospital suffering a gunshot wound to the stomach in North Baltimore late Sunday night, while police confirmed that a 14-year-old was hit by a stray bullet while sitting on a porch in Northeast Baltimore earlier in the night.
6:21 PM EDT, August 4, 2014
Man shot near Bolton Hill
A man was shot multiple times Monday around noon on the border of Madison Park and Bolton Hill.
12:03 PM EDT, August 8, 2014
Man, 43, charged with fatally stabbing father, 73
Baltimore Police say a 73-year-old Northwest Baltimore man who was trying to break up a fight between his adult children was fatally stabbed by his son.
10:42 PM EDT, August 5, 2014
Suspect kills himself inside Baltimore police station
A suspect taken into custody by Baltimore police in connection with an attempted murder was able to conceal a "high-caliber" handgun and fatally shot himself Tuesday afternoon inside the Southwestern District police station, police said.
11:59 AM EDT, July 28, 2014
North Point woman remains missing after boyfriend's arrest
A North Point woman remains missing after police found her boyfriend Monday morning and arrested him on an open warrant for a prior weapons violations.
6:16 PM EDT, July 24, 2014
11, 14 year olds charged in killing of stepfather
Maryland state police say a 47-year-old Port Deposit man fatally shot earlier this year was killed by three of his five stepchildren, one of whom is 11 years old.
9:25 PM EDT, August 3, 2014
Troubled Reservoir Hill apartment complex to be razed
A troubled Reservoir Hill property that came to be known as "Murder Mall" will be demolished under an agreement that's left some residents relieved but others worried about where they'll go.
9:15 AM EDT, August 2, 2014
3-year-old girl killed in drive-by shooting in Waverly
A 3-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet Friday after a gunman opened fire in North Baltimore's Waverly neighborhood, the latest shooting in a spike in gun violence.
10:14 PM EDT, August 2, 2014
City officials, police urge public to help solve murder of 3-year-old girl
Devastated parents and distressed police and political leaders took to the streets Saturday to plead with the Waverly community to help catch the killers of 3-year-old McKenzie Elliott, whose shooting death has galvanized the city to stop a surge of violence in the past week.
11:25 PM EDT, July 22, 2014
Hopkins settlement not the end for victims
Attorneys for Johns Hopkins Hospital and a plaintiffs' group have settled on a dollar figure in the case of the gynecologist who was secretly filming patients during examinations, but some victims say their trauma will last well beyond the complex litigation.
9:48 PM EDT, July 29, 2014
Attorney charges 'political show' as BGF suspect pleads guilty
The alleged "secretary" of the Black Guerrilla family gang —one of dozens of alleged members charged in a high-profile case — pleaded guilty this week to a sentence that allowed him to return home that night.
7:53 PM EDT, July 28, 2014
Eight people shot over the weekend in Baltimore
Robbery is believed to be the motive in at least two of the eight shootings that occurred over the weekend in Baltimore, police said.
8:36 PM EDT, July 23, 2014
Ulman donates indicted businessman's contributions to charity
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman wanted to give back $34,000 in campaign contributions he received from insurance executive Jeffrey B. Cohen, who was indicted last month on federal fraud charges.
7:16 PM EDT, July 21, 2014
Hopkins agrees to pay $190 million to settle Levy claims
Johns Hopkins Hospital has agreed to pay $190 million to settle claims from thousands of women who may have been surreptitiously recorded during pelvic exams by gynecologist Dr. Nikita A. Levy.
7:10 PM EDT, July 25, 2014
Baltimore man gets life sentence, but not forgiveness
When Marie Seale remembers seeing her husband, Terrance, being shot and killed in her Northeast Baltimore apartment in November 2012, forgiveness is the last thing on her mind.
8:42 PM EDT, July 18, 2014
Two killed in Baltimore, seven dead in four days
Two men were fatally shot Thursday night, marking seven homicides in Baltimore since Monday. Police also said the death of a 2-year-old girl, initially believed to be a playground accident, has been ruled a homicide.
2:49 PM EDT, July 19, 2014
Baltimore County bouncer turned businessman is in the fight of his life
The nightclub insurer promised to fight for its clients — its promotional material shows a man socked in the face with a boxing glove.
12:15 PM EDT, July 17, 2014
Police say transgender woman was killed near Lake Ashburton
Black- and copper-colored beads lay around a puddle of blood in a Northwest Baltimore alley where police said a transgender woman was killed early Wednesday in a crime that bore similarities to the slaying of another transgender woman last month.
7:43 PM EDT, July 15, 2014
Baltimore native ran cross-country drug ring that brought heroin to city, authorities say
From a home base in Houston, federal authorities say, a Remington native has been directing a cross-country drug operation that shipped large quantities of heroin to Baltimore, New York, New Orleans and elsewhere.
8:08 PM EDT, July 7, 2014
City schools officer pleads guilty to federal drug-dealing charge
A Baltimore City schools police officer pleaded guilty Monday to drug conspiracy charges in U.S. District Court, and faces no less than five years in prison.
10:22 PM EDT, July 11, 2014
Hundreds demonstrate against Baltimore violence
As hundreds of men marching against violence Friday night along Baltimore's North Avenue passed Gina Williams' vehicle, she applauded.
5:56 PM EDT, July 3, 2014
Police investigate shooting north of Green Mount Cemetery
City police were investigating the shooting of a man Thursday afternoon in East Baltimore just north of Green Mount Cemetery.
8:21 PM EDT, July 8, 2014
Lured by woman, Owings Mills man stabbed 60 times, police say
A woman lured an Owings Mills man into a robbery with the promise of sex, then, with an accomplice, stabbed him 60 times, her co-defendant allegedly told Baltimore police this week.
10:28 PM EDT, July 1, 2014
After an uptick, Baltimore homicides return to trend of decline
One year after one of Baltimore's most violent summers, this July opened with one of the lowest midyear homicide counts in three decades.
6:10 PM EDT, June 30, 2014
Batts tasks independent team to investigate police intimidation case
Four investigators from agencies outside Baltimore are working to determine who left a dead rat on the car windshield of an officer who was cooperating with prosecutors on a police brutality case.
8:03 PM EDT, June 29, 2014
City civilian review board still flounders
One year after city officials pledged to reinvigorate Baltimore's police civilian review board, members say their work feels insignificant and they are still seeking more authority.
9:12 PM EDT, June 27, 2014
Robbery victim shot at after giving chase in Mount Vernon
A robbery victim was shot at near downtown Baltimore after giving chase to his attacker, resulting in a car crash that stalled the light rail for more than an hour.
6:49 PM EDT, June 27, 2014
Man accused of shooting Baltimore officer faces federal charges
The 34-year-old man charged with shooting and critically wounding an off-duty Baltimore police officer this year has been indicted in federal court on drug and weapons charges, according to court records unsealed this week.
6:35 PM EDT, July 4, 2014
A son dead, another son charged with the crime
In five decades growing up and living in Baltimore's crime-plagued west side, Gordon Wilder had never lost a relative to violence. The news in May that his first-born had been gunned down in a secluded area during a robbery sent a paralyzing jolt through his body, bringing him to his knees.
5:12 PM EDT, July 11, 2014
Reisterstown man appeared to plot to kill Del. judge, authorities say
The founder of an embattled Sparks-based insurance company appears to have been plotting to kill a Delaware judge overseeing the liquidation of his business, recording himself on a trip to scout out his targets and acquiring a cache of weapons, federal authorities allege in court filings.
7:33 PM EDT, June 23, 2014
Bernstein files complaint over Mosby mailer
The campaign of Baltimore State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein has filed a complaint with the state Board of Elections over a mailer sent in support of challenger Marilyn Mosby.
9:47 PM EDT, June 23, 2014
Family of man who died in Baltimore police custody files lawsuit
Two families who say they are linked through police brutality filed separate lawsuits against the Baltimore Police Department on Monday, alleging that two officers involved in an in-custody death should not have been on duty.
7:02 PM EDT, July 8, 2014
As Baltimore crime declines, officials seek to change perception
By any measure, statistics show crime has been dropping in Baltimore. Yet many residents, like Vincent McCoy, say they don't feel it.
6:32 PM EDT, June 30, 2014
'Public Enemy No. 1' charged again – in jail
A Baltimore man dubbed "Public Enemy No. 1" by city police last summer after being linked to a string of shootings is in trouble again — this time accused of stabbing another inmate in the head in an argument over using the telephone, court records show.
5:14 PM EDT, June 20, 2014
Volunteer Baltimore County officer to remain suspended after video incident
A volunteer Baltimore County police officer who was videotaped in February telling a citizen he had "lost" his right to free speech will remain with the program but cannot return to patrol duties, Police Chief Jim Johnson said Friday.
6:46 PM EDT, July 2, 2014
Rawlings-Blake eyes bigger role for police civilian review board
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday that she has asked her senior team to explore giving Baltimore's police civilian review board a "more impactful" role in the police disciplinary process.
8:27 PM EDT, June 13, 2014
Steer loose in streets of Baltimore, then shot by police
A 780-pound steer headed for slaughter in West Baltimore seized a chance at freedom Friday, leaping a barbed-wire fence and taking a brisk two-mile walk along North Avenue that ended when the animal was gunned down by police in Mid-Town Belvedere.
9:58 AM EDT, July 3, 2014
2 shot, wounded in East Baltimore
Two men were expected to survive after being shot Wednesday afternoon in East Baltimore near the Church Square shopping center.
6:25 PM EDT, June 27, 2014
Baltimore's police commissioner forges a hands-on image
When Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts appeared at a recent town hall, a woman stood to ask about police brutality, a touchy topic for both residents and officers. She said she worried for her young nephew, who was frequently stopped by police.
3:48 PM EDT, June 9, 2014
Man shot, wounded near Old Town Mall
City police were investigating a shooting Monday afternoon at the Old Town Mall, the blighted outdoor shopping center that officials have pledged to redevelop.
6:28 PM EDT, June 27, 2014
Police: Suspect shot man in front of own children
A man who died after being shot Thursday in a Northwest Baltimore grocery store parking lot was shot while inside a vehicle with the suspect — and the suspect's two children, police said.
6:01 PM EDT, June 12, 2014
Man charged in more than 20 downtown car break-ins
A 57-year-old man was hit with 88 criminal charges this week in connection with more than 20 car break-ins that occurred over less than a month this spring in downtown Baltimore.
3:49 PM EDT, June 6, 2014
Man jumped in Patterson Park by teenagers who were filming attack
A man was assaulted on Thursday night in Patterson Park by a group of teenagers, one of whom was filming the attack, according to a police report.
7:12 PM EDT, June 4, 2014
City police make arrests in two Edmondson Avenue shootings
Baltimore Police detectives have made arrests in two recent shootings that occurred on the city's west side — both along Edmondson Avenue.
10:25 PM EDT, June 9, 2014
Man shot by police Friday was chasing robber
A man who was shot by a Baltimore Police officer on Friday morning in West Baltimore was at the time fighting with a man who had just robbed him at gunpoint, police said Monday.
9:32 PM EDT, June 10, 2014
Baltimore Police to post 'use of force' cases online
The Baltimore Police Department says it will begin to post a log of its investigations into serious use of force by officers online, and for the first time will ask the city's civilian review board to look at shootings involving its officers and deaths of people in custody.
9:56 PM EDT, June 3, 2014
Two killed in Baltimore overnight; six slain to start June
Standing on the sidewalk in Reservoir Hill where his son was shot to death Monday night, Dale Webb Sr. tried to channel his grief into constructive things, like getting the locks changed for the other tenants who live in the home.
10:41 AM EDT, June 9, 2014
Woman charged with running down three is held without bail
The 28-year-old woman accused of intentionally running down three people in West Baltimore, killing two of them, including a toddler, was ordered held without bond at a bail review hearing Friday.
7:07 PM EDT, May 30, 2014
Baltimore 'dine and dasher' gets bill: five years in prison
Baltimore's notorious "dine and dasher," accused of repeatedly faking seizures to get out of paying restaurant tabs, got a hefty bill on Friday from a city judge: five years in prison.
8:04 PM EDT, May 29, 2014
7-year-old survivor of Tuesday crash is home with shaken family
Hours after being released from the hospital Thursday afternoon, 7-year-old Nevaeh Green sat on her mother's lap at a relative's house, fidgeting with a plastic baggie. The girl remained too shaken up to talk about what had happened two nights earlier
8:53 PM EDT, June 6, 2014
Police arrest driver in killing of 12-year-old while eluding officers
Baltimore police said Friday they have arrested a man sought in connection with the deaths of two youths in as many days last week — a violent sequence that had investigators scrambling to identify a suspect based only on vague witness descriptions.
3:14 PM EDT, May 17, 2014
Marylanders will be able to text 911 within months, officials say
When you call 911, you want to speak with a dispatcher as soon as possible. But what if, at that moment or in general, you aren't able to speak at all?
12:32 AM EDT, May 23, 2014
Police report Baltimore's second triple shooting in as many days
Six people were wounded in separate triple shootings in Baltimore late Wednesday night and Thursday morning. And late Thursday, two more men were shot in the city, bringing the total to eight shooting victims in a 24-hour span.
7:30 PM EDT, May 15, 2014
Teen dies after Taser shock at Baltimore hospital
Baltimore police said Thursday they are investigating the death of a 19-year-old hospital patient who went into a coma after being struck with an officer's Taser during a struggle with police and security staff at Good Samaritan Hospital last week.
10:31 PM EDT, May 28, 2014
Woman, 2-year-old dead after driver intentionally hit them with vehicle
Joshua Carter Sr. paced the sidewalk outside the New Union Baptist Church on West Franklin Street on Wednesday afternoon. He was still wearing a pink hospital wristband and concealing tearful eyes behind his sunglasses. Wrapped around his head was his 2-year-old son's favorite blanket.
9:25 PM EDT, May 21, 2014
After teen's death, police restrict response to hospital emergencies
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said he wants police supervisors to evaluate whether to send officers to emergency calls at hospitals and mental health facilities, a move that brought concern from a major hospital system and the Maryland Hospital Association.
7:23 PM EDT, May 29, 2014
Police continue hunt for suspect in shooting, crash
Baltimore police continued to search Thursday for the person suspected of shooting a 16-year-old boy Monday and killing a 12-year-old girl in a crash while fleeing officers the next day.
10:48 PM EDT, May 20, 2014
Police union approves contract to increase pay, cut vacant positions
Baltimore's police union Tuesday night approved a contract that increases officer pay by 13 percent and reorganizes the department to add 300 officers available for emergencies, its president said.
7:52 PM EDT, June 4, 2014
Transgender woman killed Tuesday in Northeast Baltimore
Baltimore police acknowledged Wednesday afternoon that a homicide victim found early Tuesday in a field in Northeast Baltimore was a transgender woman, but details surrounding the case remained scarce.
7:44 PM EDT, May 27, 2014
City police to eliminate 212 vacant officer positions
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Wednesday that he'll eliminate 212 officer positions — all vacant — from the department, marking the first significant reduction in the ranks in decades.
7:42 PM EDT, June 2, 2014
Three people killed, two others wounded in Baltimore
Baltimore homicide detectives were investigating two killings late Sunday night and a third that occurred Monday, while two other people were reported shot and wounded.
7:49 PM EDT, May 20, 2014
Ray Rice avoids trial on assault charge, accepted into program
Ravens running back Ray Rice has been accepted into a diversionary program that could allow him to clear his record of charges that he knocked his then-fiancee unconscious in a New Jersey casino, but he could still face discipline from the NFL.
10:18 PM EDT, May 19, 2014
Foster youth was Tased five times at Good Samaritan Hospital
A city police officer used his Taser five times to subdue a heavily medicated 19-year-old man who was fighting staff at Good Samaritan Hospital and later died, according to his family's attorney and an account from a law enforcement source.
3:17 PM EDT, June 3, 2014
Body found in Inner Harbor near Under Armour headquarters
A body was pulled from the Inner Harbor Tuesday afternoon near Under Armour headquarters — at least the 11th time since October that someone has been found dead in the waters around downtown.
8:19 PM EDT, May 16, 2014
Baltimore police shoot man after stop, witnesses said
A man stopped by police while riding a bicycle through East Baltimore's Johnston Square neighborhood Friday afternoon was shot by officers after he tried to flee. Police said a gun was recovered from the scene.
9:00 PM EDT, May 14, 2014
Jury acquits Baltimore detective on perjury, misconduct charges
A Baltimore police detective was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he had lied to get a warrant to search a Northwest Baltimore home in 2012.
8:15 PM EDT, May 27, 2014
Baltimore police commissioner punched, held man at gunpoint
As his security detail struggled with an armed man this month, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts held a gun to the suspect's head and punched him in the face before gaining control of the man's weapon, court documents show.
10:56 AM EDT, May 12, 2014
Two gunned down in Baltimore overnight Sunday
Two men were gunned down in separate incidents overnight Sunday in Baltimore as the city's murder toll continued to climb amid rising temperatures.
8:09 PM EDT, May 13, 2014
Three arrested in North Baltimore robberies, police say
Three teenagers who were arrested fleeing the scene of a break-in Monday might be responsible for a weekend wave of robberies and other incidents across North Baltimore, police said.
9:36 PM EDT, May 12, 2014
Police identify woman found dead in Glen Burnie medical building
Anne Arundel County police said a woman who was found dead in a medical office building in Glen Burnie Monday was a custodian who cleaned the building's offices.
6:40 AM EDT, May 14, 2014
City police promise dirt bike crackdown
Baltimore police say they plan to crack down on the city's notorious dirt bike riders, pledging to infiltrate the groups using social media and undercover officers in an effort to disrupt the packs of riders.
6:16 PM EDT, May 9, 2014
DJS employee arrested in shooting incident outside Hickey School
A 29-year-old Department of Juvenile Services employee and her 39-year-old boyfriend have been arrested after shots were fired Thursday night in the parking lot of a youth detention facility in Baltimore County, state police said.
9:20 PM EDT, May 9, 2014
Girl, 17, made up story about Reisterstown shooting
A 17-year-old girl who reported being shot Thursday in a robbery in Reisterstown made the story up, Baltimore County police said Friday.
3:03 PM EDT, May 9, 2014
Blood marks the spot of Wilkens Avenue murder
As late morning rolled on along Wilkens Avenue in Southwest Baltimore, there were few obvious hints of the violence that had occurred just hours earlier.
7:32 PM EDT, May 8, 2014
Kenyan immigrant, 36, stabbed to death in downtown Baltimore
Hunched over the kitchen table in an East Baltimore row home, E'Lexus Cole carefully arranged photographs of David Mbugua into a collage. It was important that she get the close-up photo, the one with him wearing a black knit hat, in the middle. Everyone agreed it was the best.
10:35 AM EDT, May 7, 2014
Two people killed in separate Baltimore incidents overnight Tuesday
Two more people were killed Tuesday night in separate incidents in Baltimore, continuing a violent start to May.
11:38 PM EDT, May 2, 2014
Hopkins under fire over not disclosing alleged rape
The Johns Hopkins University has come under fire for not disclosing to the campus an alleged rape at a fraternity house, leading a group of students to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education and others to stage a protest Friday.
8:56 AM EDT, May 4, 2014
Ray Rice case in N.J. highlights debate over courtroom cameras
As he walked into the Atlantic County, N.J., courthouse for his arraignment on assault charges, Ravens running back Ray Rice was followed by television cameras. Inside was no relief from their lenses, either, with cameras rolling and photographers snapping pictures as the All-Pro pleaded not guilty.
7:40 PM EDT, May 1, 2014
Ray Rice pleads not guilty to Atlantic City assault charges
—Ravens running back Ray Rice rejected a plea offer Thursday that would spare him jail time on charges that he assaulted his then-fiancee, and instead asked the court to put him in a program under which he could eventually clear his record.
11:40 AM EDT, May 1, 2014
Baltimore police contract calls for raises, fewer positions
A tentative agreement between Baltimore and its police union would cut vacant positions from the department while raising officer pay, a shift intended to stop officers from leaving for better-paying agencies.
10:59 PM EDT, April 20, 2014
Reward offered in killing of Edmondson-Westside student leader
Baltimore Police are offering a reward in return for information in last week's killing of a talented, 17-year-old, soon-to-be Edmondson-Westside High School graduate who was trying to improve the community for his peers while eyeing a career in the military.
9:57 PM EDT, April 20, 2014
Gunfire may be four times as common as reported, contractor says
For every gunshot report taken by Baltimore police, there could be four more they haven't heard about, according to the company behind a high-tech system that city officials hope will help curb the illegal use of firearms.
10:49 AM EDT, April 18, 2014
Youth leader gunned down on Baltimore's west side
Michael Mayfield did it all: The Baltimore teenager was a member of his school's Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, played baritone horn in the band, was a force on the mound for the baseball team, and was a youth ambassador and peer mediator.
10:50 PM EDT, May 5, 2014
Injuries climb to nine in building collapse at old Bethlehem Steel plant
Nine workers were hospitalized Monday after the roof gave way on a building at the former steel mill in Sparrows Point, disrupting work on the lengthy dismantling of the Baltimore County industrial complex.
8:24 PM EDT, April 16, 2014
Man killed in shooting in NW Baltimore
A man was shot and killed on the northern edge of Gwynns Falls Park Wednesday evening, police said.
6:57 PM EDT, April 15, 2014
Man found dead of gunshot wound in Johns Hopkins Hospital bathroom
A man entered Johns Hopkins Hospital with a gun early Tuesday morning and is believed to have fatally shot himself inside an emergency room bathroom, an incident that came days after the medical center held a national symposium on safety inside hospitals.
6:24 PM EDT, April 30, 2014
City officer charged in Pa. fired 14 shots at man
The off-duty Baltimore police officer charged this week with shooting a man outside his home in York, Pa., fired 14 shots and had been exchanging text messages with the victim's wife, according to court documents.
6:51 PM EDT, April 12, 2014
Pregnancy used as leverage in criminal case, attorney says
When Trena Williams was charged last fall with first-degree murder and held without bail, she was four months pregnant. Behind bars, inmates get prenatal care.
7:18 PM EDT, April 28, 2014
Man charged in Baltimore killing, but victim's identity unknown
Police and prosecutors are confident that Michael Bernard Small killed a woman over the weekend — they say he told them as much, and was arrested and charged.
10:23 PM EDT, April 11, 2014
Police investigate fatal accident in Glen Arm
Baltimore County police were investigating a fatal accident that occurred Friday night in Glen Arm at Harford Road and Factory Road, the agency said.
7:42 PM EDT, April 25, 2014
Police seek tips in Howard Co. man's killing in Baltimore
Homicide detectives are searching for clues in the killing of a 31-year-old Howard County man found dead in his own vehicle last week in Northeast Baltimore.
4:03 PM EDT, May 6, 2014
Man arrested in double shooting at E. Baltimore nail salon
A man was arrested and charged in a double shooting in an East Baltimore nail salon Monday that left a 34-year-old woman dead and a 26-year-old man in critical condition.
7:59 PM EDT, April 25, 2014
Baltimore police announce new top commanders after departures
Making up for a wave of recent departures, Baltimore police announced promotions Friday to fill some top-level positions.
2:56 PM EDT, April 5, 2014
Correlation between weather and homicide rates unclear
As temperatures dipped in February and March, Baltimore's homicide count dropped, as well, prompting many on social media to wonder if there's a correlation. Arguments on both sides can be bolstered by just looking at the first three months of 2014.
9:05 PM EDT, April 29, 2014
Off-duty Baltimore officer shoots man in Pennsylvania
An off-duty Baltimore police officer was charged Tuesday in Pennsylvania with attempted homicide after police there said he shot a man multiple times outside the officer's home.
12:48 PM EDT, April 21, 2014
Gansler sues BP over alleged spill-related pension loss
Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has filed a lawsuit against oil company BP over investment losses following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion, alleging that the state's pension fund lost millions after the company misled the public about its safety protocols.
4:08 PM EDT, April 5, 2014
Correlation between weather and homicide rates unclear
As temperatures dipped in February and March, Baltimore's homicide count dropped, as well, prompting many on social media to wonder if there's a correlation. Arguments on both sides can be bolstered by just looking at the first three months of 2014.
8:33 PM EDT, March 28, 2014
Arundel babysitter charged with child sex abuse
A 24-year-old Annapolis man charged with sexually abusing a child he was hired to babysit said he is "ashamed" and has apologized to the victim's family.
11:53 AM EDT, March 14, 2014
Baltimore FBI seeking serial bank robber
The FBI in Baltimore is trying to identify a man they have labeled a "serial bank robber" linked to at least four holdups in the area since December.
8:54 PM EDT, April 11, 2014
FBI agents shoot, kill man in Owings Mills
FBI agents fatally shot a man Friday afternoon in a busy commercial area of Owings Mills, the bureau and Baltimore County police confirmed.
8:01 PM EDT, April 15, 2014
Man found dead of gunshot wound in Johns Hopkins Hospital bathroom
A man entered Johns Hopkins Hospital with a gun early Tuesday morning and is believed to have fatally shot himself inside an emergency room bathroom, an incident that came days after the medical center held a national symposium on safety inside hospitals.
6:30 PM EDT, March 27, 2014
After 8 years in prison for 2 murders, man charged in teen's killing
In 2006, Baltimore prosecutors agreed to a plea that would send David Thornton to prison for eight years for a pair of murders. The assistant state's attorney assigned the case said that while it was a light sentence, "maybe he can't kill anyone … while he is in prison."
8:09 PM EDT, March 26, 2014
Hopkins doctor's files included 1,200 videos, images of patients undressed
The Johns Hopkins gynecologist suspected of surreptitiously recording patients had more than 1,200 video clips and images depicting them in states of undress, according to prosecutors, a collection investigators believe he amassed over the course of eight years.
4:32 PM EDT, March 22, 2014
No charges in case of Nikita Levy, Hopkins doctor accused of secret taping
Authorities have concluded the investigation into the Johns Hopkins gynecologist suspected of recording patients during exams and determined that no one will face criminal charges, according to court records.
1:23 PM EDT, March 14, 2014
Police: Man shoots himself after shooting woman in Randallstown
Police say a man shot his wife in Randallstown on Friday morning before turning the gun on himself in Northwest Baltimore.
7:30 PM EDT, April 14, 2014
Volunteer firefighter accused of setting 2007 Halethorpe blaze
When a fire broke out at a home on Myrtle Avenue in Halethorpe, members of the English Consul Volunteer Fire Department arrived to beat back the blaze. It proved too strong, destroying the structure and sending two firefighters to the hospital.
8:43 PM EDT, March 14, 2014
Voltage granted 30-day reprieve on revoked liquor license
A Baltimore judge on Friday allowed the Voltage nightclub to continue serving alcohol for 30 days pending appeal of a decision a day earlier to revoke the club's license, according to the city liquor board chairman.
5:46 PM EST, March 8, 2014
Release of Black Panther leader renews decades-old debate
Arthur Turco had defended members of the Black Panther Party across the country, but it was in Baltimore that he would be arrested and jailed — on charges that he and members of the militant group had killed a suspected police informant within their ranks in 1969.
8:26 PM EDT, April 1, 2014
City's 7 March homicides lowest for a month since 1983
Homicides in Baltimore reached their lowest monthly total in three decades in March, a stark turnaround that police cautiously attributed to better patrols and intelligence-sharing after a bloody start to the year.
7:23 PM EDT, March 19, 2014
Baltimore officer charged with sexual abuse in Howard Co.
A Baltimore police officer was arrested Wednesday in Howard County and charged with sexual abuse and solicitation of a minor, county police said.
11:45 PM EST, March 4, 2014
Police identify 67-year-old man who died after struggle with MTA officers
Baltimore police identified the 67-year-old man who died after a struggle with Maryland Transit officers on a bus Tuesday morning as Antonio Moreno.
6:48 PM EST, March 4, 2014
Bus rider, 68, dies after clash with Maryland Transit police
A 68-year-old man died Tuesday morning after a struggle with Maryland Transit Administration police investigating a report of an attack on a bus driver in West Baltimore, authorities confirmed.
1:47 PM EDT, March 21, 2014
Baltimore Jewish community fights re-trial of 1969 child killer
About 200 members of Baltimore's Jewish community packed courtroom benches Thursday, lined walls and stood single-file in aisles — some reading religious texts — amid growing concern over the potential release of the man who killed an 11-year-old girl in 1969.
9:44 PM EDT, March 11, 2014
Terp running back told police he drove car involved in drive-by shooting
When University of Maryland football player Wes Brown was suspended last year, officials released few details to explain the action other than to tie it to an alleged confrontation with a police officer who wanted to question him in a shooting investigation.
8:40 PM EDT, March 17, 2014
Wounded Baltimore officer remains critical, but stable
Baltimore Police Sgt. Keith Mcneill, who was off duty when he was ambushed and shot multiple times Friday night, was in critical but stable condition Monday, while his alleged shooter is expected to have a bail review hearing Tuesday.
9:47 PM EST, March 4, 2014
Black Panther leader, convicted of killing cop, released from prison
Former Black Panther leader Marshall "Eddie" Conway walked free Tuesday after spending four decades behind bars for killing a Baltimore police officer — making his one of the highest-profile cases affected by a high court decision that has cut short prison sentences for dozens of felons in recent years.
6:54 PM EDT, March 25, 2014
Baltimore Police to buy hundreds of new computers
Baltimore Police plan to purchase 300 new computers for their nine police district stations, a long-needed upgrade that officials said will allow officers to work quicker and better use technology to fight crime.
11:11 AM EDT, March 14, 2014
Baltimore FBI seeking serial bank robber
The FBI in Baltimore is trying to identify a man they have labeled a "serial bank robber" linked to at least four holdups in the area since December.
8:37 PM EDT, March 13, 2014
Voltage nightclub license revoked by Baltimore liquor board
Baltimore's liquor board on Thursday revoked the license of a massive Southeast Baltimore dance club, citing incidents in which a patron was shot on the dance floor and the club's owner released pepper spray into a large crowd while riding on a golf cart.
9:01 AM EST, March 1, 2014
Pedestrian, 27, struck and killed crossing Pulaski Highway
A 27-year-old Dundalk man died Friday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle as he crossed Pulaski Highway on foot, police said.
9:30 PM EST, February 28, 2014
More than 30 new citizens sworn in during ceremony
Thirty-six new citizens were sworn in during a ceremony Friday at the Baltimore offices of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an event hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary.
7:13 PM EDT, March 16, 2014
Two men convicted in murder of 12-year-old Baltimore boy
Two men were convicted Friday of randomly firing into a group of young people, killing a 12-year-old boy and wounding three others in an attempt to "send a message" to their East Baltimore neighbors.
9:28 AM EST, February 28, 2014
Body found in Inner Harbor is ninth in recent months
Police found a decomposing body floating in an industrial area Thursday at the mouth of the Inner Harbor, a grim discovery that marks the ninth time since October a person has turned up dead in the waters of Downtown Baltimore.
9:49 AM EST, February 20, 2014
Ravens' Rice knocked fiancee unconscious, police say
Ravens running back Ray Rice knocked his fiancee unconscious in an altercation at an Atlantic City casino over the weekend, according to a complaint filed by police, who said Wednesday that they have referred the case to county prosecutors for review.
9:10 PM EST, February 25, 2014
Baltimore County police investigating videotaped arrest incident
Baltimore County police say they are investigating a weekend confrontation between an officer and a man filming an arrest in downtown Towson, footage of which was posted online and spread Tuesday.
8:50 PM EDT, March 12, 2014
Loaded gun, bullets and drug paraphernalia found in Wes Brown's room
Police seized a loaded handgun, a bag of ammunition and drug paraphernalia, including packaging material and a scale, during a search of University of Maryland football player Wes Brown's campus apartment last summer, newly released documents show.
5:20 PM EST, February 26, 2014
Man shot in thigh in W. Baltimore
A man was shot in the thigh in West Baltimore Wednesday afternoon, police said.
6:05 PM EST, February 25, 2014
Maryland Live fake poker chip scheme leads to charges against couple
The Northern Virginia couple throwing down $100 tokens at Maryland Live casino last month may have looked like aspiring high-rollers, but police say they were gambling with fake chips.
9:09 AM EST, February 22, 2014
Police shoot robbery suspect outside Baltimore homeless shelter
Baltimore police said officers shot a man they encountered while responding to a robbery call near the city's Code Blue homeless shelter. Meanwhile, detectives were investigating a homicide in East Baltimore — the first in more than a week.
8:03 PM EST, February 20, 2014
Lab analysis took more than a year to link Baltimore man to rape
It took the Baltimore Police crime lab well over a year to link a Southeast Baltimore man to a 2012 rape because of a backlog in DNA analysis. Before officers could arrest him, police say, he attacked again.
11:33 AM EST, February 22, 2014
Teen's robbery report goes unnoted for days, drawing mother's ire
Yolanda Lowe's son and nephew were robbed at gunpoint while walking through Northeast Baltimore, she says, but for days there was no record that such a crime had occurred.
10:40 PM EST, February 12, 2014
Southeast on edge over crime as neighbors call for measured debate
The topic of crime has become so contentious in Southeast Baltimore that Sarah Fox removed herself from her community's Facebook page because she couldn't take the arguing.
7:49 PM EST, February 11, 2014
Baltimore police identify new enforcement zones
For years, Baltimore police leaders credited steep reductions in shootings to aggressive policing first in three and eventually four large geographic zones with a history of violence. One zone in East Baltimore stretched more than three miles long.
8:38 PM EST, February 7, 2014
Baltimore police honor officers in awards ceremony
The Baltimore Police Department's top brass recognized officers for bravery and excellence on Friday, the first time the awards ceremony has been held in more than two years.
2:35 PM EST, February 8, 2014
Fentanyl-linked heroin deaths part of larger drug overdose trend
A rash of overdose deaths from heroin laced with a powerful synthetic opiate has drawn a high-profile reaction from law enforcement and public-health officials, who are scrambling to find the source of the drugs and warn addicts of the danger.
6:35 PM EST, February 7, 2014
Baltimore officer steps down as charges dropped in recording of judge
City prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Baltimore police sergeant accused of surreptitiously recording a conversation with a judge, the state's attorney's office announced Friday.
7:52 PM EST, February 6, 2014
Phylicia Barnes detective acquitted of 2 counts
A veteran city police detective was acquitted Thursday of burglary and assault charges stemming from his search for his daughter. A Baltimore jury deadlocked on another assault charge.
8:45 PM EST, February 4, 2014
Police and feds launch deadly heroin cocktail investigation
Law enforcement agencies across Maryland have launched a joint investigation to find the source of a deadly variant of heroin that has claimed dozens of lives in recent months and sent outreach workers scrambling to warn addicts.
4:26 PM EST, February 15, 2014
Star criminologist hopes to make difference in return to Baltimore
In the late 1990s, David M. Kennedy came to Baltimore riding high in criminology circles, eager to prove his unorthodox approach — which had reduced gun violence in Boston and Minneapolis — could work in one of America's most dangerous cities.
1:51 PM EST, February 3, 2014
Police arrest two teenagers in killing of Highlandtown woman
Baltimore Police arrested two teenagers Sunday in the beating death of a 51-year-old Highlandtown woman who was found dead inside her home Friday.
8:50 PM EST, February 17, 2014
Morrell Park police shooting victim refused to drop revolver, records say
A man fatally shot by police in Morrell Park last week refused orders to drop a .357-caliber revolver, according to court records, telling officers, "You're going to have to shoot me."
4:41 PM EST, February 6, 2014
Girl, 12, robbed at gunpoint on way to school in Southeast Baltimore
A 12-year-old girl was robbed at gunpoint while walking to her Southeast Baltimore school last week, police confirmed after the school's principal sent parents a letter about the incident.
10:28 AM EST, January 31, 2014
Two found dead in Southwest Baltimore
A woman sleeping next to her child in her Southwest Baltimore home awoke to the sound of three or four gunshots. Her husband told her to get down. After a few moments, they looked out the window to an empty street.
11:40 AM EST, January 29, 2014
Man accused of threatening to kill workers at Montgomery Mall
A 31-year-old Rockville man was arrested Tuesday night and taken to a hospital for evaluation after threatening to kill employees at the Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, police said.
6:44 PM EST, February 5, 2014
Baltimore 'dine and dasher' convicted again of skipping tab
A Baltimore man nicknamed the "Dine and Dasher" for skipping out on dozens of restaurant tabs — sometimes by faking seizures — was convicted again Wednesday in District Court.
10:02 PM EST, January 31, 2014
March of Dimes volunteer gunned down in Southwest Baltimore
Retired after 30 years working as a roofer, Allan Foster enjoyed working part time at his church and helping organize the March of Dimes' annual Great Chesapeake Bay Swim.
9:02 PM EST, January 29, 2014
Columbia mall shooter was 'ready to die,' police say
Columbia mall shooter Darion Marcus Aguilar wrote in a journal about killing people, claimed he was "ready to die" and alluded to an unspecified plan that was "set," police revealed Wednesday.
8:25 PM EST, January 28, 2014
Baltimore shooting marks deadliest start to year since '07
A 25-year-old man, one of the victims in a double shooting Tuesday afternoon near Pimlico Race Course, has died. The death marks the city's deadliest start to a year since 2007.
8:36 PM EST, January 28, 2014
Baltimore man gets six life terms for series of shootings
A Baltimore judge on Tuesday handed down the stiffest penalty possible — six consecutive life terms, plus another 100 years — to a man convicted of orchestrating retaliatory shootings that killed one person and injured five.
9:45 PM EST, January 27, 2014
Gun shop owner describes sale of gun used in mall shooting
Dan Millen remembers Darion Marcus Aguilar walking into his Rockville gun shop with an air of confidence and a wad of cash. Aguilar wanted a shotgun, which he said he planned to keep in his home for protection.
10:04 PM EST, January 25, 2014
Columbia mall shooting witnesses recall terror, uncertainty
David Roberts was finishing up a customer's haircut Saturday at the Cavallaro & Co. salon on the second floor of The Mall in Columbia when he heard the first shot. He looked at another employee, wondering whether they should be concerned.
6:45 PM EST, January 23, 2014
911 calls released from 'one-man crime spree'
A 28-year-old man police have described as a "one-man crime spree" told 911 dispatchers before taking his life that he had "killed all these people" and wanted to get his "story" out.
9:01 PM EST, January 18, 2014
In Maryland jails, release often comes down to who can pay
In a shoebox of a courtroom at Baltimore's central booking facility on a recent day, Judge Nicole Pastore Klein worked swiftly to determine the price of freedom for men and women accused of crimes. Attempting to disarm a police officer: $150,000. Burglary, resisting arrest and drug charges: $100,000. Cocaine possession: $25,000.
10:30 PM EST, January 25, 2014
Grieving friends recall mall shooting victims
When he heard the news that there'd been a shooting at the Zumiez store at The Mall in Columbia, Abhishek Rishi posted a panicked message hoping for a phone call from his friend.
11:46 AM EST, January 23, 2014
Tyrone West files show passenger's account of death in police custody
A key witness in the case of Tyrone West — whose death in police custody has sparked a citywide debate — told investigators that West fought with officers, but that they continued to hit him after he gave up, according to documents released this week.
6:54 PM EST, January 15, 2014
Barksdale, 'Wire' inspiration, pleads guilty in drug case
Nathan "Bodie" Barksdale, who helped to inspire drug-dealing characters in the TV series "The Wire," pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to heroin conspiracy charges.
11:03 AM EST, January 17, 2014
Man shot multiple times in Harwood homicide
A man was found fatally shot in an alley in North Baltimore's Harwood neighborhood Friday morning, police said.
8:28 PM EST, January 24, 2014
Police make arrest in Canton brick attack
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts cited "old-fashioned police work" in the arrest Friday of a 19-year-old man who is accused in a robbery that left a Canton man seriously injured.
8:33 PM EST, January 7, 2014
Police officials before council after violent start to 2014
Amid a bloody start to the New Year following a violent 2013, City Council members asked police leaders at a hearing Tuesday whether they've changed something for the worse.
9:15 PM EST, January 13, 2014
Fatal shootings mark 16 murders in first 12 days of 2014
Two people were fatally shot Sunday night in Northwest Baltimore as homicides continue to surge, with 16 to start the year.
8:28 PM EST, January 7, 2014
Baltimore police deputy, who oversaw declines in crime, retires
Anthony E. Barksdale, who ran the operations of the Baltimore Police Department for five years during some of the city's most significant declines in crime, has retired.
3:05 PM EST, January 4, 2014
Motive known in few city homicides, police data shows
Just three of Baltimore's 235 homicides in 2013 have a known drug motive, and police say 30 of the victims were verified gang members, year-end statistics show.
6:46 PM EST, December 16, 2013
Baltimore killings are most in four years after violent stretch
The fatal shooting Monday morning of a 48-year-old man in Northwest Baltimore was the sixth killing in as many days, pushing the city's homicide count to its highest level in four years.
5:30 PM EST, December 2, 2013
Cigarettes, lighter found in UM hospital fire death investigation
Fire investigators found cigarettes and a lighter in the hospital bed of a man who died in a fire at University of Maryland Medical Center, but the cause of the fire has not been conclusively determined, a report of the incident shows.
7:50 PM EST, January 3, 2014
Two more shot Friday as Baltimore violence mounts in new year
Baltimore homicide detectives were investigating their sixth case in three days on Friday night, as a spate of violence continued at the start of a new year.
5:00 AM EST, January 2, 2014
City killings rose in 2013, but fatal shootings of children continued long decline
While gun violence drove Baltimore's homicide numbers up last year, the number of children shot and killed in the city dropped to the lowest level in at least a decade.
9:17 AM EST, December 29, 2013
In Baltimore, 2013 a lost year for fight against violent crime
At 1:30 p.m. on a sunny December weekday, just down the hill from prestigious City College high school, shattered glass and blood stained the street.
9:13 PM EST, November 25, 2013
Council president unhappy with Baltimore police plan
City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young said Monday night he wished the city had not paid consultants $285,000 for a crime-fighting plan that he described as "something we could've done in-house."
8:42 PM EST, January 14, 2014
Boy, 13, awarded $50,000 by Baltimore jury in wrongful-arrest case
A Baltimore jury on Tuesday awarded $50,000 to a West Baltimore boy who said he was wrongly arrested more than two years ago, according to court records.
6:24 PM EST, January 2, 2014
Drugs go missing from Baltimore Police evidence control
Baltimore Police are investigating after drug evidence vanished Thursday from the agency's evidence control unit in police headquarters.
11:14 AM EST, December 14, 2013
Man shot near Mondawmin Mall, Druid Hill Park
Homicide detectives were investigating an afternoon shooting that occurred Friday in West Baltimore in a residential area between Mondawmin Mall and Druid Hill Park.
11:25 AM EST, December 12, 2013
Essex man charged in alleged sexual abuse from 30 years ago
When she was 10 years old, a woman alleges, the owner of Bill's Cafe near Dundalk would come upstairs to the apartment above the bar and sexually abuse her while her mother served customers downstairs. The year was 1979. The woman says the abuse continued for three years.
4:21 PM EST, January 2, 2014
Police identify father, son killed in Southwest Baltimore
The father and son who were fatally shot on New Year's Day in Southwest Baltimore were pronounced dead 15 minutes apart, police said.
9:12 PM EST, November 21, 2013
Batts' crime-fighting plan focuses on gangs, guns, violent offenders
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wants to stop sending officers out on low-priority 911 calls, expand foot patrols and create a unit focused on investigating incidents in which police use force.
6:43 PM EST, December 23, 2013
Police identify sedan service driver, 56, killed in Westport
A 56-year-old sedan service driver fatally shot Saturday was the father of five children and was beloved by his clients, according to a business associate.
8:09 PM EST, December 20, 2013
UPS driver held up at gunpoint in Roland Park
A gun-toting Grinch may have ruined Christmas for some Baltimoreans after police say packages were stolen from a UPS truck.
8:28 PM EST, December 11, 2013
Baltimore police union not in support of Batts' outside review panels
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Wednesday that he plans to form a commission of experts outside the city department to review the death of Tyrone West, a move denounced by the head of the city's police union as "a way to placate the public" while undermining confidence in his officers' investigations.
7:32 PM EST, December 11, 2013
W. Baltimore Safe Streets work suspended amid criminal allegations
The Baltimore Health Department suspended its Safe Streets anti-violence program in West Baltimore after a second outreach worker was arrested in less than two weeks.
9:45 PM EST, November 19, 2013
City's 'stop and frisk' oversight criticized
Baltimore police say they stopped residents 123,000 times last year but found only nine handguns — a figure civil rights advocates say is so implausible that it raises questions about whether the agency is actually monitoring the conduct of officers on the streets.
10:27 PM EST, December 10, 2013
State public safety and corrections secretary stepping down
State corrections secretary Gary D. Maynard announced Tuesday that he will step down, saying his department had "stabilized" the Baltimore jail in the wake of a gang corruption scandal there.
9:38 PM EST, December 3, 2013
Driver in City Hall crash hit 115 mph before deadly accident
The driver of a vehicle that crashed outside City Hall and killed a city worker was traveling up to 115 mph before he entered downtown streets followed by a state trooper, according to a police report that for the first time details the investigation into the April crash.
5:00 AM EST, November 18, 2013
Council president wants answers on Baltimore police plan
Kennard Buckner, 22, was walking out of an alley just feet from his home in Southwestern Baltimore on Sunday morning when he was killed by a gunman in a hail of bullets, police said.
9:06 PM EST, December 20, 2013
Man killed, officer fired upon in East Baltimore
A 36-year-old man was killed in East Baltimore on Friday afternoon by a gunman who also fired at a patrol officer, police said.
10:04 PM EST, November 15, 2013
Three shot, one fatally, in Pen Lucy neighborhood
Three men were shot, one of them fatally, while standing Friday evening on the porch of a home in North Baltimore's Pen Lucy neighborhood, police said.
6:24 PM EST, December 17, 2013
26 charged in Cherry Hill gang indictments
Over the course of three days in Cherry Hill in January 2011, a former standout high school basketball player was fatally shot and a youth football coach was murdered in front of his family.
3:16 PM EST, December 14, 2013
State police don't analyze stop & frisk data, either
With Baltimore police taking (and accepting) flak recently for failing to track and analyze its officers' use of the controversial stop-and-frisk tactic, another agency has the data and isn't doing much with it, either.
8:29 PM EST, November 14, 2013
Man fatally shot in Sandtown-Winchester
City police were investigating an afternoon fatal shooting in West Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood.
11:43 AM EST, November 8, 2013
Man fatally shot in West Baltimore
A man was fatally shot in West Baltimore on Thursday night, just blocks from the Western District police station.
7:41 PM EST, November 20, 2013
On 'stop and frisk,' Batts in 'strong agreement' with ACLU
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Wednesday he is in "strong agreement" with concerns raised by the ACLU over how his agency tracks its officers' interactions with citizens.
7:55 PM EST, November 16, 2013
Man fatally shot in historic Jonestown neighborhood
A 31-year-old West Baltimore man died in the hospital after being shot early Saturday in Baltimore's Jonestown neighborhood about a block from the Shot Tower, city police said.
7:33 PM EST, November 14, 2013
Baltimore jail officials give tour of security improvements
Seven months after the Baltimore City Detention Center was thrust into the national spotlight as a haven for corruption, state corrections officials made the case Thursday that a series of reforms have significantly improved safety at the 150-year-old facility.
11:11 AM EST, November 13, 2013
Killings mount with Northwest Baltimore shooting
A 19-year-old man was found fatally shot inside a car in an alley in Northwest Baltimore early Wednesday morning, continuing a violent stretch that has seen nearly a killing per day for the past month.
7:50 PM EST, November 7, 2013
Man shot Upper Fells Point victims for talking to his girlfriend, police say
Two brothers who were shot in the head in Upper Fells Point this week were killed because one of them had talked to the shooter's girlfriend, police said Thursday.
12:18 AM EST, November 7, 2013
Baltimore approaches 200th homicide for second-straight year
Homicide detectives gathered under a West Baltimore street lamp Wednesday evening and studied a pool of blood from a gunshot wound to the head of a 21-year-old man. As police notified his family and began to canvass the area, a spokesman assigned the victim a number: 199.
8:39 PM EST, December 4, 2013
Baltimore homicide detectives to do recruit background checks
Baltimore police have temporarily reassigned three homicide detectives from the cold-case squad to conduct background checks on new recruits for the rest of the year.
11:42 PM EST, November 13, 2013
Hammerjacks may get third life near M&T stadium
Developers want to bring back Hammerjacks in a new concert and club venue near M&T Bank Stadium and the new Horseshoe casino.
6:38 PM EDT, November 1, 2013
Prosecutors arranged lunch meeting for murder trial witnesses
A Baltimore Circuit Court judge said he is considering holding city prosecutors in contempt after they arranged a secret "lunch date" between two cooperating witnesses in a high-profile murder trial, but said he would not throw out the case or grant a mistrial.
9:43 PM EDT, October 29, 2013
Man who fakes seizures to get out of dinner tab is at it again, police say
The Baltimore man dubbed the "Dine and Dasher" by police is at it again, authorities and restaurant owners say.
7:07 PM EST, November 12, 2013
Man killed in North Baltimore
An unidentified man was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in North Baltimore's Parklane neighborhood, police said.
11:51 PM EST, November 7, 2013
Baltimore Black Guerrilla Family indictments hit 48 suspects
Baltimore police, prosecutors and federal agents launched a massive strike against the Black Guerrilla Family gang this week, after indicting 48 suspects in an alleged eight-year campaign of drug dealing and violence that claimed 10 lives.
7:22 PM EST, November 15, 2013
Council members want answers on police custody death
Members of the Baltimore City Council are joining the family of a man who died in police custody in their quest for answers, calling four months of official silence about how Tyrone West died "frustrating and unacceptable."
5:05 PM EDT, October 30, 2013
Suspected marijuana cookies in school leads to staffer's gun arrest
Police investigating a Baltimore schools staffer in connection with students who were sold cookies laced with marijuana arrested him after searching his home and finding a handgun, court records show.
1:25 PM EDT, November 1, 2013
Three shot, two fatally, in East Baltimore Thursday afternoon
Three men were shot—two fatally—in two separate incidents that occurred within hours in the same East Baltimore neighborhood, police said.
10:01 AM EST, November 6, 2013
Two people shot and killed in Upper Fells Point
When Joseph Lozupone heard the gunshots and screams from outside the window of his Upper Fells Point home, the Washington firefighter ran down to render aid to the two men who'd been wounded.
3:37 PM EDT, October 30, 2013
Man, 18, killed near McCulloh Homes
An 18-year-old student at Frederick Douglass High School was shot to death Tuesday night near a West Baltimore housing project, one of two shootings reported within a few minutes.
1:48 PM EDT, October 14, 2013
Homicide detectives investigating city shooting death
Baltimore police are investigating a homicide in Northwest Baltimore that killed a 24-year-old man.
2:04 PM EDT, October 24, 2013
Man fatally stabbed amid large fight in Northwest Baltimore
Police say a man who may have been trying to break up a large fight among high school students was fatally stabbed in Northwest Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon.
7:18 PM EDT, October 28, 2013
U.S. judge says government view on marijuana raises 'equal justice' issue
A federal judge in Maryland handed down lighter prison sentences Monday to defendants in a huge marijuana distribution case, saying that such offenses are "not regarded with the same seriousness" as they were just a few decades ago.
8:56 PM EDT, October 22, 2013
Prosecutors re-file sex assault charges dropped six years ago
Baltimore prosecutors have resurrected charges dropped six years ago against a convicted sex offender, a rare move that comes as the man's latest trial is set to begin after a series of acquittals on recent accusations.
8:48 PM EDT, October 17, 2013
Officials accepted bail for dead detainee
Colleagues of Timothy Schloemer were shocked when they went to pick up the drunken-driving suspect this week from Central Booking after posting his bail — and were told he had been dead for more than two days.
11:46 AM EDT, October 6, 2013
Silk Road arrest exposes a hidden Internet
The end came quickly for Silk Road, when federal agents crept in to nab the alleged kingpin of the secret $1.2 billion online drug marketplace as he sat at his laptop in the sci-fi section of a San Francisco public library.
11:12 AM EDT, October 24, 2013
Man fatally stabbed amid large fight in Northwest Baltimore
Police say a man who may have been trying to break up a large fight among high school students was fatally stabbed in Northwest Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon.
7:42 PM EDT, October 23, 2013
Sex offender again claims consensual encounter with alleged victim
As he has done in three recent trials, the attorney for convicted sex offender Nelson Bernard Clifford told jurors Wednesday that he had a "consensual encounter" with a woman who says he broke into her home and attacked her.
6:51 PM EDT, October 17, 2013
Police say driver shot by police was 'determined to flee'
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said that a man fatally shot by an officer during a traffic stop Wednesday night was "determined not to cooperate" and tried to flee because he had crack cocaine in the vehicle.
8:34 PM EDT, October 14, 2013
Body, second in a week, found in water near Harbor East
City police were investigating the discovery of a man's body found Monday afternoon floating in the water near the Harbor East area — the second found there in a week.
3:24 PM EDT, October 16, 2013
Man, 25, killed in Reisterstown Road shooting
A man was fatally shot Wednesday night on Reisterstown Road, Baltimore Police said.
10:59 PM EDT, October 16, 2013
After 90 days, few details on death of man in police custody
In the 90 days since Tyrone West died during an altercation with police in Northeast Baltimore, his relatives have flooded radio talk-show lines, protested outside City Hall and the state's attorney's office, and crowded community forums to confront police officials.
11:23 AM EDT, October 11, 2013
Man killed in overnight Gwynn Oak Avenue shooting
A man was shot and killed on Baltimore's Howard Park neighborhood early Friday morning, breaking a streak of more than 10 days without a homicide in the city.
8:07 PM EDT, October 10, 2013
Baltimore Marathon to see increased security after Boston attacks
City police and organizers of this weekend's Baltimore Running Festival say they are stepping up security after explosions shook the end of the Boston race this spring, joining other recent running events that have placed restrictions around the finish line.
7:41 PM EDT, September 26, 2013
Baltimore Police commissioner affirms rules on "stop and frisk"
Baltimore police officers will be retrained on when to use the controversial "stop-and-frisk" tactic, Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Thursday, after a civil liberties group criticized the department's decision to change the name of the tactic.
9:12 PM EDT, October 2, 2013
Silk Road drug kingpin tried to kill witness, authorities in Maryland say
An undercover federal agent in Maryland played a key role in the shutdown Wednesday of what authorities describe as a massive online drug marketplace, owned by a 29-year-old engineer who authorities say schemed to kill perceived rivals.
9:47 PM EDT, September 25, 2013
Family mourns woman killed in crash after attempted police stop
The woman killed in a North Baltimore crash with a car being followed by police was on her way to the home of her pregnant daughter, who gave birth to a girl later that day, her family said.
8:25 PM EDT, September 13, 2013
Nine indicted in West Baltimore drug conspiracy case
Hoping to tamp down crime in a particularly troubled section of West Baltimore, city police and prosecutors have announced the indictment on drug conspiracy charges of nine people who they say have been terrorizing the neighborhood.
7:46 PM EDT, October 8, 2013
Waverly, Pikesville post office managers charged with taking bribes
The small grassy hill and handful of hedges around the United States post office in Waverly aren't much to look at. But federal prosecutors allege that for branch manager Richard L. Wright III, the grounds were a cash cow.
6:43 PM EDT, September 30, 2013
Defense attorneys face time crunch in complex murder-and-drug-conspiracy trial
Pre-trial arguments are expected to be heard Tuesday in a high-profile murder and drug conspiracy case in which most defendants have flipped and attorneys couldn't review evidence with their clients until two days before trial due to safety concerns from prosecutors.
1:10 PM EDT, September 23, 2013
Baltimore police investigate killing of 5-month-old girl
Baltimore homicide detectives are investigating the killing of a 5-month-old girl, whose death was ruled a homicide late last week.
1:10 PM EDT, September 20, 2013
O'Malley notes fewer arrests, persistent violence in Baltimore
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he is concerned that Baltimore has stalled in its efforts to reduce crime, emphasizing that arrest rates have continued to fall as declines in violence have leveled off.
8:45 PM EDT, October 4, 2013
Police investigate Woodlawn shooting
Baltimore County police were investigating a shooting in the Woodlawn area reported before 7 p.m. Friday, police said.
5:00 AM EDT, September 12, 2013
Baltimore curfew push questioned by ACLU, police union
With city leaders pushing to impose earlier curfews on Baltimore's youth, civil liberties advocates and researchers say such measures don't deter crime and truancy and lead to police targeting children from poorer areas.
7:55 PM EDT, August 16, 2013
Youth trio arrested, linked to 20 recent city robberies
Baltimore police have arrested three juveniles who they say are linked to more than 20 recent cellphone robberies and two carjackings, mostly in North Baltimore.
8:31 PM EDT, August 6, 2013
Family watched, helpless, as gang took their son
Barbara Poindexter saw the death of her son coming.
5:20 PM EDT, July 23, 2013
MTA officer shoots man near Mondawmin Mall
A Maryland Transit Administration police officer shot a man in the foot at the Mondawmin Mall subway stop Tuesday afternoon as he ran toward her while fleeing officers who had pulled over his vehicle, police said.
8:37 PM EDT, October 7, 2013
Baltimore police reverse stance on cutting back on use of Twitter
The Baltimore Police Department reversed course Monday on a shift away from using its popular Twitter page to notify the public about shooting incidents, after news that "criminal-on-criminal" violence wouldn't always be disseminated brought an outcry on social media.
10:14 PM EDT, August 20, 2013
Fatal Pigtown shooting brings city count to 20 in 80 hours
An infant child was found next to her dying mother just before dawn Tuesday after police say a man broke into a Pigtown home, killed a young couple and shot two others — a grisly scene that brought to 20 the number of people shot in the city in a span of 80 hours.
7:10 PM EDT, July 19, 2013
Man who died in Baltimore police custody identified
The man who died in police custody Thursday night during a traffic stop in Northeast Baltimore was identified as a 44-year-old who was on parole and was once sentenced to two years in prison for resisting arrest.
3:19 PM EDT, October 5, 2013
Batts' method questioned in personal 'investigative stop'
At a recent news conference, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts pledged that his department would responsibly use the controversial tactic known until recently as "stop and frisk." As an example to the public and his officers, he described making such a stop himself.
8:35 AM EDT, September 22, 2013
After violent first year, Batts still pushing to remake city's police department
As he ends his first year on the job, Baltimore police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts is facing questions about whether he is taking too long to remake the agency and develop a crime-fighting strategy. But others say he is being candid about the city's problems and deserves more time to make progress.
7:24 PM EDT, October 9, 2013
Grandfather charged in child's death in hot car
A 55-year-old Baltimore man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter after his 16-month-old granddaughter was found dead in a hot truck in mid-July, police said.
8:48 PM EDT, July 20, 2013
Woman arrested for leaving dog in hot car in Forest Hill
A 45-year-old Harford County woman was arrested Friday inside a department store and charged with animal cruelty for leaving her dog outside in a car for 90 minutes amid blazing temperatures, police said.
5:58 PM EDT, July 10, 2013
Man, woman fatally shot in West Baltimore Wednesday
A double shooting in the middle of the day Wednesday in West Baltimore killed a man and a woman not far from where four people were shot in the afternoon a day earlier.
8:57 PM EDT, September 17, 2013
Maryland food stamp fraud alleged against Baltimore stores
A federal grand jury indicted 10 Baltimore business owners or operators on charges of stealing nearly $7 million from food assistance programs by agreeing to debit cash for beneficiaries without selling food — then keeping a cut of the proceeds.
9:40 PM EDT, September 13, 2013
Bomb scare at city courthouse likely prompted by firecracker
Authorities say that they believe that a firecracker caused the loud bang outside of Baltimore's Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse on Thursday afternoon, prompting a bomb scare that closed downtown streets during rush hour.
9:02 AM EDT, July 21, 2013
Family of man who died in police custody demand answers
The family of a 44-year-old man who died after a struggle with police during a traffic stop Thursday in Northeast Baltimore called the incident a "microcosm of greater issues within Baltimore City."
6:15 PM EDT, October 10, 2013
Baltimore Police track high-profile fugitive to Virginia Beach
Baltimore police say a high-priority suspect wanted in connection with an attack on his child's mother was captured Thursday morning in Virginia Beach, Va.
3:18 PM EDT, July 20, 2013
Former Coppin track star survives shooting, excels again
Dale Dunn strode into Kevin Ondrasek's office at the University of Southern Mississippi with an air of determination. A graduate student with one more year of NCAA eligibility, Dunn told the first-year assistant track coach he had unfinished business.
9:11 PM EDT, September 23, 2013
Baltimore Police ditch 'stop and frisk' in name but not practice
Baltimore police are doing away with the term "stop and frisk," though officers can still use the controversial search tactic.
7:53 PM EDT, September 5, 2013
Man killed in police-involved shooting is identified
Baltimore police identified the 25-year-old man Thursday who was fatally shot by officers in a Southeast Baltimore housing project, as people who said they saw the incident continued to question the decision to shoot.
9:03 PM EDT, July 25, 2013
14 people charged in West Baltimore heroin conspiracy
More than 100 ATF agents and local police officers executed search warrants early Thursday and made arrests in connection with the indictment of 14 people in a West Baltimore drug conspiracy case, authorities said.
4:03 PM EDT, July 20, 2013
Woman injured in NE Baltimore shooting dies
Baltimore police confirmed Saturday that a 51-year-old woman injured in a triple shooting last month — which touched off a manhunt for one of the suspects — has died, though the circumstances were not immediately clear.
9:47 PM EDT, July 17, 2013
Baltimore's 'Public Enemy No. 1' captured in Alabama
Tipped that Darryl Martin Anderson's year on the run had taken him to Birmingham, Ala., U.S. Marshals set up outside an apartment complex Wednesday morning and watched as his car and its Maryland plates backed into a parking space and an unknown man walked inside.
8:39 PM EDT, September 24, 2013
Forgotten one-block street cleared of homes in East Baltimore
Pity poor Lansing Avenue. One block and about 20 homes just off Broadway and North Avenue was all city planners gave it, and it couldn't even sustain that. Residents say it was a decent place to live until the drugs came, which also led to shootings and set fires.
9:31 PM EDT, September 12, 2013
No device located after explosion reported near courthouse
Authorities were trying to determine the cause of a loud sound that emanated from a trash can outside the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in downtown Baltimore on Thursday afternoon, leading authorities to evacuate the building and shut down city streets.
7:58 PM EDT, August 8, 2013
Jarrett sentenced to 30 years in wife's killing in 1991
Describing him as a "monster hiding behind the softness of human skin," a Howard County judge sentenced Robert Jarrett Jr. to the maximum 30 years in prison Thursday for killing his wife and concealing her remains under a shed behind his Elkridge home.
5:00 AM EDT, September 6, 2013
City prosecutors lose three trials with accused rapist on stand
Nelson Bernard Clifford has been tried in three separate rape cases in recent years. Each time, he was linked through DNA to the scene and his accuser said she had been bound, blindfolded and attacked.
9:28 PM EDT, August 5, 2013
Men indicted in retaliatory violence spree that killed 7
Two killings and a rumor tore in half a tight-knit group of friends who dealt drugs together in West Baltimore, prosecutors say, and on Monday, a city grand jury indicted the crew's few surviving members on charges that they killed off their former associates.
8:31 PM EDT, July 22, 2013
Police release recordings from traffic stop death
Baltimore police released dispatch recordings Monday of officers calling for help at a traffic stop in Northeast Baltimore last week that ended with the death of the man they had pulled over.
10:13 PM EDT, September 3, 2013
Two killed, four shot in separate overnight incidents in Baltimore
A 52-year-old man was beaten to death by a group of people in West Baltimore on Monday night, one of two killings and four non-fatal shootings police were investigating Tuesday.
6:21 PM EDT, July 24, 2013
Organic honey business owner charged after drug, gun raids
Really Raw Honey is known for its straight-from-the-hive product, a creamy white treat sold online and in hundreds of stores like Whole Foods.
11:34 PM EDT, July 22, 2013
Calm period ends with 7 shot, 2 dead in arson
The discovery by firefighters of the bodies of two men in the burned-out basement of a Mount Vernon eatery quickly turned into a murder investigation, as a weekend without any shootings in Baltimore gave way to a bloody Monday.
3:43 PM EDT, July 20, 2013
Woman aboard sailboat rescued after complaining of heat exhaustion
A 55-year-old woman suffering from heat exhaustion on a sailboat near Annapolis was taken by Medevac on Saturday to a nearby hospital for treatment, the Coast Guard said.
9:37 PM EDT, July 1, 2013
Triple shooting in councilman's neighborhood amid weekend violence
A triple shooting took place late Sunday in the neighborhood of City Councilman Brandon Scott, who a day later said the incident filled residents with "despair and sadness."
7:49 PM EDT, July 2, 2013
Man seriously wounded in Northwest Baltimore shooting
A man was shot and seriously wounded Tuesday afternoon in Northwest Baltimore, police said.
9:27 PM EDT, July 9, 2013
Batts brings new look to police with command shake-up
The Baltimore Police Department promoted 15 commanders Tuesday and put new faces at the helms of four patrol districts and key investigative units — moves that drew concerns from some City Council members, who called for continuity following a violent summer outburst that saw dozens shot.
7:19 PM EDT, July 19, 2013
Girl, 16, dies after throat cut in Northwest Baltimore
It had been just two hours since Damond Williams Sr. heard from his 16-year-old daughter, and he knew something was wrong. The girl was a homebody, a standout student. She was rarely out after dark.
8:29 AM EDT, July 21, 2013
Baltimore County officer shoots man in Cockeysville
Baltimore County police are investigating an officer-involved shooting Saturday night in Cockeysville, in which police say a man with a knife was shot.
6:36 PM EDT, July 11, 2013
Baltimore officials pledge 'renewed energy' against crime
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake joined Baltimore law enforcement leaders Thursday to pledge "renewed energy" in cracking down on crime, highlighting an initiative to boost cooperation between state and federal prosecutors.
11:59 AM EDT, June 18, 2013
Three shot, one killed on one Baltimore block
Five people were shot overnight Monday — including three people shot in two incidents in the same block in East Baltimore over a span of less than six hours, police said.
8:52 PM EDT, June 4, 2013
Men killed in Charles North, Reservoir Hill
Two men were killed in separate shootings less than a mile apart in Baltimore late Monday and early Tuesday morning, according to city police.
7:46 PM EDT, July 16, 2013
Community group helps open police district to citizens
Climb the steps and walk past the concrete columns that grace many Baltimore police stations and you'll encounter shuttered glass doors, blocked off by plywood, brown paper or the backs of file cabinets.
8:40 AM EDT, June 1, 2013
Assault at Orioles game sends man to intensive care, police say
Matt Fortese came 75 miles from Hagerstown to meet Taylor Queen at Camden Yards. She drove more than three hours from Virginia. Their second date was going well, Queen said, until an hour of taunting from two fans boiled over into an altercation that left Fortese fighting for his life.
5:58 PM EDT, May 23, 2013
Assault rifles seized in drug raid north of Patterson Park
Baltimore police seized three assault rifles and more than 7,000 rounds of ammunition in a drug raid on an East Baltimore house just north of Patterson Park.
7:23 PM EDT, May 20, 2013
Guns stolen from home of Ravens' Ray Rice
Two guns and cash were stolen in a weekend burglary at the Reisterstown home of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, Baltimore County police confirmed.
6:42 PM EDT, June 13, 2013
Baltimore officer charged in fiancee's killing pleads not guilty
Lawyers for a veteran Baltimore police officer charged with killing his fiancee and then engaging in an hours-long standoff with fellow officers said Thursday that they want to explore whether he suffered from combat-related stress.
8:43 PM EDT, July 9, 2013
Six people shot, one killed, in Baltimore on Tuesday
Six people were shot Tuesday in two separate incidents in Baltimore, killing at least one person, police said.
9:15 PM EDT, June 24, 2013
Despair, resolve in Baltimore after 20 shot over the weekend
Surrounded by farmland at an Iowa facility for troubled youths, Gervontae Burgess' circumstances could hardly have been more different from those in his violent Baltimore neighborhood. Brad Knight, Burgess' football coach, remembers a bright young man with a broad smile and a desire to help others.
5:27 PM EDT, May 17, 2013
Baltimore police making progress on open homicide cases
In the third week of February, two separate killings of couples alarmed Baltimore police and contributed to a spike in the city's homicide numbers that prompted the department to shift strategies, deploy more officers on foot patrols and hold community meetings in neighborhoods feeling the wave of violence.
7:57 PM EDT, July 16, 2013
Batts joins hunt for 'Public Enemy No. 1'
As area police continue the manhunt for the twice-charged murder suspect they have dubbed "public enemy No. 1," Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts personally hit the streets over the weekend.
11:56 PM EDT, June 25, 2013
Amid wave of Baltimore shootings, police press for tips
Dozens of city police officers trudged through the Gilmor Homes housing project in West Baltimore on Tuesday afternoon, passing out fliers and hoping to turn up tips on several recent shootings.
7:34 PM EDT, May 17, 2013
Ocean City cigarette smuggling ring had ties to terror groups, police say
The Palestinian immigrant and his brother lived next door to each other in homes in West Ocean City, over the years opening a number of businesses throughout the area — three pizza shops, a Mexican restaurant, a liquor store, gas stations, and development companies, court records show.
2:40 PM EDT, June 21, 2013
Man fleeing police crashes into vehicle in South Baltimore
Meddaugh Ambrose had parked on the west side of South Carey Street on Thursday afternoon during a trip to get lunch when, for reasons she can't quite pinpoint, she moved her car to the other side of the street.
9:22 PM EDT, July 8, 2013
A new level of outrage brings hope after a violent stretch
An unusual thing happened as a series of shootings rocked Baltimore: People took notice, got organized and hit the streets to show their outrage.
10:12 PM EDT, June 26, 2013
Mayor, council members take on shootings
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, making her most extensive comments on the wave of violence that has shaken the city, said Wednesday that she was "sad about the state of our community" and pleaded with residents to help detectives solve cases.
6:26 PM EDT, May 22, 2013
Seven people shot, one fatally, in five incidents in Baltimore
Seven people were shot — at least one fatally — in Baltimore between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning, with the violence stretching from Brooklyn in the south to Gwynn Oak in the northwest and Darley Park in the east.
10:35 AM EDT, June 14, 2013
Man shot in the chest in Old Goucher
A man was shot and critically wounded early Friday in Baltimore's Old Goucher neighborhood, and police arrested a suspect in a separate shooting in East Baltimore.
8:18 PM EDT, May 22, 2013
City patrol officer retires after nearly 40 years on the beat
During a career spanning four decades, Baltimore police Officer Ron Starr says, he never really considered leaving the department's Southeastern District and moving up the chain of command.
10:19 PM EDT, June 29, 2013
Wave of street violence shakes Baltimore
Heading into the first official weekend of summer, Baltimore police officials were pleased with how crime was trending, and, it seemed, so were residents. Total crime was down and though killings continued at one of the highest rates in the nation, there had been few dramatic spikes to draw the attention of this crime-weary city.
4:46 PM EDT, May 11, 2013
Daughter, boyfriend charged in stabbing death of Ellicott City blogger
A prominent Ellicott City blogger and businessman was stabbed to death by his daughter's 19-year-old boyfriend, who plotted with the 14-year-old girl to kill him so the two could run away together, Howard County police said Friday.
11:31 PM EDT, May 17, 2013
Baltimore police officer charged with second-degree assault
Baltimore police officer Robert W. Mitchell faces a second-degree assault charge after police and prosecutors accused him of overstepping his powers and beating a young man more than a year ago.
7:09 PM EDT, May 8, 2013
'Chaotic' scene prevented quick medical attention for shooting victim
The shooting of Kendra Diggs and the subsequent barricade by her alleged attacker presented a challenge Tuesday for police and emergency responders.
6:46 PM EDT, April 24, 2013
Missing Baltimore man found dead behind vacant home
His family feared the worst after Marcus "Anton" Lesane went missing two weeks ago, and on Wednesday those concerns were confirmed when his body was found stashed behind a vacant home in Northwest Baltimore.
6:44 PM EDT, June 2, 2013
Baltimore police review board called irrelevant, ineffective
In a mostly empty ninth-floor conference room on a recent Thursday evening, the civilian panel charged with investigating police misconduct in Baltimore met for its monthly meeting.
5:30 PM EDT, May 16, 2013
Family fight led to man's death in Curtis Bay, police say
A 28-year-old man who police were initially told died after being hit over the head with a beer bottle by a stranger in Curtis Bay was killed by a family member who punched him during a brawl, police say.
6:45 PM EDT, June 5, 2013
Police identify third suspect in shooting death of 1-year-old
Baltimore police have identified a third suspect in last month's shooting death of a 1-year-old in Cherry Hill, and they are asking the public for help finding him.
6:50 PM EDT, April 19, 2013
Baltimore dirt bikes seized in police raid of repair shop
Detective Hassan Rasheed had been watching the Northwest Baltimore repair shop for weeks as men brought dirt bikes in and out for repairs. Now police, intent on cracking down on illegal bikes, were prepared to move in.
6:51 PM EDT, May 29, 2013
Man found beaten to death in Oakenshawe
Baltimore City homicide detectives are investigating the beating death of a man found Tuesday afternoon inside a home in North Baltimore's Oakenshawe neighborhood.
7:28 PM EDT, June 3, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court authorizes post-arrest DNA collection
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police in Maryland and elsewhere can continue the warrantless collection of DNA from people arrested — but not convicted — of serious crimes.
9:57 AM EDT, May 8, 2013
Officer charged with murder after barricade situation in W. Baltimore house
An off-duty Baltimore police officer gave himself up late Tuesday after barricading himself in a home with a toddler in a six-hour standoff that began when he fatally shot a woman, authorities said.
6:40 PM EDT, June 18, 2013
Baltimore police struggle with vacancies, increased spending
The Baltimore Police Department is short almost one-sixth of the officers it should have as it girds for warmer weather and increased violence — prompting top brass to once again exceed their overtime budget to fill patrol cars.
11:16 AM EDT, May 26, 2013
Police confirm arrest of suspect in fatal shooting of 1-year-old
Baltimore police said they charged a suspect Saturday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in South Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood.
5:26 PM EDT, May 16, 2013
Ecuadorean national, 31, arrested on Baltimore rape charge
An Ecuadorean national living in Baltimore was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on charges that he raped a 12-year-old girl, the federal agency and city police said.
8:40 PM EDT, May 31, 2013
Baltimore police officer charged in drug corruption case
A Baltimore police officer accepted cash payments and provided protection for a man she believed to be a drug dealer — a man who was actually working with department investigators and FBI agents to build a criminal case against her, authorities alleged Friday.
6:47 PM EDT, June 18, 2013
Baltimore homicide reported on same block as earlier shooting
Police can't be everywhere, but they're usually laser-focused on a city block in the immediate wake of a shooting.
8:22 PM EDT, April 25, 2013
In Belair-Edison neighborhood, grief after a daytime killing
A medic unit that had rushed to the scene of the midday shooting in Belair-Edison sat idling in the street. With the dead man's body under a sheet, there was no one to transport.
5:53 PM EDT, April 18, 2013
Former officer pleads guilty to improperly accessing database
A former Baltimore Police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to improperly accessing a law enforcement database to provide information to a drug dealer who was under federal investigation.
8:23 PM EDT, June 17, 2013
Man charged in Orioles' game assault says more to story
A man charged with critically injuring a spectator at an Orioles game contends he was defending himself during an altercation, his lawyer said, citing information in a police report that raises "questions over who was the true aggressor."
9:15 PM EDT, May 3, 2013
In Watch Center, an urgent search for man in danger
On a recent Friday night in the Baltimore Police Department's high-tech Watch Center, an urgent but vague tip came in — a murder witness was in danger.
5:12 PM EDT, May 11, 2013
Pre-paid cards, phones and codes are inmates' currency
In the black market of Maryland's prisons and jails, where the right price can secure cellphones and drugs, transactions unfold through a complex system of currency. Among the key elements: 14-digit codes, prepaid debit cards and text messages.
7:18 PM EDT, June 11, 2013
Civilian police complaint unaddressed, teen criticizes oversight
An attorney for a teenager who said his jaw was broken in an encounter with Baltimore police dismissed the city's civilian review board as a "proxy" for police after nearly three years have passed without a ruling on the case.
12:20 PM EDT, May 29, 2013
Rosedale train derailment creates explosion that broke windows; smoke visible for miles
A freight train smacked into a truck carrying garbage and careened off the tracks in Rosedale Tuesday afternoon, triggering an explosion felt throughout the region and sending up a plume of black smoke visible for miles.
5:52 PM EDT, June 12, 2013
Arrest in child's death; police investigate 3 shootings
A 21-year-old man has been charged with killing a 2-year-old in West Baltimore, and detectives were investigating a fatal shooting of a 27-year-old man and two nonfatal shootings elsewhere in the city.
7:42 PM EDT, May 9, 2013
Mayor's cousin fatally shot
A 20-year-old cousin of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was one of two men fatally shot in separate incidents Wednesday night in Baltimore, the latest victims of the city's relentless pace of gun violence.
5:56 PM EDT, April 20, 2013
Police identify man killed in Canton shootout with officer
Baltimore Police have identified the man killed in a shootout with an officer responding to a domestic violence complaint late Thursday night in Canton.
9:30 PM EDT, April 18, 2013
Baltimore Police spot error in counting city rape statistics
Baltimore police have been underreporting the number of rapes across the city this year, but officials described the problem as a data error and stressed that it did not affect the number of cases being investigated by sex offense detectives.
4:10 PM EDT, April 20, 2013
Man dies in Montgomery Co. after being struck with police Taser
A man who police said was acting erratically died Friday night in Gaithersburg after he refused officers' orders and was struck with a Taser.
8:22 PM EDT, June 5, 2013
Council members seek ban on cellphone 'reverse vending machines'
Faced with a rash of reported mobile device thefts, local lawmakers want to ban the automated purchasing kiosks that have cropped up at area shopping centers and allow customers to instantly resell phones, tablets and music players.
7:22 PM EDT, June 10, 2013
Boy, 13, alleges sex assault by fellow students at SEED school
A 13-year-old boy is alleging he was sexually assaulted by other students at the SEED School of Maryland, a public boarding school for at-risk children in Southwest Baltimore.
8:12 PM EDT, May 13, 2013
Slain blogger's daughter directed attack, boyfriend told police
The 19-year-old man charged with fatally stabbing Dennis Lane allegedly told investigators that his girlfriend had instructed him to kill her father and his fiancee, specifying the number of times each was to be stabbed in the throat — 10 for him and 15 for her.
6:54 PM EDT, April 17, 2013
Prosecutor can't show accused cannibal criminally responsible
Harford County's top prosecutor said Wednesday that he does not have enough evidence to show that Alexander Kinyua is criminally responsible for killing a family friend and eating his organs last year.
11:11 PM EDT, May 26, 2013
Police identify 1-year-old killed in Cherry Hill shooting; one arrest made
Three men wearing latex gloves, two in hooded sweat shirts, fired at least 16 shots as Rashaw Scott sat in the driver's seat of a parked red Chevrolet — his 16-month-old son, Carter, was in the back passenger seat — in what police say was a targeted shooting that left the child dead.
10:08 PM EDT, April 23, 2013
Robert Jarrett Jr. convicted of second-degree murder of wife
Robert Jarrett Jr. was convicted Tuesday of murdering his wife, following a trial in which prosecutors described him as a "cold-blooded killer" who allowed his sons to walk over her body buried beneath their backyard shed for two decades.
2:30 PM EDT, April 27, 2013
Illicit drug prices in Baltimore fluctuate under DEA estimates
A group of alleged Black Guerrilla Family members met last December to discuss a robbery with a confidential source, who, unbeknownst to them, was working with the Drug Enforcement Administration. The price of cocaine in Baltimore City at that moment was "high" at $40,000 per kilogram, agents wrote in court documents, making the proposed robbery "especially lucrative."
8:37 PM EDT, April 16, 2013
City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run.
6:20 PM EDT, April 16, 2013
Missing Southwest Baltimore man's family presumes him dead
No one's heard from Marcus "Anton" Lesane in days. He is black, stands just shy of 6 feet, weighs 150 pounds, has a thin mustache and drives a Buick, which was found abandoned on Sunday with the keys dangling from the lock of the door.
6:17 PM EDT, April 9, 2013
Four officers suspended in fallout of officer's misconduct plea, sources say
Four Baltimore police officers have been suspended as part of an investigation stemming from the conviction of an officer for conspiring with a drug informant to orchestrate arrests, according to sources with knowledge of the case.
9:04 PM EDT, April 15, 2013
Local authorities step up security after Boston Marathon explosions
Baltimore-area authorities announced heightened security after bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday, though officials emphasized there was no evidence of threats here.
1:19 PM EDT, April 8, 2013
Man fatally shot in Baltimore early Monday morning
With blood still streaked on the doorway of a Southwest Baltimore home where a man was shot earlier in the morning, a woman who rented a room there nonchalantly recalled hearing the four shots.
6:12 PM EDT, April 14, 2013
Murder trial shifts to woman's body found in Elkridge backyard
When Howard County authorities said they found the badly decomposed remains of Christine Jarrett beneath a shed in her own backyard, they moved swiftly to charge her husband — long a suspect — with the murder.
7:50 PM EDT, April 8, 2013
Tweet battle between police, union about social media strategy
The weekend tweets from the Baltimore Police Department featured a recruiting video, an appeal reminding domestic violence victims that officers can help, and a message honoring a colleague who died 40 years ago.
8:58 PM EST, February 20, 2013
Accused Hopkins gynecologist suffocated himself with helium
Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita A. Levy wrote an apology letter to his wife before wrapping a plastic bag around his head Monday and pumping it with helium, killing himself in the basement of his Towson-area home, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the investigation.
8:08 PM EDT, April 11, 2013
Son testifies in Howard Co. case of man accused of killing wife
The 33-year-old son of a Howard County man on trial for allegedly killing his wife and burying her beneath a backyard shed two decades ago testified through tears on Thursday about waking up on the morning of her disappearance and wandering around the home looking for her.
7:06 PM EDT, April 15, 2013
High court rejects N.Y. gun challenge; no immediate Md. effect
The Supreme Court left in doubt Monday whether gun owners have a Second-Amendment right to carry a firearm in public, declining to hear a case about concealed-carry laws that is similar to a Maryland suit that still has life in federal courts.
6:44 PM EDT, March 27, 2013
Baltimore officer indicted in police academy training shooting
The Baltimore police training supervisor who shot a recruit during an unauthorized training exercise last month will face criminal charges after being indicted Wednesday by a Baltimore County grand jury.
6:52 PM EDT, March 28, 2013
In a reversal, city to keep newly purchased police helicopter
Eighteen months after Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake voted to approve the purchase of four new helicopters for the Police Department, her proposed budget called for grounding one of them in a cost-saving move.
8:46 PM EDT, April 10, 2013
Trial begins for man whose wife was found buried in yard
Christine Jarrett had been there all along.
5:35 PM EST, March 9, 2013
City names new crime policy director
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has named an advocate for youth justice reform as the new director of Baltimore's crime policy office.
9:34 PM EDT, March 19, 2013
Three dead in West Baltimore shooting
A spate of violence in the city continued with a daylight shooting that left three people dead inside a West Baltimore apartment, as members of the City Council on Tuesday pressed police commanders to address a rise in killings and robberies.
5:53 PM EDT, April 9, 2013
Baltimore City employee killed after crash in front of City Hall
A Baltimore city employee was killed Tuesday afternoon after a man veered off an interstate and sped onto downtown streets, flipping the car he was driving in front of City Hall, according to police and the victim's family.
5:39 PM EDT, March 12, 2013
Elite Baltimore City prosecutor unit takes on … a fistfight
When he became state's attorney two years ago, Gregg L. Bernstein created the Major Investigations Unit, pulling in elite prosecutors to go after violent repeat offenders using complex techniques.
7:28 PM EDT, March 18, 2013
Coast Guard shipyard worker among recent homicide victims
Alexander Moulton completed a four-year apprenticeship program last year to become a painter at the Coast Guard shipyard in Curtis Bay, following in the footsteps of his father, who said his son worked seven days a week to provide for two children.
7:25 PM EST, February 20, 2013
Police didn't have approval to use Rosewood for training
Baltimore police did not have permission to conduct training exercises at the shuttered state facility for the developmentally disabled where an officer was shot and critically wounded, according to Maryland health officials.
9:23 PM EDT, April 9, 2013
Baltimore City employee killed in crash in front of City Hall
A Baltimore City employee was killed Tuesday afternoon when police said a man veered off an interstate and sped onto downtown streets, flipping the car he was driving in front of City Hall.
6:25 PM EDT, March 29, 2013
City police make arrests in several homicides
As officers lingered outside his Northwest Baltimore home for three hours, Anthony Todd was busy inside trying to cover up evidence of a marijuana-growing operation, police say.
4:57 PM EST, February 15, 2013
Rapper 2 Chainz arrested on Eastern Shore, takes photo with troopers
Maryland State Police said they arrested Grammy-nominated rapper 2 Chainz on a drug citationfollowing a Thursday traffic stop on his way to perform at a homecoming event at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
9:28 PM EDT, March 20, 2013
Johnson to get new trial in killing of Phylicia Barnes
A Baltimore judge threw out the murder conviction of a man who was to be sentenced Wednesday in the killing of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, saying prosecutors withheld information about a key witness from defense attorneys.
8:42 PM EDT, March 11, 2013
Baltimore officer pleads guilty to armed drug conspiracy
To rack up arrests and look good for his bosses, Officer Kendell Richburg decided to ensure that his confidential informant could continue dealing drugs and funneling him information.
2:01 PM EDT, April 1, 2013
Baltimore police identify man killed in early Sunday shooting
One man was killed and two others injured in separate shooting incidents overnight across the city, police said.
7:49 PM EST, February 19, 2013
Batts pledges agency-wide review of weapons use
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts announced an across-the-board review of how city officers use weapons after the accidental shooting of a trainee during exercises last week.
8:42 PM EST, February 6, 2013
Michael Johnson found guilty in killing of Phylicia Barnes
A Baltimore jury found Michael Maurice Johnson guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes, agreeing with prosecutors that the last known person to see the North Carolina teen alive was also her killer.
8:46 PM EST, March 8, 2013
Baltimore police rebuked by federal judge in taping lawsuit
A federal judge has ordered Baltimore police to halt a "veritable witch hunt" into the personal life of a man who alleges that his camera was seized as he filmed an arrest.
2:59 PM EST, March 2, 2013
After recruit shooting, police relent, disclose training policies
After initially balking at The Baltimore Sun's request following an accidental shooting that critically injured a recruit, Baltimore police have released protocols and policies related to firearms exercises.
10:16 PM EST, February 13, 2013
Top commanders unaware of training where officer was shot
Top Baltimore police commanders, including the director of the agency's training academy, were unaware that training exercises were being conducted at an Owings Mills facility where a rookie University of Maryland officer was shot in the head and critically wounded, officials said Wednesday.
7:38 PM EDT, March 20, 2013
Baltimore's gun offender registry upheld
Maryland's second-highest court upheld the constitutionality of Baltimore's gun offender registry, a signature effort to curb gun violence that a city judge had called into question two years ago.
6:29 PM EST, March 9, 2013
Family searching for answers in man's killing in Southwest Baltimore
The family of a 28-year-old man found fatally stabbed Friday behind a railroad car in Southwest Baltimore said they're struggling to understand why someone would take his life.
9:02 PM EST, February 19, 2013
Hopkins patients come forward as investigation into secret recording continues
Nearly 100 women, fearing that a Johns Hopkins gynecologist secretly videotaped and photographed them, contacted police Tuesday, and some potential victims reached out to private attorneys contemplating legal action.
10:19 PM EST, February 27, 2013
Suspicious colleague reported Levy, Hopkins dean says
A female colleague of Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy became suspicious about a pen the doctor wore around his neck and alerted officials at the medical institution, touching off an investigation into whether he secretly recorded patients.
5:49 PM EST, February 22, 2013
Man found dead from multiple gunshots in West Baltimore
At the spot where a man was gunned down Thursday night outside a West Baltimore liquor store, someone placed an open Bible.
3:26 PM EST, February 16, 2013
Police refuse to release training policies after shooting
The Baltimore Police Department said it will not release policies and procedures related to training exercises, even after being told by a federal judge last week that its policies are not protected from public disclosure.
7:37 PM EDT, March 29, 2013
Transit police warn travelers to be alert as mobile device thefts rise
Maryland transit police are warning travelers to be alert on trains and buses, amid a long-running rash of mobile-device thefts targeting riders who were texting, listening to music or talking on the phone.
8:30 PM EST, February 22, 2013
City police training academy director, appointed this week, to retire
Just three days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of an accidental shooting during training, the new head of the Baltimore police academy informed top brass Friday that he intends to leave the agency.
10:03 PM EST, February 18, 2013
Hopkins doctor found dead amid investigation of claims he secretly taped patients
Police want to identify women seen over two decades by a Johns Hopkins gynecologist who was found dead on Monday amid a police investigation that he was surreptitiously photographing and videotaping his patients.
7:55 PM EST, January 9, 2013
Police chase in Northeast Baltimore ends in Baltimore Co.
Three police officers suffered minor injuries in a police chase that started in Northeast Baltimore and ended with a collision in the Carney area of Baltimore County.
6:56 PM EST, February 19, 2013
Defense asks for new trial in Phylicia Barnes murder
Attorneys for the man convicted of killing 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes have asked a judge for a new trial, arguing that prosecutors made improper statements to the jury and withheld information.
7:18 PM EST, January 7, 2013
Leader of Dead Man Inc. gang renounces group at sentencing
As a federal judge handed down a sentence that will virtually ensure Perry Roark spends the rest of his life behind bars, the founder of Maryland's largest home-grown prison gang renounced his association with the group.
9:04 PM EST, December 28, 2012
Prosecutors say sex video includes Phylicia Barnes, alleged killer
City prosecutors have filed notice that they intend to play at trial a video that depicts teenage slaying victim Phylicia Barnes "intoxicated and engaging in sexual relations" with her accused killer, his younger brother and her older half sister, court records show.
8:34 PM EST, February 14, 2013
Instructor may have injured officer outside of training drill
State investigators are exploring whether a Baltimore police instructor who shot a trainee this week was horsing around and not participating in a drill when he accidentally reached for his service weapon instead of a paint-cartridge pistol, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.
10:21 PM EST, January 30, 2013
Witness testifies that he saw Phylicia Barnes' body
In a pivotal day of testimony in the Phylicia Barnes murder trial, a 36-year-old petty criminal the defense has dismissed as a "jailhouse snitch" took the stand as one of the prosecution's key witnesses.
11:26 PM EST, February 20, 2013
Police identify victim in apparent murder-suicide as probation agent
A state probation agent who volunteered as a conflict mediator was killed Tuesday night in an apparent North Baltimore murder-suicide in which a child survivor was found outside the house.
3:53 PM EST, January 16, 2013
Baltimore youth jail funding not in O'Malley's budget
The state will not put any money toward the construction of a Baltimore jail for juveniles charged as adults, according to Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed budget, as prison officials consider renovating an existing facility instead.
7:56 PM EST, January 31, 2013
Jury hears Barnes' alleged killer talk of fleeing country
Fearing the investigation into Phylicia Barnes' death was closing in on him, prosecutors say, Michael Maurice Johnson told his girlfriend in text messages that he was thinking about fleeing the country.
8:17 PM EST, January 2, 2013
State delays vote on expansion of Carroll Co. juvenile treatment facility
A plan by the Department of Juvenile Services to double capacity at a privately run residential facility for young offenders was put off Wednesday after state officials expressed concern about the system "backsliding" toward larger, harder-to-manage facilities.
7:51 PM EST, February 1, 2013
Judge concerned about evidence in Phylicia Barnes case
The judge overseeing the Phylicia Barnes murder trial said Friday that prosecutors are proceeding on a circumstantial theory that causes him "great concern," but added that the case should continue and be presented to jurors.
7:13 PM EST, February 7, 2013
Ravens won't hold another fan event without tickets to control crowds
Ravens officials said Thursday they won't extend an open invitation to fans again without first passing out free tickets, after this week's Super Bowl celebration at M&T Bank Stadium where larger-than-expected crowds amassed and an 11-year-old boy was trampled.
10:28 PM EST, January 29, 2013
Man wounded in third police-involved shooting in city in five days
Police shot a man in Northwest Baltimore Tuesday in the third such incident since Friday, and are still searching for a potential victim they say the man may have shot earlier.
6:07 PM EST, January 9, 2013
Suspect in Christmas beating arrested, released
Baltimore police have charged a man in the Christmas Day beating of Kenni Shaw, though it was not announced for several days as the city's gay community remained on edge amid fears of violence.
12:35 PM EST, January 25, 2013
No charges against officers in death of Anthony Anderson during arrest
Prosecutors will not charge the Baltimore police officers involved in arresting and fatally injuring a man — after finding that they did not use excessive force and followed police procedure when a detective tackled Anthony Anderson in a vacant lot last September.
9:04 PM EST, January 29, 2013
Accused Barnes killer speaks in tape made days after disappearance
Jurors got to hear Michael Maurice Johnson's account Tuesday of the last time he saw Phylicia Barnes alive, as prosecutors played audio tape of a police interview with the man now charged with killing the 16-year-old.
8:13 PM EST, January 25, 2013
Tape shows accused killer's desire for Barnes, prosecution says
Baltimore prosecutors said Friday that a sexually charged video depicting teenager Phylicia Barnes and the man accused of killing her shows a turning point in the relationship that ultimately led to her death.
5:56 PM EST, January 8, 2013
Phylicia Barnes sex tape may be played publicly at murder trial
If Baltimore prosecutors want to show jurors a video of teenage murder victim Phylicia Barnes and the man accused of killing her engaged in "sexual relations," they must do so in open court, a city judge has ruled.
7:24 PM EST, February 22, 2013
City police training academy director, appointed this week, to retire
Just three days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore Police academy informed top brass Friday that he intends to leave the agency.
6:35 PM EST, January 17, 2013
Baltimore police seek contract for outside consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is planning to hire an outside consultant to develop a "three- to five-year strategic plan" to help streamline the agency and improve crime fighting, city documents show.
5:50 PM EST, January 26, 2013
In gun control debate, no easy fixes to Baltimore street violence
Maryland has some of the toughest gun laws in the country — and Baltimore's are even stricter — yet the city continues to struggle with rampant gun violence as thousands of criminals gain access to firearms.
11:02 AM EST, December 19, 2012
Defense claims man saw Phylicia Barnes alive in Cecil Co.
Defense attorneys for the man accused of murdering Phylicia Barnes have filed motions claiming to have a witness who saw the teen alive in Cecil County and attacking the credibility of the lead police detective who investigated the case.
8:29 PM EST, January 1, 2013
City killings up to 217 as gun violence falls
Baltimore was unable in 2012 to sustain a significant milestone — the first drop below 200 homicides in a generation — but officials see reasons to remain optimistic that declines will resume.
5:58 PM EST, February 27, 2013
Report finds youth incarceration on steep decline in Md., U.S.
The rate of youth confinement in Maryland declined by nearly half over a 13-year period, outpacing the national average amid a "sea change" in the approach toward dealing with young people who break the law, according to a report released by a national youth advocacy group.
10:32 PM EST, January 16, 2013
State scraps plans to build youth jail in Baltimore
After years of community opposition, state officials have abandoned plans to build a new Baltimore jail for juveniles charged as adults, citing declines in youth crimes as they unveiled a plan Wednesday to send more teens to treatment programs and renovate a smaller facility for defendants in violent offenses.
6:34 PM EST, December 17, 2012
Activists call for charges in man's police custody death
Activists gathered in front of a downtown Baltimore courthouse Monday, calling for State's Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein to bring charges against officers being investigated in the death of an East Baltimore man during an arrest.
3:35 PM EST, February 23, 2013
Bodies found in a car fire early Friday in Mondawmin neighborhood had been shot
City confirmed Saturday that a man and a woman whose bodies were found in a burning car in West Baltimore early Friday morning had been shot.
8:49 PM EST, February 21, 2013
Lawyers scramble for patients of accused Hopkins gynecologist
One law firm has rented out a conference room in the downtown Hilton and invited patients of a Johns Hopkins gynecologist to discuss their legal options. Other firms are taking out newspaper ads, urging his patients to contact them. Others are asking clients to spread the word to other potential victims.
9:03 PM EST, January 28, 2013
Tearful Deena Barnes describes day Phylicia went missing
The older sister of Phylicia Barnes tearfully said Monday she had allowed her teenage sister to drift too close to the man now accused of murdering her, testifying in the trial of Michael Maurice Johnson that the then-26-year-old's unnerving conduct one summer night was the final blow to their relationship.
9:33 PM EST, December 15, 2012
Key witness in Baltimore shooting case killed after club argument
Friday was Avon Ball's first night off "the box," finally finished with court-ordered home monitoring and ready to hit the town. "Who with me?" he posted on Facebook.
6:51 PM EST, January 24, 2013
In Barnes trial, defense questions detective's search for daughter
In a frantic search for his own missing teenage daughter, the lead detective in the Phylicia Barnes murder case donned a black hooded sweatshirt and, along with two other men, forced his way into a Northeast Baltimore apartment where he believed she was hiding, attorneys said in court Thursday.
7:28 PM EST, January 15, 2013
Girl, 17, dies after one of 3 Balto. shootings Tuesday morning
A violent start to the year continued with three people shot on Baltimore's west side Tuesday morning, including a 17-year-old girl who died after she and a man were shot in an alley.
December 27, 2012
State troopers helping city police patrol high-crime areas
Baltimore police have enlisted state troopers to help with patrols as the city confronts a spike in crime, a move that puts to an end years of disagreement between the two agencies over the state force's role in local law enforcement.
6:20 PM EST, December 14, 2012
Infant saved from Oct. fire found dead in Northeast Baltimore
At just 4 months of age, Vance Williams III was already on his second chance at life.
10:33 PM EST, December 1, 2012
Two dogs shot after attacking boy, 7, in Pasadena
A 7-year-old boy was flown to Johns Hopkins Children's Center after being attacked by two dogs in Pasadena, Anne Arundel County police said.
7:41 PM EST, December 12, 2012
Man arrested in 2011 murder believed linked to recent killing
More than a year ago, police suspected that James Berry III had killed a man during a triple shooting in Bolton Hill, and they presented their evidence to prosecutors.
7:44 PM EST, November 28, 2012
Baltimore man, 20, charged with killing 7-week-old son
A 20-year-old man has been charged in the death of his infant son, police confirmed Wednesday.
7:16 PM EST, December 13, 2012
BCCC employee charged in theft of student tuition
A Baltimore City Community College employee has been indicted on allegations that she directed student tuition payments into her personal bank account, the city prosecutor's office announced Thursday.
7:08 PM EST, November 14, 2012
Mayor addresses Baltimore police misconduct allegations
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, reacting Wednesday to news of a third city police officer suspended amid a criminal probe within a week, said officials deserve credit for taking action.
12:47 PM EST, November 7, 2012
Former mayor Dixon $14k behind in court-ordered payments
Former Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon has fallen behind by close to $14,000 on court-ordered payments stemming her plea deal in the corruption investigation that led to her resignation, according to state corrections filings.
10:49 AM EST, December 2, 2012
Local blogger surrenders to police after live broadcasting standoff
A Baltimore blogger wanted on a court-issued warrant refused to come out of his home for hours, broadcasting his discussion with a police negotiator live on the Internet before turning himself in peacefully.
9:05 PM EDT, October 27, 2012
Man fatally stabbed in domestic dispute in E. Baltimore
Police said a man was fatally stabbed Saturday morning in a domestic dispute, a killing that occurred the morning after two unrelated overnight shootings that injured five.
7:44 PM EST, November 5, 2012
Fatal stabbing in Pigtown among city's recent violent incidents
A woman was found fatally stabbed Monday evening inside a home in Pigtown, one of several recent violent incidents being investigated by Baltimore police.
6:57 PM EDT, October 15, 2012
Double shooting outside club revives debate over security
City police plan to meet with management of a downtown club after two people waiting in line were shot early Monday — a shooting that capped a violent weekend in Baltimore and has revived discussions about security around city bars and clubs.
8:33 PM EST, November 8, 2012
Batts formally sworn in as Baltimore police commissioner
Anthony W. Batts was officially sworn in Thursday as Baltimore's 37th police commissioner, pledging to build trust with the community while continuing to reduce violent crime.
10:25 AM EDT, November 2, 2012
Street by street, new police commissioner is learning Baltimore
A group of children play ball in the courtyard after dark as Anthony W. Batts walks through a high-crime West Baltimore public housing project wrapped around the Edgar Allan Poe House.
7:13 PM EST, December 1, 2012
Men charged in shotgun robberies of area convenience stores
Two men have been indicted by federal prosecutors for allegedly robbing at least three Baltimore area convenience stores with a shotgun.
5:32 PM EST, November 5, 2012
City officers linked to towing scandal remain suspended
Nearly two years after a towing kickback scandal rocked the Baltimore Police Department, 14 officers who were not criminally charged remain suspended with pay and unavailable to perform police functions, officials said.
12:04 PM EDT, November 2, 2012
Baltimore police officer charged with lying in search warrant
A Baltimore City police detective was charged Thursday with lying in a search warrant affidavit to gain entry to a Canton home, then trying to obstruct an ensuing internal affairs investigation.
7:14 PM EDT, October 26, 2012
Monae Turnage death leads to charges against boy's mother
The mother of one of the boys who accidentally shot 13-year-old Monae Turnage helped drag the girl's body into an alley behind the home and then hid the gun in a police officer's car, authorities alleged in court papers filed Friday.
7:13 PM EST, December 4, 2012
Trial postponed for Elkridge man charged in 1991 killing of wife
The murder trial of a Howard County man whose wife's body was found buried in the backyard of his home 21 years after she was reported missing has been postponed until next year because one of his attorneys had a medical issue.
5:06 PM EDT, October 20, 2012
State, city program gives security guards police powers
The two men wore body armor with "POLICE" written across the chest and spilled out of their unmarked car, weapons drawn, ordering Christopher Dukes and his passenger out of their vehicle at a South Baltimore gas station parking lot. When Dukes pulled off, they embarked on a high-speed chase down Interstate 295 until catching up and placing the pair under arrest, charging documents show.
8:39 PM EST, November 24, 2012
A car chase turned deadly in Baltimore
"Drive," he pleaded, sweating and panting. "Just drive."
12:08 PM EDT, October 10, 2012
No charges against city officer in death of Monae Turnage, 13
City prosecutors have declined to press charges against a Baltimore police officer after an investigation into his conduct following the accidental shooting death of a 13-year-old girl, saying they did not have enough information to pursue a case.
5:53 PM EST, November 6, 2012
Pigtown stabbing victim identified, man dies in SW shooting
Baltimore police have identified a 55-year-old woman found stabbed inside her home in Pigtown and said a man who was driven to the hospital by a friend after being shot in Southwest Baltimore has died from his injuries.
7:19 PM EDT, September 28, 2012
Two women killed in separate incidents in city
Two women died in separate shootings Thursday in Baltimore.
10:32 AM EST, November 22, 2012
Number of people killed in Baltimore now higher than 2011
The number of people killed in Baltimore this year has exceeded the count from all of 2011 after a violent Wednesday that saw at least one stabbed and three shot — including two near the same corner where a 16-year-old was killed a day earlier.
6:26 PM EDT, October 22, 2012
State, city officials: more oversight needed of special police
City and state legislators say they will push for greater regulation of longstanding but little-known laws that allow security guards to be granted law enforcement powers to arrest and search citizens.
8:30 PM EDT, October 23, 2012
Prosecutors: No wrongdoing by city police in pay probe
Two Baltimore police commanders have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing after an investigation into whether they improperly received overtime payments, the city state's attorney's office announced.
9:30 PM EDT, October 2, 2012
East Baltimore death in police custody ruled a homicide
The state medical examiner has determined that an East Baltimore man's death in police custody last month was a homicide caused by blunt force trauma, an account that conflicts with earlier assertions that he died from choking on drugs.
8:31 PM EDT, September 19, 2012
Baltimore police officer Daniel Redd sentenced for drug dealing
Baltimore police officer Daniel Redd was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 20 years in federal prison for dealing drugs, bringing a close to a years-long probe into corruption accusations against the Northwest District veteran.
4:21 PM EDT, October 22, 2012
Police ID man who died in E. Baltimore police pursuit crash
Baltimore police have identified the man who died Friday night after crashing into a tree during a police pursuit in East Baltimore.
6:11 PM EDT, October 16, 2012
After police custody death, Baltimore activist builds profile
Within an hour after an East Baltimore man died while in police custody, Cortly "C.D." Witherspoon got an urgent phone call from someone with connections to the family, asking for his help.
7:09 PM EDT, October 4, 2012
Police investigate four shootings, including officer-involved
Four people were shot — including one by a city police officer — Wednesday night and Thursday morning in Baltimore, according to police.
12:06 AM EDT, October 4, 2012
Decorated officer at center of police custody death investigation
A decorated officer who was shot in the line of duty and testified before lawmakers about tightening gun laws is one of three officers being investigated in the death of an East Baltimore man during a drug arrest.
6:51 PM EDT, October 1, 2012
Youth jail plans moving forward, O'Malley says
Gov. Martin O'Malley said that plans for a new youth detention facility in Baltimore are "moving forward" and described the current building as "a very old and decrepit facility."
6:22 PM EST, November 16, 2012
Woman found in water Thursday in Canton was Hopkins professor
The woman who died Thursday after being pulled from the water off a pier in Canton has been identified as a Johns Hopkins neurology professor.
4:59 PM EDT, October 24, 2012
Big Boyz bail bondsman banned from city Central Booking
A Big Boyz bail bondsman has been banned from Central Booking after an exchange with jail staff, a move his attorney says was unnecessary.
7:14 PM EDT, October 18, 2012
Two Baltimore officers charged with assaulting drug suspect
Two Baltimore police officers have been charged with assaulting a man last year after he fled a drug arrest and tried to hide in one of the officers' girlfriend's home.
9:51 AM EDT, October 9, 2012
In Oakland, Batts' former post, police reforms criticized
The U.S. government should take over the Oakland Police Department — the California agency led for two years by Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts — because of a chronic failure to comply with a decade-old reform settlement, attorneys overseeing the case said in court papers.
7:53 PM EDT, August 29, 2012
Batts to get Council President Young's support as police commissioner
Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young met briefly Wednesday morning with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's pick for police commissioner and pledged to support him.
11:41 AM EDT, October 29, 2012
In two-thirds of delivery driver robberies, order was a ruse
With robberies of food delivery drivers in the news recently, The Baltimore Sun's Jonathan Pitts hit the streets with a 36-year-old man who delivers pizzas to talk about the inherent dangers.
8:52 PM EDT, October 25, 2012
Sailor, Oliver native take different paths, both die in gunfire
One left the city to go to college and see the world with the Navy. The other refused to leave East Baltimore even after his mother moved south to make a better life for his siblings, instead staying to hang around on the corners.
10:24 PM EDT, October 17, 2012
Batts confirmation forwarded to full Baltimore City Council
Baltimore's new police commissioner wants to expand his agency's focus beyond gun violence to burglaries, car break-ins and other crimes that affect a broader swath of citizens, he told the City Council panel that signed off on his confirmation Wednesday.
10:10 PM EDT, September 28, 2012
Theft of Renoir from BMA in 1951 earned little notice
It was the art theft investigation that went nowhere.
8:53 PM EDT, September 26, 2012
Prison gang leader pleads guilty after promising to defy government
A co-founder of the Dead Man Incorporated prison gang pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in the group's murder-for-hire and drug-dealing conspiracy — ensuring that the former Baltimorean serves a life sentence even as he promised followers in missives from behind bars that he would continue to defy the government.
9:28 AM EDT, September 26, 2012
In-custody death brings anger with police in East Baltimore
In a filthy East Baltimore lot used as a shortcut and as a place to buy heroin, community leaders and relatives of a man who died in police custody railed against the police Tuesday and called for justice in the case.
5:49 PM EDT, September 12, 2012
Westport murder victim identified as father of top basketball recruit
The 38-year-old man fatally shot over the weekend in South Baltimore's Westport neighborhood was the father of one of the top girls basketball recruits in the country, friends said.
8:24 PM EDT, September 22, 2012
New Baltimore Police Commissioner Batts seeks fresh start
Baltimore's next police commissioner is walking through a west-side neighborhood with some of the community's most engaged residents, but that's not enough for Anthony W. Batts.
10:22 AM EDT, September 20, 2012
Man shot through his front door in Southwest Baltimore
Police were investigating two shootings that occurred Wednesday in Southwest and East Baltimore.
8:25 PM EDT, August 22, 2012
Few of Baltimore police shooting victims this year were armed
Baltimore Police have shot 10 people this year — eight of them fatally — leading some to question whether police are properly equipped to handle calls involving the mentally ill.
2:24 PM EDT, October 16, 2012
Southern High School student arrested for knife, pellet gun
A 17-year-old student at Southern High School was arrested Tuesday morning after police say he was found in possession of a knife and an unloaded pellet gun.
11:01 AM EDT, September 24, 2012
Baltimore police shoot man during early morning robbery
A 27-year-old robbery suspect was shot and wounded by Baltimore police after fighting with an officer, officials said Monday. The man was expected to survive.
7:13 PM EDT, August 3, 2012
Police shake up Southwest leadership after spate of shootings
Acting Police Commissioner Anthony E. Barksdale ordered a shake-up of the command in the department's Southwest District after a spate of shootings that left five dead and several wounded in the past week.
6:15 PM EDT, September 22, 2012
New Baltimore Police Commissioner Batts seeks fresh start
Baltimore's next police commissioner is walking through a west-side neighborhood with some of the community's most engaged residents, but that's not enough for Anthony W. Batts.
9:21 PM EDT, August 10, 2012
Man killed, neighborhood leader critically injured in Mid-Town
A shooting early Friday outside a small inn and residence next to the Belvedere Hotel in the Mid-Town neighborhood left a 41-year-old man dead and another critically wounded, police said.
10:46 AM EDT, August 23, 2012
Two men in their 60s murdered in separate W. Baltimore incidents
City police are investigating the recent murders of two men in their 60s, both in West Baltimore.
9:23 PM EDT, August 18, 2012
Woman, 94, assaulted, robbed as unpaid taxes scam continues
Baltimore police continued to warn against a scam targeting the elderly for robberies, saying new incidents were reported Saturday.
8:35 PM EDT, September 13, 2012
Arrest made in fatal Mid-Town double shooting case
Rookie Baltimore police officers Jason Dipaola and Steven Vinias were sent to Mount Vernon to provide a sense of security to a neighborhood shaken by a double shooting. They may have ended up solving the case.
6:35 PM EDT, August 13, 2012
Ex-Senator Theatre owner jailed, accused of harassment, trespassing
Days after operators of Baltimore's Senator Theatre accused former owner Tom Kiefaber of trespassing at the movie house and harassing workers, Kiefaber was arrested Monday at the site.
8:21 PM EDT, September 24, 2012
Barksdale, Baltimore Police No. 2, out indefinitely
Acting Police Commissioner Anthony Barksdale, who was vying to be named to the job permanently, is taking medical leave and will be out "indefinitely," leaving the incoming chief without two of the agency's highest-ranking officers.
7:23 PM EDT, August 16, 2012
Triple shooting leaves two dead and one critical
Two men were killed and an unidentified woman was critically wounded in a shooting late Wednesday in Southwest Baltimore, police said.
10:23 PM EDT, August 28, 2012
Batts, new Baltimore police chief pick, says he's committed
Baltimore's next police commissioner believes the drug trade is at the core of crime problems from car break-ins to gang killings. And it's an issue that Anthony W. Batts says he's seen up close.
4:12 PM EDT, September 12, 2012
Contract approved for new city Police Commissioner Batts
Baltimore's spending board unanimously approved an eight-year contract with Police Commissioner-designate Anthony W. Batts at its meeting Wednesday morning.
7:46 PM EDT, August 2, 2012
Attacks among youth at Baltimore's adult jail continue
The city judge didn't need to hear from the boy — his black eye told the story.
10:27 PM EDT, July 25, 2012
Vi Ripken abducted at gunpoint, quietly returned
Bound and abducted in her own vehicle, Violet Ripken was gone for 12 hours before her disappearance was reported to authorities. And amid an intensive search, she was quietly dropped off by her kidnapper on her secluded Harford County street.
8:27 PM EDT, September 18, 2012
Researcher dies in apparent Northeast Baltimore robbery
Peter Marvit never missed rehearsal with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, and this week he showed up wearing one of his trademark ties — short, fat, and brightly colored. After the three-hour practice concluded with "Carol of the Angels," director Tom Hall told everyone "to drive safe and be well."
7:33 PM EDT, August 15, 2012
U.S. Justice Department tours Baltimore jail on Wednesday
Department of Justice officials toured the Baltimore City Detention Center on Wednesday amid complaints about conditions for juveniles held at the facility, officials confirmed.
8:11 PM EDT, August 8, 2012
Police fail to take report of burglary at Canton restaurant
A burglary at Marie Branch's breakfast restaurant in Canton spooked her enough that she scrapped her popular late-night hours. But it wasn't enough to get police to write a report of the incident.
7:12 PM EDT, September 11, 2012
City police seek personal records of man in taping lawsuit
Baltimore Police want to know whether a man suing police for deleting images from his camera at the 2010 Preakness has a drug history, and have reached out to his ex-wife and former employers, an effort his attorneys say amounts to harassment and intimidation.
11:46 PM EDT, August 18, 2012
Aquille Carr, Baltimore high school basketball star, arrested
Aquille Carr, a star basketball guard at Patterson High School whose electrifying play earned him the nickname "Crimestopper," was released from jail late Saturday after being arrested on a domestic assault charge.
7:27 PM EDT, August 20, 2012
Police make arrest in shooting that killed two brothers
Baltimore police have charged a man in a triple shooting that killed two brothers in Southwest Baltimore, a crime that investigators believe led to the retaliatory killing of the mother and brother of one of the suspects.
8:33 PM EDT, August 27, 2012
New police commissioner expected to be former Oakland chief
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has selected former Oakland, Calif., Police Chief Anthony Batts as Baltimore's next police commissioner, bringing in a leader who has been hailed as an innovator but who struggled to push his agenda at his last job.
7:07 PM EDT, August 6, 2012
Man shot by police in Northwest Baltimore courthouse parking lot
A 25-year-old man was shot by a city police officer in the parking lot of a Northwest Baltimore courthouse Monday morning after he fled while being taken into custody and tried to run down an officer with a vehicle, police said.
7:46 PM EDT, August 14, 2012
Cherry Hill security guards act as rogue police, suit claims
More than 20 Cherry Hill residents have filed a $25 million lawsuit against a Cleveland-based security company, claiming the company's officers routinely overstep their authority and abuse citizens' rights.
7:30 PM EDT, August 16, 2012
Md. man accused in cannibal case deemed incompetent to stand trial
Alexander Kinyua, the college student accused of killing a family friend and ingesting his heart and brain, has been declared incompetent to stand trial, according to court records.
6:16 PM EDT, August 18, 2012
Police say man fatally shot after attacking officer in W. Baltimore
Baltimore police fatally shot a man in West Baltimore Saturday after he slashed an officer who was investigating a burglary complaint, officials said.
7:59 PM EDT, August 17, 2012
Mother of shooting suspect gunned down, raising fears of further reprisal
The mother and the brother of a suspect in a triple shooting were gunned down in an ambush outside their Northeast Baltimore home, according to sources, prompting police to assign a special unit of top investigators to stop the "momentum of violence."
9:48 PM EDT, July 28, 2012
Youth in city jail face 'deplorable' conditions
Before the other boys jumped Tyrone, they asked if he wanted to fight.
10:09 PM EDT, July 26, 2012
Police release suspect photo, offer reward in Vi Ripken abduction
A manhunt continued Thursday for the man who kidnapped baseball matriarch Violet R. Ripken, as Aberdeen police released a surveillance video image of a suspect and several law-enforcement agencies joined the small-town force in the search.
10:16 PM EDT, August 14, 2012
Hundreds hold vigil for Mount Vernon shooting victims
Many of the hundreds gathered Tuesday at Mount Vernon's Washington Monument had their perceptions of safety shaken last week, after a double shooting that critically wounded a gregarious neighborhood ambassador and claimed the life of a recent transplant looking to jump-start a photography career.
5:28 PM EDT, July 31, 2012
Baltimore police investigating homicide, nonfatal shooting
Baltimore police are investigating a homicide in West Baltimore that occurred early Monday, as well as a shooting Monday afternoon that left a man in critical condition.
7:18 PM EDT, July 24, 2012
Baltimore basketball community mourns man killed Monday
A 23-year-old former high school basketball player was gunned down during a West Baltimore robbery Monday, police said, sending a ripple of sadness through the area's basketball community.
9:09 PM EDT, August 6, 2012
Youth detainees transferred to air-conditioned building within city jail
Youths detained at the Baltimore City Detention Center were moved over the weekend into a building that has air conditioning, state officials confirmed.
6:22 PM EDT, August 24, 2012
Homicides mount in Baltimore's Southwestern District
Terrance Gough bought a king-size mattress, unpacked his clothes and arranged the bedroom in his uncle's Southwest Baltimore home just the way he liked it.
7:59 PM EDT, June 20, 2012
Four shot as Baltimore reaches 100 homicides
Four people were shot in Baltimore between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, including two fatally, which pushed the city's homicide count to 100 for the year.
10:21 PM EDT, June 18, 2012
Bealefeld hopes his legacy includes spurring community to action
Cynthia Gross' first interaction with Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III came at a community meeting about seven months ago, when she stood up to complain about officers being overly aggressive. In a room full of stone-faced officers, you could hear a pin drop, she recalled.
12:00 PM EDT, June 15, 2012
Man charged with fatally shaking girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter
A 22-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's 14-month-old daughter, city officials said Friday.
7:07 PM EDT, August 5, 2012
U.S. Justice Department hasn't visited city jail despite oversight agreement
The U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division has not visited the Baltimore City Detention Center in nearly two years, despite an agreement with the state to oversee reforms at the facility.
5:44 PM EDT, September 19, 2012
Domestic assault charges to be dropped if Carr completes program
Domestic assault charges against high school basketball standout Aquille Carr will be dropped if he completes a 22-week program with the House of Ruth, his attorney said.
10:52 PM EDT, July 28, 2012
Mysterious downtown Baltimore death reported early Saturday
Three men were found dead in Baltimore late Friday and early Saturday, as a spate of violence left two other men wounded.
2:19 PM EDT, July 24, 2012
Close call: Woman falls onto subway track at State Center
A woman who fell onto the subway track at the State Center Metro station was seriously injured but is expected to survive after crawling into a space under the platform.
11:34 AM EDT, August 7, 2012
One dead, one wounded in Cherry Hill shooting
Gunfire in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood late Monday has left one man dead and another wounded.
5:25 PM EDT, July 21, 2012
87-year-old man killed in single-vehicle crash in Ellicott City
An 87-year-old man was killed Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash in Howard County, county police said.
10:45 PM EDT, July 16, 2012
Water main break causes disruptions in downtown Baltimore
Commuters to Baltimore are likely to face heavy traffic and major delays Tuesday, after a large water main break downtown buckled the surface of Light Street and sent water gushing through Lombard and Pratt streets.
6:53 PM EDT, July 12, 2012
Buttocks injections send Ga. woman to prison for 3 years
An Atlanta woman is going to federal prison for injecting the buttocks of women across the country with silicone intended to be used as a paint additive or furniture polish, with one procedure causing serious injuries to a Baltimore exotic dancer.
5:39 PM EDT, July 21, 2012
Man gets 19 years after second robbery at same Arundel bank
Randall Shreve Jr.'s 1999 robbery of the Carrollton Bank in Glen Burnie didn't go so well, but it didn't stop him from trying again, federal prosecutors say.
6:24 PM EDT, July 14, 2012
On the beat in Cherry Hill, young officer brings in three targets
Amid the deluge of be-on-the-lookouts and other information dumped on Southern District officers during afternoon roll call Friday, there are three names that stick out to Officer Andre Smith Jr.
11:03 AM EDT, July 11, 2012
City police union offers sweeping critique of agency strategy
Baltimore's police union is calling for an overhaul of the department, describing the agency's management strategy as "outdated, ineffective and reactive" and proposing changes that it said would boost officer morale and reduce crime across the city.
7:46 PM EDT, July 12, 2012
Baltimore detective must resign over grocery store theft
A veteran Baltimore police detective must resign from the department after being placed on probation for stealing groceries with her daughter, a cashier at the store where the theft occurred.
8:03 PM EDT, June 19, 2012
Md. man accused of cannibalism is indicted, moved to mental hospital
Alexander Kinyua, the 21-year-old accused of killing a man and eating his organs, has been formally indicted on charges of first-degree murder and assault and has been sent to a Maryland state mental hospital.