Crime Scene: Baltimore


Posted at 11:01 AM ET, 01/26/2012

Guilty plea for Md. man in bomb plot
By Allison Klein
Antonio Martinez, 22, was arrested in December 2010.

By Allison Klein  |  11:01 AM ET, 01/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Allison Klein, From the Courthouse

Posted at 08:33 AM ET, 01/25/2012

Police: One killed in crash after Md. robbery
By the Associated Press
Aaron McCoy Jr. of Baltimore was killed in the incident.

By the Associated Press  |  08:33 AM ET, 01/25/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 08:10 AM ET, 01/10/2012

2 women dead in Md. fire
By the Associated Press
They were pronounced dead at area hospitals.

By the Associated Press  |  08:10 AM ET, 01/10/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Fires & Fire Safety

Posted at 08:17 AM ET, 01/09/2012

No suspects, motive after man shot dead in Baltimore
By the Associated Press
He was killed when shots were fired through the front window of his relatives’ apartment.

By the Associated Press  |  08:17 AM ET, 01/09/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Maryland

Posted at 08:11 AM ET, 12/20/2011

Police seek clues after man found dead outside Md. department store
By the Associated Press
The victim’s name hasn’t been released.

By the Associated Press  |  08:11 AM ET, 12/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 10:17 AM ET, 12/17/2011

Baltimore fire chief files $3M discrimination suit
By the Associated Press
Lloyd Carter heads the department’s recruitment efforts.

By the Associated Press  |  10:17 AM ET, 12/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 08:26 AM ET, 12/01/2011

Guilty plea in theft of vending machine bill validators
By the Associated Press
Prosecutors say they were removed and sold on eBay.

By the Associated Press  |  08:26 AM ET, 12/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Anne Arundel, Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 08:20 AM ET, 12/01/2011

Wanted man caught in Md. driving stolen tractor trailer
By the Associated Press
He was wanted by authorities in Mississippi.

By the Associated Press  |  08:20 AM ET, 12/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Pr. George's

Posted at 07:36 AM ET, 11/04/2011

Officers’ mistakes led to Md. shooting deaths: Panel
By the Associated Press
Uniformed officers fired 42 shots in six seconds, striking and killing an officer in plainclothes and wounding four others.

By the Associated Press  |  07:36 AM ET, 11/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:37 AM ET, 10/20/2011

Death ruled homicide after man shot in 1999 dies
By the Associated Press
Authorities say a man who was shot in the head in 1999 has died of a seizure, and his death is classified as a homicide.

By the Associated Press  |  07:37 AM ET, 10/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:35 AM ET, 10/04/2011

March against proposed youth detention center planned
By the Associated Press
Protesters plan to march in Baltimore against a proposed youth detention center.

By the Associated Press  |  07:35 AM ET, 10/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Juvenile Justice

Posted at 07:31 AM ET, 10/03/2011

Arson charges for man in Baltimore fire
By the Associated Press
A 35-year-old man is charged with arson for allegedly setting a fire that destroyed an automobile repair and tire shop in Baltimore last Monday.

By the Associated Press  |  07:31 AM ET, 10/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Fires & Fire Safety

Posted at 07:59 AM ET, 09/22/2011

3 dead in Baltimore fire
By the Associated Press
Fire officials say a blaze in southwest Baltimore has killed a woman and two children and damaged nearly a dozen homes.

By the Associated Press  |  07:59 AM ET, 09/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Fires & Fire Safety

Posted at 07:53 AM ET, 09/21/2011

$350K grant to help combat cell phones in Md. prisons
By the Associated Press
Maryland public safety officials say they’ll use a $350,000 federal grant to intensify the fight to keep cell phones out of prisons in Baltimore.

By the Associated Press  |  07:53 AM ET, 09/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Prison Beat

Posted at 06:23 PM ET, 09/20/2011

Indictments for pair in Md. hit-and-run that killed two
By the Associated Press
A Baltimore grand jury has indicted a man and woman from Anne Arundel County in a hit-and-run crash that killed two teenage girls.

By the Associated Press  |  06:23 PM ET, 09/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 08:04 AM ET, 09/09/2011

Guilty plea in Md. United Way theft scheme
By the Associated Press
A Baltimore woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in connection with a scheme to steal more than $375,000 from the United Way of Central Maryland.

By the Associated Press  |  08:04 AM ET, 09/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 08:08 AM ET, 09/08/2011

Investigation after baby found dead in Baltimore basement
By the Associated Press
Authorities are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy who was found in the basement of a home in southwest Baltimore.

By the Associated Press  |  08:08 AM ET, 09/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:51 AM ET, 08/18/2011

Murder conviction for man in Baltimore stabbing
By the Associated Press
A man has been convicted of fatally stabbing a Johns Hopkins researcher during a robbery last year.

By the Associated Press  |  07:51 AM ET, 08/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 08:01 AM ET, 08/17/2011

Baltimore police commissioner defends department
By the Associated Press
Baltimore’s police commissioner is defending his department amid a series of controversial incidents.

By the Associated Press  |  08:01 AM ET, 08/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 03:35 PM ET, 08/13/2011

Baltimore officer charged with selling heroin detained
By the Associated Press
A Baltimore police officer charged with selling heroin must remain behind bars.

By the Associated Press  |  03:35 PM ET, 08/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 04:31 PM ET, 08/04/2011

Guilty plea in Baltimore attack caught on video
By the Associated Press
A woman whose beating of a transgender woman at a McDonald’s near Baltimore was captured on video has pleaded guilty to the attack.

By the Associated Press  |  04:31 PM ET, 08/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 07:52 AM ET, 08/02/2011

Baltimore police investigate 2 teens’ shooting deaths
By the Associated Press
Police are investigating the fatal shootings of two teenage friends in a southwest Baltimore neighborhood.

By the Associated Press  |  07:52 AM ET, 08/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 09:09 AM ET, 08/01/2011

Dead man found in car’s trunk was shot in head: Police
By The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore police have identified the body of a man found dead in the trunk of a car.

By The Baltimore Sun  |  09:09 AM ET, 08/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 03:44 PM ET, 07/21/2011

Prosecutors to pursue third trial in 2004 Md. deaths
By the Associated Press
Baltimore prosecutors said Thursday they will pursue a third trial for two illegal immigrants from Mexico accused in the 2004 deaths of three young relatives.

By the Associated Press  |  03:44 PM ET, 07/21/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:46 AM ET, 07/15/2011

4 indicted in alleged scheme to steal hospital patients’ identities
By the Associated Press
A federal grand jury has indicted a former employee of the University of Maryland Medical Center and three others in what prosecutors say was a scheme to steal patients’ identities.

By the Associated Press  |  07:46 AM ET, 07/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 08:49 AM ET, 07/12/2011

Boy found unharmed after Amber Alert issued
By Baltimore Sun and Associated Press
An 8-year-old boy was abducted in Baltimore by someone driving a green Ford Taurus Monday night, police said.

By Baltimore Sun and Associated Press  |  08:49 AM ET, 07/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:42 AM ET, 07/05/2011

Man killed, young boy shot in Baltimore
By The Associated Press
A 4-year-old boy was shot in the leg and a man was killed in a stabbing as violence marred the Fourth of July fireworks show in downtown Baltimore.

By The Associated Press  |  07:42 AM ET, 07/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:21 AM ET, 06/22/2011

Md. man replaces boss’s presentation with porn
By Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore man was sentenced Tuesday in Baltimore City's first computer hacking case, according to the city's state's attorney's office.

By Baltimore Sun  |  07:21 AM ET, 06/22/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Offbeat

Posted at 08:48 AM ET, 06/09/2011

Guilty plea for Balt. officer in towing scheme
By the Associated Press
A Baltimore police officer has pleaded guilty to taking money to divert drivers at accident scenes to an unauthorized towing company and repair shop.

By the Associated Press  |  08:48 AM ET, 06/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 08:03 AM ET, 06/08/2011

Pit bull bites elderly Baltimore woman in face
By Baltimore Sun
A 78-year-old woman was attacked outside her home Friday.

By Baltimore Sun  |  08:03 AM ET, 06/08/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Animal Stories

Posted at 09:01 AM ET, 06/01/2011

Balt. officers will testify against colleague: Prosecutors
By The Associated Press
Prosecutors say two Baltimore police sergeants are prepared to testify against an officer charged with shooting an unarmed man to death last year outside a Mount Vernon nightclub.

By The Associated Press  |  09:01 AM ET, 06/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 07:50 AM ET, 06/01/2011

Lawyer charged with taking book: ‘Understanding White Collar Crime’
By Baltimore Sun
Stanley Needleman allegedly stole a judicial clerk's school textbook from a Baltimore County courtroom.

By Baltimore Sun  |  07:50 AM ET, 06/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Offbeat

Posted at 07:18 AM ET, 05/23/2011

Molotov cocktails found in Md. dorm
By Justin Jouvenal
University of Maryland campus police reported Sunday finding two Molotov cocktails a day earlier in a dormitory stairwell.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  07:18 AM ET, 05/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:07 AM ET, 05/17/2011

Hate crime charge filed in McDonald’s transgender beating
By Baltimore Sun
A woman charged in an attack on a transgender woman at a Rosedale McDonald's, which was captured on video that went viral on the Internet, will face an additional hate crime charge..

By Baltimore Sun  |  07:07 AM ET, 05/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 11:00 AM ET, 05/12/2011

$600M Baltimore courthouse plan
By the Associated Press
A $600 million plan to modernize Baltimore’s circuit court campus would renovate the city’s courthouses and build a new one.

By the Associated Press  |  11:00 AM ET, 05/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 07:38 AM ET, 05/11/2011

Baltimore thief steals, returns debit card
By The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore police are searching for a man who broke into a home, stole a woman’s debit card and then returned it to the victim about 10 minutes later.

By The Baltimore Sun  |  07:38 AM ET, 05/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Offbeat

Posted at 07:05 AM ET, 05/11/2011

Ravens’ Kindle pleads guilty in DUI case
By Justin Jouvenal
The player avoided jail time after pleading guilty to drunken-driving charges Tuesday.

By Justin Jouvenal  |  07:05 AM ET, 05/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:36 AM ET, 05/09/2011

22 arrested for owing back child support in Md.
By Baltimore Sun
The parents owed nearly $328,000 in back child support.

By Baltimore Sun  |  07:36 AM ET, 05/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:13 AM ET, 05/06/2011

Woman who faked cancer to scam ex-Raven sentenced
By Baltimore Sun
A judge gave a suspended five-year prison sentence Thursday to a Pikesvillewoman accused of obtaining $10,000 from an ex-offensive lineman by falsely claiming to need treatment for terminal cancer.

By Baltimore Sun  |  07:13 AM ET, 05/06/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Financial Crimes

Posted at 07:50 AM ET, 04/28/2011

Money laundering, conspiracy charges for Md. pair
By the Associated Press
An alleged Baltimore drug kingpin and a co-defendant are now facing money laundering conspiracy charges.

By the Associated Press  |  07:50 AM ET, 04/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, Baltimore

Posted at 07:49 AM ET, 04/25/2011

Man shot playing basketball in Baltimore
By
Police say a man has been taken to the hospital after being shot while playing basketball in the northeast part of Baltimore.

By  |  07:49 AM ET, 04/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:46 AM ET, 04/25/2011

Rally planned after beating outside Md. McDonald’s
By The Associated Press
Advocates for transgender rights are planning a rally outside a McDonald’s in Baltimore County where an attack caught on video took place.

By The Associated Press  |  07:46 AM ET, 04/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:43 AM ET, 04/15/2011

Murder charge in Md. student’s death
By The Associated Press
Authorities have charged a 20-year-old Baltimore man with first-degree murder in the death of a Coppin State University nursing student last month.

By The Associated Press  |  07:43 AM ET, 04/15/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Homicide

Posted at 09:56 AM ET, 04/14/2011

Trial for 3 Baltimore police officers
By The Associated Press
Three Baltimore police officers are going on trial on charges of kidnapping two teenagers and abandoning them.

By The Associated Press  |  09:56 AM ET, 04/14/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 07:48 AM ET, 04/14/2011

Baltimore police looking to hire more officers
By The Associated Press
Baltimore police are aiming to hire another 300 officers by year’s end and they want to make sure they are attracting city residents to the force.

By The Associated Press  |  07:48 AM ET, 04/14/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 10:18 AM ET, 04/12/2011

Conviction in Baltimore officer’s 2010 killing
By The Baltimore Sun
A 26-year-old man has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the killing of an off-duty Baltimore police officer last year.

By The Baltimore Sun  |  10:18 AM ET, 04/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, From the Courthouse

Posted at 10:56 AM ET, 04/07/2011

Baltimore officials fund officer’s death inquest
By The Associated Press
Baltimore city officials have approved $75,000 to fund an investigation into the shooting death of a police office in January.

By The Associated Press  |  10:56 AM ET, 04/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 10:01 AM ET, 04/04/2011

Man, 24, stabbed to death in Baltimore club
By The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore police have identified a man who was stabbed to death inside a downtown nightclub.

By The Baltimore Sun  |  10:01 AM ET, 04/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Homicide

Posted at 10:48 AM ET, 04/01/2011

Md. boy, 14, told police he beat grandmother with hammer
By The Baltimore Sun
Police in Baltimore have arrested a 14-year-old boy who told them he beat his grandmother with a hammer.

By The Baltimore Sun  |  10:48 AM ET, 04/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:09 AM ET, 04/01/2011

Court date for man in car rental scheme
By
A Baltimore man charged in a car rental scheme that authorities believe duped more than 1,500 people is due in court.

By  |  07:09 AM ET, 04/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, Baltimore, Cons & Scams

Posted at 07:43 AM ET, 03/23/2011

$10M lawsuit in cyclist’s injury
By The Baltimore Sun
The family of a comatose cyclist is suing for $10 million the driver of the car that struck him.

By The Baltimore Sun  |  07:43 AM ET, 03/23/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:39 AM ET, 03/18/2011

Guilty plea in 2 Baltimore attacks
By The Baltimore Sun
A man suspected of a series of violent attacks in a wealthy north Baltimore neighborhood after receiving a suspended sentence from a previous armed robbery conviction there has entered a guilty plea for two attacks.

By The Baltimore Sun  |  07:39 AM ET, 03/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:44 AM ET, 02/01/2011

2 Md. teens charged in cat burning
By The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore police say two 17-year-old boys have been charged with setting a cat on fire. The youths were charged as juveniles with animal cruelty in the Jan. 8 incident....

By The Baltimore Sun  |  07:44 AM ET, 02/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:48 AM ET, 01/31/2011

Cat set afire in Baltimore
By The Baltimore Sun
Officials at Baltimore's animal shelter say they are caring for a cat that was intentionally doused with lighter fluid and set on fire. Sherry Seibel, a veterinarian at the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, says the cat lost her...

By The Baltimore Sun  |  07:48 AM ET, 01/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 11:40 AM ET, 01/28/2011

ATM skimmer investigated in Md.
By Elizabeth Flock
A 48-year-old woman discovered what appeared to be an ATM skimmer while using an ATM at a Bank of America in Anne Arundel County on Jan. 22, police said.

By Elizabeth Flock  |  11:40 AM ET, 01/28/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:44 AM ET, 01/25/2011

30 months for pill-selling Md. dentist
By The Associated Press
Federal prosecutors say a Catonsville dentist has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling thousands of hydrocodone pills. Forty-nine-year-old Kenneth Riley was also ordered to forfeit $157,350 and pay a $25,000 fine at sentencing on Monday....

By The Associated Press  |  07:44 AM ET, 01/25/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:47 AM ET, 01/20/2011

Md. firefighter dies in blaze
By The Associated Press
Fire officials say a firefighter has died after a blaze in an apartment complex. Baltimore County Fire Chief John Hohman said late Wednesday that 43-year-old Mark Falkenhan died at a local hospital. Falkenhan was a volunteer firefighter in Lutherville....

By The Associated Press  |  07:47 AM ET, 01/20/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 04:22 PM ET, 01/19/2011

Probation after phone threats in Va.
By The Roanoke Times
A Baltimore man has been sentenced to five years probation for threatening the wife of a jailed neo-Nazi leader in Roanoke. Defense attorney Jim Crawford said Wednesday that 46-year-old Timothy Bland is bipolar, and that he was intoxicated and delusional...

By The Roanoke Times  |  04:22 PM ET, 01/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:36 AM ET, 01/19/2011

Funeral for slain Baltimore officer
By The Associated Press
A Baltimore police officer shot to death by his fellow officers in an apparent case of mistaken identity will be laid to rest. Funeral services for Officer William Torbit Jr. are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Cathedral of...

By The Associated Press  |  07:36 AM ET, 01/19/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:55 AM ET, 01/13/2011

Trial for accused cancer scammer
By The Baltimore Sun
A woman has been ordered to stand trial in Baltimore County on charges she got $10,000 from former Ravens player Mike Flynn by fraudulently claiming she's dying of cancer. Prosecutors say Lisa Hoppenstein Cohen told friends and acquaintances she had...

By The Baltimore Sun  |  07:55 AM ET, 01/13/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 06:03 AM ET, 01/12/2011

Cocaine, heroin bust on cruise ship in Baltimore
By The Associated Press
Drug-sniffing dogs found nearly $100,000 worth of cocaine and heroin aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in a federal investigation of an employee smuggling ring, authorities said Tuesday. The search on Saturday uncovered 1 1/2 pounds of heroin and nearly...

By The Associated Press  |  06:03 AM ET, 01/12/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 11:01 AM ET, 01/11/2011

Man arrested for Md. Marine's death
By Associated Press
Baltimore police have made an arrest in the slaying of a U.S. Marine who was shot to death while partying with fellow Marines at an after-hours club. Sgt. Chase Love was shot several times in July on the dance floor of the Queen's Hookah Lounge and Club. Love was 26 years old and a native of New Orleans.

By Associated Press  |  11:01 AM ET, 01/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:44 AM ET, 01/11/2011

Club owner mum after Md. cop killing
By The Associated Press
An attorney for a Baltimore nightclub outside which an officer was killed says his client is not commenting on the case because the investigation is ongoing. Paul Gardner issued a statement on behalf of Select Lounge late Monday that said...

By The Associated Press  |  07:44 AM ET, 01/11/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:43 AM ET, 01/04/2011

Online, man claimed to be lesbian with cancer
By The Associated Press
Prosecutors say a man who posed online as a lesbian stricken with cancer to entice teenage girls into relationships has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. Thirty-nine-year-old Douglas Lee Patrick of Baltimore was sentenced on Monday....

By The Associated Press  |  07:43 AM ET, 01/04/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 05:09 PM ET, 12/21/2010

Md. man indicted in bomb plot
By Maria Glod
A Baltimore man accused of plotting to blow up a military recruiting station in Maryland was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction....

By Maria Glod  |  05:09 PM ET, 12/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 10:53 AM ET, 12/20/2010

Deadly arson in Baltimore: Police
By The Baltimore Sun
Baltimore police say a fire that killed a man over the weekend is being investigated as an arson. Police records show the death is the first arson homicide in the city since 2006....

By The Baltimore Sun  |  10:53 AM ET, 12/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:49 AM ET, 12/15/2010

Md. sees drop in youth facility assaults
By The Associated Press
Maryland juvenile services officials are seeing a drop in assaults by youth at facilities around the state. Department of Juvenile Services officials say they've seen an 28 percent drop in assaults on staff by youth at the facilities and a...

By The Associated Press  |  07:49 AM ET, 12/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:31 AM ET, 12/10/2010

Report on Md. juvenile center escape
By The Associated Press
A report from a monitor outlines failures by the staff at a juvenile justice center during an escape in September by two youths who commandeered a food truck. The report (PDF), released last month by the Attorney General's Juvenile Justice...

By The Associated Press  |  07:31 AM ET, 12/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:42 AM ET, 12/01/2010

Man charged with shooting Balt. cop
By The Associated Press
A 30-year-old man has been charged in a warrant with attempted murder in the shooting of a Baltimore police officer on a busy downtown street. Franklin Gross is under police guard at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He'll...

By The Associated Press  |  07:42 AM ET, 12/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 12:30 PM ET, 11/27/2010

Baltimore police officer shot
By The Associated Press
Police say three people will likely face charges after the shooting of a Baltimore police officer. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the officer was shot in the chest early Saturday as he approached someone who appeared to be armed. The...

By The Associated Press  |  12:30 PM ET, 11/27/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:35 AM ET, 11/23/2010

Guilty plea for Md. man in counterfeiting
By The Associated Press
Prosecutors in Baltimore say a man has pleaded guilty a scheme to create, possess or pass counterfeit currency. Twenty-nine-year-old Antwine Finch, of no fixed address, entered the plea on Monday. He will be sentenced on Jan. 24....

By The Associated Press  |  07:35 AM ET, 11/23/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:30 AM ET, 11/22/2010

Man, 19, shot dead in Baltimore
By the Baltimore Sun
Police say they are investigating the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in West Baltimore over the weekend. Authorities say the teenager was shot in the stomach around 5 p.m. Saturday on Route 40 near a shopping center in the...

By the Baltimore Sun  |  07:30 AM ET, 11/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:28 AM ET, 11/22/2010

Md. correctional officer shot dead
By the Associated Press
Baltimore police are investigating the shooting death of a Maryland correctional officer. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said 28-year-old Sharon Jones was fatally shot around 3:45 a.m. Sunday. She was at a friend's house in east Baltimore when she was shot...

By the Associated Press  |  07:28 AM ET, 11/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:42 AM ET, 11/19/2010

Man found dead after shooting wife
By the Associated Press
A suspect in a domestic shooting in Randallstown has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Baltimore County police spokesman Lt. Rob McCullough says officers entered the home shortly after 1 p.m. Thursday and found the body of...

By the Associated Press  |  07:42 AM ET, 11/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:39 AM ET, 11/16/2010

5 stabbed in Md. prison fight
By the Associated Press
A Maryland corrections spokesman says five inmates were stabbed during a fight at a Baltimore prison. Corrections spokesman Rick Binetti says no officers were injured and none of the injuries to the inmates, who were taken to area hospitals, were...

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Posted at 07:36 AM ET, 11/12/2010

Equipment stolen from Md. school
By the Baltimore Sun
The operators of a Christian academy say former students are suspected in the theft of computers and sound equipment from the Baltimore school. Seventeen 17 new desktop computers had been set up two weeks earlier and the thieves seemed to...

By the Baltimore Sun  |  07:36 AM ET, 11/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:48 AM ET, 11/11/2010

Postponement in Md. shooting trial
By the Associated Press
The trial of a Baltimore police officer accused in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside a nightclub has been postponed until March. Officer Gahiji Tshamba had been scheduled for trial Friday....

By the Associated Press  |  07:48 AM ET, 11/11/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:28 AM ET, 11/10/2010

Marijuana growing bust in Baltimore
By the Associated Press
Police say they've raided a sophisticated marijuana growing operation in south Baltimore. City police, working with federal authorities, served a search warrant Monday evening on two adjacent homes. They found 418 "starter" marijuana plants and growing paraphernalia inside....

By the Associated Press  |  07:28 AM ET, 11/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:52 AM ET, 10/29/2010

Fake Md. cop molested boy: Police
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore man is accused of impersonating a police officer in order to molest a 14-year-old boy. Forty-seven-year-old Mark Citro was charged Thursday with offenses including sexual abuse of a minor and sexual solicitation of a minor....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:52 AM ET, 10/29/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:55 AM ET, 10/22/2010

Arrest in Md. insurance slaying: Police
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police have arrested the man they say pulled the trigger in the slaying of a blind and mentally disabled man as part of an insurance scam. Twenty-seven-year-old Kareem Clea was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder and numerous...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:55 AM ET, 10/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 11:36 AM ET, 10/20/2010

Postal worker admits stealing mail
By Maria Glod
A former worker at the U.S. Postal Service's Baltimore distibution center admitted in federal court that he regularly rifled through greeting cards, stealing cash and gift cards and discarding the rest. Andrew C. Walsh, 51, of Cockeysville, Md. pleaded guilty...

By Maria Glod  |  11:36 AM ET, 10/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:50 AM ET, 10/19/2010

Sentencing for 2 in Md. killing
By Washington Post Editors
A man and a teenager convicted in the slaying of a former Baltimore city councilman will be sentenced Tuesday. Twenty-two-year-old Charles McGaney and 17-year-old Jerome Williams were convicted of first-degree murder and related counts in the 2008 shooting death of...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:50 AM ET, 10/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:36 AM ET, 10/12/2010

SUV stolen in D.C. crashes in Md.
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say a man trying to elude officers crashed a stolen SUV into three parked cars, then ran from the burning vehicles to hop on a bus, where he was arrested....

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:36 AM ET, 10/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:43 AM ET, 10/11/2010

5 die in Baltimore shootings
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore police spokesman says five men have died in separate shootings over the weekend, and police are investigating the possibility that two of the shootings are related. Baltimore police spokesman Det. Jeremy Silbert says the first victim was a...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:43 AM ET, 10/11/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:45 AM ET, 10/04/2010

Officer shoots Balt. robbery suspect
By Washington Post Editors
Police say an officer shot and wounded a suspect in a store robbery in the eastern part of Baltimore. Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the officer was approached around 8:30 p.m. Sunday and told that a nearby store was...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:45 AM ET, 10/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:54 AM ET, 10/01/2010

18 months for Baltimore officer
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore police officer will spend a year and a half in jail for firing his department-issued handgun at two men who were driving away from him after a bar fight. Patrick Dotson received a 10-year sentence Thursday, with all...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:54 AM ET, 10/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:50 AM ET, 09/28/2010

Court date in Md. researcher's killing
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore Circuit Court judge has set a trial date for two people accused of fatally stabbing a Johns Hopkins University researcher as he was walking home in Baltimore’s Charles Village neighborhood. Thirty-seven-year-old John A. Wagner and 24-year-old Lavelva Merritt,...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:50 AM ET, 09/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:47 AM ET, 09/28/2010

Doctor shot in Md. out of hospital
By Washington Post Editors
A Johns Hopkins Hospital doctor who was shot by a patient’s son has been released from the hospital. Hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Desmon says 45-year-old Dr. David Cohen of Cockeysville went home Monday evening. Cohen was shot in the abdomen on...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:47 AM ET, 09/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 02:28 PM ET, 09/20/2010

Doctor shot in Md. recovering: Family
By Washington Post Editors
The family of a Johns Hopkins doctor shot by a patient's son has issued a statement saying the surgeon is in good condition and asking for privacy during his recovery. The family of Dr. David Cohen issued the statement Monday,...

By Washington Post Editors  |  02:28 PM ET, 09/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 10:38 AM ET, 09/20/2010

2 men shot dead in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police are investigating the shooting deaths of two men around the same time in separate sections of the city. Police say 28-year-old Isaiah White was shot in the back and chest around 4:30 a.m. Sunday and died a short...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:38 AM ET, 09/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:46 AM ET, 09/17/2010

Woman held, abused for 9 mos.: Police
By Washington Post Editors
Police in Baltimore County say a 22-year-old woman was held against her will and abused for as long as nine months before being dropped off critically injured at a hospital. Police said Thursday that two people have been charged with...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:46 AM ET, 09/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:40 AM ET, 09/14/2010

Guilty plea seen in prison gang case
By Washington Post Editors
A man accused of running the Baltimore operation of the notorious Black Guerrilla Family prison gang plans to plead guilty Tuesday to a drug conspiracy charge. Todd Duncan is scheduled for a rearraignment Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court. Duncan's...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:40 AM ET, 09/14/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:33 AM ET, 09/13/2010

New trial in Md. gang case
By Washington Post Editors
The first man convicted under Maryland's gang law has been granted a new trial. Twenty-eight-year-old Dajuan Marshall was found last month to have killed a rival gang member in 2008. But his conviction was vacated Friday after Baltimore Circuit Judge...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:33 AM ET, 09/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:54 AM ET, 09/09/2010

Murder indictment for Md. girl, 14
By Washington Post Editors
Prosecutors say a 14-year-old girl charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man during a robbery attempt has been indicted on the charge. A grand jury indicted Arteesha Holt of Baltimore on Wednesday....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:54 AM ET, 09/09/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:04 AM ET, 09/01/2010

Murder charge in Inner Harbor death
By Washington Post Editors
Two years after a University of Maryland engineering student drowned in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, city police have made an arrest in his death. Twenty-year-old Wane Black has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Ankush Gupta of...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:04 AM ET, 09/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:31 AM ET, 09/01/2010

3 in Md. told to forfeit $10M
By Washington Post Editors
An alleged Baltimore drug kingpin and his two co-defendants have been ordered to forfeit $10 million in drug money. Federal prosecutors requested the forfeiture in documents filed Tuesday....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:31 AM ET, 09/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 12:07 PM ET, 08/30/2010

Balt. officers shoot man who drew gun
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say a man who was shot after pulling a gun on an officer is on life support. Police say officers investigating a suspicious person report approached two men early Sunday, and noticed one man, 26-year-old Steven Antwon Grant,...

By Washington Post Editors  |  12:07 PM ET, 08/30/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 11:55 AM ET, 08/30/2010

Couple indicted in Baltimore killing
By Washington Post Editors
A couple has been indicted in the stabbing death of a Johns Hopkins University researcher as he was walking home in Baltimore's Charles Village neighborhood last month. Thirty-four-year-old John Wagner and 24-year-old Lavelva Merritt were indicted last week by a...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:55 AM ET, 08/30/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 04:11 PM ET, 08/25/2010

Girl, 14, charged in Baltimore killing
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say a 14-year-old girl shot two men, one of them fatally, after she tried to rob them and they laughed at her because she was so young. The girl has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder,...

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:11 PM ET, 08/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:42 AM ET, 08/24/2010

DEA to 'take back' drugs in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
If you've got old prescription drugs that you don't need anymore, the feds will be happy to get rid of them for you. The Baltimore office of the Drug Enforcement Administration will be hosting a prescription drug "take back" event...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:42 AM ET, 08/24/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:25 AM ET, 08/23/2010

Man beaten to death in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore Police are identifying a man who was fatally beaten with a piece of lumber in what they call a hate crime. Police say 51-year-old Martin Rayez was found early Saturday with severe trauma to his face and head and...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:25 AM ET, 08/23/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:22 AM ET, 08/23/2010

Suspect in Md. shooting is teen girl
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say a man shot during an attempted robbery has died and witnesses describe the shooter as a 13-year-old girl. Police say the girl tried to rob two men in the 100 block of North Linwood Avenue earlier this...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:22 AM ET, 08/23/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 10:21 AM ET, 08/19/2010

2 charged as adults in alleged rape
By Washington Post Editors
Two teenagers have now been charged as adults in the alleged gang rape of a 12-year-old girl at a roller rink in Baltimore County. Prosecutors say 17-year-old Kadeem Santiful and 15-year-old Tracey Hawkins, both of Baltimore, face charges including first-degree...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:21 AM ET, 08/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:55 AM ET, 08/18/2010

Three charged in Md. rape of girl, 12
By Washington Post Editors
A 24-year-old man and two teenagers have been arrested and charged with raping a 12-year-old girl at a roller rink in Woodlawn. Baltimore County police say Davon Perry and the teenagers dragged the girl into a storage room and raped...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:55 AM ET, 08/18/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:17 AM ET, 08/17/2010

'Legal pot' crackdown urged in Md.
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore County officials say it's time to crack down on a synthetic drug known as "legal pot." The product resembles potpourri and is known as K2, or "spice." It includes chemical compounds that are known to mimic the effects of...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:17 AM ET, 08/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:45 AM ET, 08/17/2010

Baltimore police sued after man's killing
By Washington Post Editors
The mother of a man who was shot to death by Baltimore County police has filed a multimillion-dollar federal lawsuit against six officers and the county government. Gwendolyn Cann claims officers used excessive force when they fired more than 70...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:45 AM ET, 08/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:43 AM ET, 08/17/2010

5 years for Md. schools officer
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore city schools police officer has been sentenced to five years in prison for the child sexual abuse of a student. Thirty-six-year-old Reginald Watson of Baltimore was convicted in June sexual child abuse and other offenses and sentenced on...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:43 AM ET, 08/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:43 AM ET, 08/16/2010

3 killed in weekend Baltimore shootings
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore Police Commissioner Fred Bealefeld is calling his top commanders together after three people were killed in 13 shootings in the city over the weekend. Two of the shootings involved police officers wounding suspects....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:43 AM ET, 08/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:24 PM ET, 08/13/2010

Md. inmate pleads guilty to third killing
By Washington Post Editors
A former Baltimore resident already serving life in prison for two separate murders has pleaded guilty to a third slaying in a three-week span. Prosecutors say 26-year-old Lamont Harrell was linked to the March 4, 2007 shooting death of 22-year-old...

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:24 PM ET, 08/13/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 12:11 PM ET, 08/12/2010

Drugs, guns seized at Md. car wash
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say officers seized more than two pounds of cocaine, weapons and a 24-foot powerboat in a raid at a car wash that was a front for drug dealers. During the raid at Celebrities Car Wash on Reisterstown Road...

By Washington Post Editors  |  12:11 PM ET, 08/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 11:53 AM ET, 08/11/2010

Jail time for Md. man's fake seizures
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore man has been sentenced to a year and a half in jail for faking seizures to get out of paying restaurant bills. City prosecutors say 43-year-old Andrew Palmer pleaded guilty last week to one count of theft scheme,...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:53 AM ET, 08/11/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:03 PM ET, 08/10/2010

Life without parole for Md. woman
By Washington Post Editors
A former English teacher has been sentenced to life without parole for killing her estranged husband and firing a shot at their teenage daughter in their Glen Arm home. Sixty-year-old Mary Koontz was convicted last month of first-degree murder and...

By Washington Post Editors  |  03:03 PM ET, 08/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:37 AM ET, 08/09/2010

Child dies in Baltimore house fire
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore fire officials say a child is dead after a fire in a row house. Firefighters were called to the home in the 2500 block of West Lanvale Street around 2:45 a.m. Sunday where they found the house engulfed in...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:37 AM ET, 08/09/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 10:20 AM ET, 08/05/2010

Review of dismissed Md. rapes urged
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore's top prosecutor and City Council president say an outside agency should investigate rape reports that have been dismissed as unfounded by city police. The Baltimore Sun reported in June that over the past five years, city police have concluded...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:20 AM ET, 08/05/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 08/04/2010

Praise for brainwashed Md. mother
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore judge praised a young mother for great strides in her treatment after she starved her 1-year-old son to death while part of a religious cult, and the woman's attorney said Wednesday she is breaking free of the belief...

By Washington Post Editors  |  01:30 PM ET, 08/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 01:24 PM ET, 08/04/2010

Not guilty plea in cop's murder trial
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore police officer has pleaded not guilty in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside a nightclub. Officer Gahiji Tshamba entered the plea at an arraignment Wednesday and requested a jury trial....

By Washington Post Editors  |  01:24 PM ET, 08/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:19 AM ET, 08/03/2010

Murder attempt charge for Md. woman
By Washington Post Editors
State prosecutors have charged a woman with attempted first-degree murder after Baltimore County police said she threw her newborn out of a second-story window. Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger tells The Baltimore Sun that he has told police to...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:19 AM ET, 08/03/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:59 AM ET, 07/29/2010

No bond in Md. researcher's killing
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore man accused in the stabbing death of a Johns Hopkins University researcher has been ordered held without bond. Thirty-four-year-old John Wagner has a long criminal record but has served little prison time....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:59 AM ET, 07/29/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:44 AM ET, 07/28/2010

Md. baby thrown from window: Police
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore County police say a woman who gave birth in the bathroom of her home put the newborn in a plastic bag and tossed the infant out a second-floor window. The baby girl survived. It happened Thursday in Reisterstown. A...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:44 AM ET, 07/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:07 PM ET, 07/27/2010

New Md. youth detention site fought
By Washington Post Editors
A criminal justice research group is critical of a Maryland proposal to build a new youth detention center in Baltimore. The National Council on Crime and Delinquency issued a report Tuesday that found forecasts on Baltimore's youth population and arrests...

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:07 PM ET, 07/27/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 07/09/2010

Murder conviction for Md. teacher
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore County jury has convicted a former English teacher of killing her estranged husband and trying to kill their teenage daughter. Jurors rejected arguments that 60-year-old Mary Koontz was mentally ill when she shot Ronald Koontz at his home...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:00 AM ET, 07/09/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:33 AM ET, 07/06/2010

Elvis statue missing from Md. diner
By Washington Post Editors
A 7-foot-tall statue of Elvis appears to have been stolen from the roof of a Rosedale, Md., diner. Maria Pigiaditis, owner of the Happy Day Diner, says all that's left of the beloved statue are part of his feet....

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:33 AM ET, 07/06/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:28 AM ET, 07/06/2010

Teen shot dead in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police are investigating the fatal shooting Monday of a high school basketball star. Seventeen-year-old John Crowder was found lying in the grass in the 2600 block of Garrett Avenue near the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello neighborhood at about 1 a.m....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:28 AM ET, 07/06/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:53 AM ET, 07/02/2010

Baltimore: 99 homicides, 6 months
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police and federal officials say violent crime is still at historic lows in the city despite some high-profile violence over the past month. There were 99 homicides in the city over the first six months of the year, the...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:53 AM ET, 07/02/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 07:50 AM ET, 07/02/2010

Convictions upheld in '04 Md. slayings
By Washington Post Editors
State prosecutors say Maryland's second-highest court has upheld the convictions of two men in the near-beheadings of their three young relatives in 2004. The Court of Special Appeals on Thursday upheld the 2006 convictions of Policarpio Espinoza and Adan Canela....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:50 AM ET, 07/02/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:49 AM ET, 06/30/2010

New rape hotline in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore has established a new hot line for victims of rape and sexual assault. The hot line is intended to give victims an opportunity to report past incidents or mistreatment they experienced when reporting rape in the past. It will...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:49 AM ET, 06/30/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 10:25 AM ET, 06/28/2010

Concern over Baltimore rape cases
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore's police commissioner says his department will work to improve how it categorizes and resolves rape investigations. Frederick Bealefeld's announcement Sunday comes after a review of FBI records by The Baltimore Sun found that Baltimore has the largest percentage of...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:25 AM ET, 06/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:21 AM ET, 06/28/2010

Baltimore violence continues
By Washington Post Editors
A shooting at the Inner Harbor was part of another violent weekend in Baltimore. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the department is investigating two homicides and two suspicious deaths since Friday. There were also six nonfatal shootings, including the Harbor...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:21 AM ET, 06/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 03:31 PM ET, 06/25/2010

Jail for man in 'Stop Snitching' videos
By Washington Post Editors
A man who appeared in the "Stop Snitching" videos has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for racketeering. A co-defendant was sentenced to more than 24 years on the same charges. Federal prosecutors say 35-year-old Sherman Pride of...

By Washington Post Editors  |  03:31 PM ET, 06/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 02:45 PM ET, 06/22/2010

Two life terms for Md. gang leader
By Washington Post Editors
A man described by prosecutors as the leader of a violent Baltimore drug gang has been sentenced to two life terms in federal prison. Thirty-year-old Terrence Richardson was convicted in March on racketeering and drug conspiracy charges....

By Washington Post Editors  |  02:45 PM ET, 06/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 10:04 AM ET, 06/22/2010

Baltimore to settle police lawsuit
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore has agreed to settle a four-year-old NAACP lawsuit that accused the police department of arresting people unconstitutionally. City solicitor George Nilson says the settlement allows the city to move forward from the "problematic" arrest practices of the past....

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:04 AM ET, 06/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 05:12 PM ET, 06/21/2010

12 years for repeat Md. bank robber
By Washington Post Editors
A serial bank robber who robbed or tried to rob 10 banks over a 25-day stretch last July has been sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison. Thirty-nine-year-old Frederick McMillan of Baltimore was sentenced Monday in U.S. District...

By Washington Post Editors  |  05:12 PM ET, 06/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 04:07 PM ET, 06/15/2010

Jail for Md. man whose shot hit girl, 5
By Washington Post Editors
A man who shot a 5-year-old girl in the head while firing a handgun wildly on a crowded Baltimore street was sentenced Tuesday to life plus 30 years in prison. Lamont Davis, 18, was convicted of second-degree attempted murder in...

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:07 PM ET, 06/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:56 AM ET, 06/14/2010

Md. officer, suspect turns self in
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police officer Gahiji A. Tshamba, who is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed former Marine, turned himself in Sunday after a vigorous effort to locate him. Tshamba arrived with his attorney at the Central Booking Intake Facility in Baltimore...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:56 AM ET, 06/14/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 08:11 AM ET, 06/10/2010

Cop shoots dog, Md. teen hit
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say a 14-year-old boy was shot in the leg when an officer fired at a dog attacking a group of youths. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi that officers came across a group of youths being attacked by a pit...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:11 AM ET, 06/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 10:13 AM ET, 06/09/2010

Treat, don't jail in Baltimore: Group
By Washington Post Editors
An advocacy group says Baltimore needs to change its approach toward those accused of nonviolent crimes and emphasize treatment instead of jail. The Washington-based Justice Policy Institute says in a report released Tuesday that Baltimore is the nation's most active...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:13 AM ET, 06/09/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 02:52 PM ET, 06/08/2010

2 years for former Md. prison worker
By Washington Post Editors
A former correctional officer who funneled drugs and cell phones to an inmate will be experiencing prison life from the other side. Twenty-one-year-old Lynae Chapman was sentenced Monday to two years in prison. She pleaded guilty to six charges, including...

By Washington Post Editors  |  02:52 PM ET, 06/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:25 AM ET, 06/07/2010

Balt. officer suspected in nightclub shooting shot man while drunk in 2005
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say an officer suspected of killing a man outside a nightclub over the weekend was disciplined by the department five years ago for shooting a man while intoxicated. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says 36-year-old Gahiji Tshamba shot a...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:25 AM ET, 06/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 08:24 AM ET, 06/04/2010

Md. rapist pleads guilty in 2008 death of woman found in Frederick
By Washington Post Editors
A convicted rapist has pleaded guilty in Frederick to murdering a Baltimore woman and leaving her body in a parked vehicle in 2008. Thirty-five-year-old Ronnie Winkler of Baltimore pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday. He faces up to 30 years...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:24 AM ET, 06/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:17 AM ET, 06/04/2010

Weekend Baltimore killings may be related: Police
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say two of the 10 slayings in the city over Memorial Day weekend may be related. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says investigators believe the shooting deaths of two men on Friday are linked....

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:17 AM ET, 06/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 09:16 AM ET, 06/01/2010

Nine killed over weekend in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
Police say nine people were killed over a violent Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says eight of those people were fatally wounded in 11 shootings since Friday and one person was stabbed....

By Washington Post Editors  |  09:16 AM ET, 06/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 04:13 PM ET, 05/26/2010

DNA leads to man's arrest in 1991 Baltimore slaying
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police have made an arrest in the 1991 slaying of an 86-year-old woman. Forty-nine-year-old Eddie Arcaro was charged Wednesday with murder in the death of Anna Keusch....

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:13 PM ET, 05/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 02:21 PM ET, 05/18/2010

50 years for head of Md. cult convicted in child's starving death
By Washington Post Editors
A cult leader convicted of the starvation death of a toddler for not saying "Amen" after meals was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday by a judge who described her as a manipulator of lost souls. Queen Antoinette was...

By Washington Post Editors  |  02:21 PM ET, 05/18/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:02 AM ET, 05/10/2010

Two found shot dead in car in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police are investigating three homicides, including the shooting deaths of two men who were sitting in a car. Police say the victims were found Saturday night in north Baltimore inside a car that was in park and still running....

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:02 AM ET, 05/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:59 AM ET, 05/10/2010

Baltimore firefighter hit with child pornography charge
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore firefighter has been charged with 10 counts of possessing and distributing child pornography. Fifty-four-year-old Philip Hodge was arrested Friday and released after posting bond. Court records show police found explicit files being shared from his computer over an...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:59 AM ET, 05/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:01 AM ET, 05/05/2010

Three Baltimore officers charged with kidnapping teens
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore grand jury has returned an indictment against three city police officers, charging them with kidnapping of two teenagers last year. The State's Attorney's Office says the grand jury returned the 14-count indictments on Tuesday....

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:01 AM ET, 05/05/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:51 AM ET, 04/29/2010

Baltimore officer's father killed as suspects flee police
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say two drug suspects fleeing police in a car collided with another vehicle and killed one of the occupants, the father of a police officer. It happened about 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday in northwest Baltimore. A police spokesman...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:51 AM ET, 04/29/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 04/28/2010

Bullying investigation in Baltimore after girl, 8, attempts suicide
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore city school officials are investigating allegations of bullying at an elementary school after officials say one girl threatened to commit suicide. Geneva Biggus says her daughter, 8-year-old Shaniya Boyd tried to jump out of a window at Gilmor Elementary...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:00 AM ET, 04/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 06:06 AM ET, 04/22/2010

Md. postal worker accused of stealing gift cards
By Maria Glod
Federal officials in Maryland alleged Wednesday that Postal Service employee Andrew C. Walsh, 51, rifled through more than 1,000 greeting cards and stole gift cards, cash and checks. When Walsh was arrested at his Cockeysville home Tuesday night, officials said, about 450 stolen gift cards were found in his car.

By Maria Glod  |  06:06 AM ET, 04/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 12:46 PM ET, 04/21/2010

Suspended sentence, probation for woman who starved son at cult leader's behest
By Washington Post Editors
A woman who starved her 1-year-old son to death at the behest of a religious cult leader has been given a suspended sentence and probation. Ria Ramkissoon pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in the death of her son, Javon...

By Washington Post Editors  |  12:46 PM ET, 04/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:16 AM ET, 04/19/2010

Md. man charged with murder in daughter's death
By Washington Post Editors
A 22-year-old Baltimore man has been charged with murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter. Melonie Hamber died Saturday afternoon at Johns Hopkins Hospital....

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:16 AM ET, 04/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 04:20 PM ET, 04/15/2010

D.C. officer who claimed carjacking changed story, police say
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say a D.C. police officer who claimed to have been carjacked while stopped at a red light has changed his story. Charging documents show that Officer Kevin Carey changed his story several times while being interviewed by Baltimore...

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:20 PM ET, 04/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 04:16 PM ET, 04/15/2010

Baltimore man convicted in shooting of 5-year-old girl
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore man has been convicted of attempted murder in the shootings of a then-5-year-old girl and another teen. Jurors convicted Lamont Davis Thursday on his 18th birthday. His sentencing has been scheduled for June 16....

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:16 PM ET, 04/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:31 AM ET, 04/14/2010

D.C. officer carjacked, gun stolen in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police are investigating after a D.C. police officer was carjacked in a gritty section of the city.

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:31 AM ET, 04/14/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 03:08 PM ET, 04/08/2010

Baltimore police stats meetings got 'stale,' get scrapped
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore's police commissioner has suspended the department's weekly meeting where commanders share intelligence and pore over statistics. The meeting is known as Comstat and has been a key part of the city's crime-fighting strategy since 1999, when it was introduced...

By Washington Post Editors  |  03:08 PM ET, 04/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:29 AM ET, 04/01/2010

Md. man who stole $400K in bus fares gets 2 years
By Maria Glod
A Maryland Transit Administration worker who stole $400,000 in bus fares was sentenced in federal court in Baltimore to two years in prison, authorities said. David M. Pattawi, 36, of White Marsh worked as a farebox maintenance repairman beginning in...

By Maria Glod  |  08:29 AM ET, 04/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:11 AM ET, 04/01/2010

Former Baltimore worker stole, resold 100,000 gallons of fuel
By Washington Post Editors
A former Baltimore public works employee is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to stealing more than 100,000 gallons of fuel from the city and reselling it. Maurice Boone pleaded guilty Monday and court records say he'll receive an eight-year, suspended...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:11 AM ET, 04/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:31 AM ET, 03/26/2010

15 indicted in $20M Baltimore-area money laundering scheme
By Washington Post Editors
Fifteen men were indicted Thursday in a $20 million money laundering scheme after a series of raids at pawn shops and similar businesses in Baltimore and its suburbs. Federal prosecutors released few specifics about the charges. According to the indictment,...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:31 AM ET, 03/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 12:51 PM ET, 03/25/2010

Man pleads guilty to hitting 10 Baltimore banks in 25 days
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore man described by federal prosecutors as a career criminal has pleaded guilty to robbing or trying to rob 10 banks in the city over a 25-day stretch last July. Several of the banks robbed by 39-year-old Frederick McMillan...

By Washington Post Editors  |  12:51 PM ET, 03/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 11:03 AM ET, 03/24/2010

Baltimore officer accused of reward money scheme, theft
By Washington Post Editors
At first it looked like Mark J. Lunsford, a Baltimore Police detective assigned to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force, was doing good work. A tip he got from a confidential informant helped put people behind bars on drug...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:03 AM ET, 03/24/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 09:28 AM ET, 03/23/2010

Students robbed at gunpoint in Towson U. dorm
By Washington Post Editors
Towson University police say two students were robbed at gunpoint when two men forced their way into their dorm room. In a campus crime alert, police said the students responded to a knock at the door of their room in...

By Washington Post Editors  |  09:28 AM ET, 03/23/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 03:33 PM ET, 03/19/2010

Baltimore 14-year-old charged in man's murder
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say a 14-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder, the youngest person so charged in the city this year. Kwauntre Javar Crudup of Baltimore is also charged with armed robbery and using a handgun in a violent crime....

By Washington Post Editors  |  03:33 PM ET, 03/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:45 PM ET, 03/19/2010

Former Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon's fur coat set for use in ethics training
By Washington Post Editors
A Persian lamb jacket used as evidence against ousted Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon will be used to teach ethics to university employees. Susan Gillette, senior university counsel at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, tells The Baltimore Sun that she bought...

By Washington Post Editors  |  01:45 PM ET, 03/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:44 AM ET, 03/17/2010

Horses seized from Baltimore street vendors to be returned
By Washington Post Editors
Seventeen horses seized from "arabbers," street vendors who sell produce from carts in Baltimore, would be returned to their owners under a deal set to be approved by the city's spending board. The arabbers plan to pick up their horses...

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:44 AM ET, 03/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 11:05 AM ET, 03/16/2010

Inmate who escaped Md. prison to return from W. Va.
By Washington Post Editors
A man captured in West Virginia after talking his way out of prison has agreed to be sent back to Maryland. Raymond T. Taylor was serving three life terms for attempted murder when he escaped Feb. 25 from the Maryland...

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:05 AM ET, 03/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 01:28 PM ET, 03/15/2010

Threatening letters force Baltimore City Hall evacuation
By Washington Post Editors
Three threatening letters arrived at Baltimore City Hall and the city's Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse, including one with white powder that prompted a City Hall evacuation. Baltimore Fire Department spokesman Kevin Cartwright says no one was hurt Monday and...

By Washington Post Editors  |  01:28 PM ET, 03/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:23 AM ET, 03/15/2010

Parent leads Baltimore police to dead baby's body
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore police say the body of a baby was found buried in a bag in Druid Hill Park. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says officers were called to the 700 block of Druid Park Lake Drive around 8 p.m. Sunday....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:23 AM ET, 03/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 12:05 PM ET, 03/11/2010

Baltimore to offer those with outstanding warrants 'surrender' deal
By Washington Post Editors
People wanted for nonviolent or misdemeanor offenses in Baltimore will get the chance to turn themselves in this June. The head of Baltimore's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council says the city will hold its first event with the U.S. Marshals' Fugitive...

By Washington Post Editors  |  12:05 PM ET, 03/11/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:21 AM ET, 03/09/2010

Motor vehicle theft, robbery, arson down in Baltimore
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore County Police say crime there decreased significantly last year. County Executive says that of the eight serious crime categories, six saw decreases compared to 2008....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:21 AM ET, 03/09/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 07:09 AM ET, 03/08/2010

Md. woman charged with paying man to kill husband
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore County woman is in jail on charges she paid a man $9,000 to kill her husband at his gas station. Karla Porter is also accused of enlisting four other people, including her sister, in the plot....

By Washington Post Editors  |  07:09 AM ET, 03/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 04:25 PM ET, 03/01/2010

Defendants rest in alleged Md. cult case
By Washington Post Editors
Update, 4:25 p.m.: Three people representing themselves in their trial in the starving death of a 1-year-old boy have rested their cases without calling any witnesses. Queen Antoinette is accused of ordering that toddler Javon Thompson not be fed because...

By Washington Post Editors  |  04:25 PM ET, 03/01/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 10:21 AM ET, 02/26/2010

Convict recaptured after walking out of Md. prison
By Washington Post editors
Here's an interesting report from the Associated Press: Authorities say an inmate serving three life terms has been recaptured in West Virginia after he conned his way out of a Baltimore prison. Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says 26-year-old Raymond...

By Washington Post editors  |  10:21 AM ET, 02/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 12:32 PM ET, 02/18/2010

Cult member fires attorney in boy's death
By Washington Post Editors
A man accused of starving a 1-year-old boy to death while part of a religious cult has fired his attorney and will represent himself at trial. Wednesday's move by Marcus A. Cobbs, 23, means all three cult members on trial...

By Washington Post Editors  |  12:32 PM ET, 02/18/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:24 AM ET, 02/17/2010

Jury selection scheduled in alleged Md. cult trial
By Washington Post Editors
A mother and daughter accused of starving a 1-year-old boy to death while part of a religious cult will be tried alongside another cult member who had asked for a separate trial because the women are representing themselves, a Baltimore...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:24 AM ET, 02/17/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:15 AM ET, 02/05/2010

Iraqi officers in Baltimore as part of U.S. policing tour
By Washington Post Editors
The streets of Baltimore are sometimes compared to a war zone. Some Iraqi police officers are getting a chance this week to find out if that's accurate. Baltimore police are hosting a delegation of senior Iraqi National Police officials. They're...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:15 AM ET, 02/05/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 10:28 AM ET, 01/27/2010

Baltimore woman accused of hitting friends with cancer scam
By Washington Post Editors
A Baltimore County woman is accused of scamming her former high school classmates by claiming she had terminal cancer and asking them to help grant her dying wishes. Thirty-seven-year-old Dina Leone has been indicted on theft and conspiracy charges. A...

By Washington Post Editors  |  10:28 AM ET, 01/27/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 03:46 PM ET, 01/25/2010

Tobacco smuggling ring has Anne Arundel link: Md. officials
By Washington Post Editors
The Maryland Comptroller's office says agents have busted an underground tobacco smuggling operation that could involve up to 54 Baltimore businesses, confiscating nearly $140,000 in illegal tobacco products from one person. Anne Arundel County resident Kyun Hong has been charged...

By Washington Post Editors  |  03:46 PM ET, 01/25/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 08:23 AM ET, 01/22/2010

Howard jury rejects mother's suit against Baltimore officers
By Washington Post Editors
A Howard County jury has rejected a suit against six Baltimore police officers by the mother of a boy arrested in 2007 for illegally riding a dirt bike. Judge Diane Leasure sent the case to the jury Thursday after determining...

By Washington Post Editors  |  08:23 AM ET, 01/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 02:30 PM ET, 01/20/2010

'Stop Snitching' video producer on trial in Md.
By Washington Post Editors
The producer of the notorious "Stop Snitching" DVDs is on trial in federal court in Baltimore. Ronnie Thomas, also known as "Skinny Suge," is accused of racketeering conspiracy. Federal prosecutors say he was part of a subset of the Bloods...

By Washington Post Editors  |  02:30 PM ET, 01/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 05:36 AM ET, 01/15/2010

Beer can, Disney glasses help bust Maryland child abusers
By Mary Pat Flaherty
A 5-year-old's distinctive pink Disney eyeglasses helped investigators rescue her from a pair of sexual abusers from Bowie and Annapolis. The pair repeatedly had exploited her and her 3-year-old sister and distributed pornographic photos and video of the crimes over...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  05:36 AM ET, 01/15/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 03:39 PM ET, 01/14/2010

Baltimore man charged with impersonating officer, assaulting woman
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore County police have arrested a man say they impersonated an officer and sexually assaulted a woman he pulled over. Thirty-seven-year-old Dennis McLaughlin Jr. was arrested Thursday. He is charged with fourth-degree sex offense, false imprisonment and impersonating a police...

By Washington Post Editors  |  03:39 PM ET, 01/14/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 11:59 AM ET, 12/29/2009

Baltimore 2009 homicides top year-ago figures
By Washington Post Editors
Baltimore has topped last year's homicide total. Police say three slayings over the weekend pushed the homicide count to 235. Last year, the city recorded 234 homicides — the lowest total since 1988....

By Washington Post Editors  |  11:59 AM ET, 12/29/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 01:30 PM ET, 12/23/2009

Baltimore rape suspect confessed to others: Police
By Washington Post Editors
From the Associated Press: In 24 years as the police chief of tiny Kilmarnock, Va., Michael Bedell had never had to investigate a rape. So when two were reported within a span of four days recently, it sent shock waves...

By Washington Post Editors  |  01:30 PM ET, 12/23/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore

Posted at 02:25 PM ET, 12/21/2009

Woman attacked, raped after hiring man to shovel snow: Police
By Washington Post Editors
From the Associated Press: Baltimore police have arrested a man they say forced his way into a home, raped a woman and slashed her throat after he said he would shovel snow at her property. Nineteen-year-old Donald "Doc" Vaughn of...

By Washington Post Editors  |  02:25 PM ET, 12/21/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore

Posted at 07:30 AM ET, 12/04/2009

Prison sentence for man who stole from cops
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Nicholas Baccala started a business to raise money for Fraternal Orders of Police in the Baltimore-Washington area. But he wound up raising money for Nicholas Baccala. Baccala, 51, formerly of Towson, was sentenced to four years in federal prison Thursday...

By Mary Pat Flaherty  |  07:30 AM ET, 12/04/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore, Baltimore