The Baltimore police officer facing a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of an unarmed former Marine is expected to appear in court Monday, more than a day after his uncertain whereabouts triggered an intense search that ended when he surrendered with his attorney.
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Police shoot attacking dog; bullet also hits teenager in leg
Posted in Maryland on Jun 9th, 2010
A 14-year-old boy is in the hospital after a city police officer shot a dog who was attacking a group of youths and the bullet then hit the teen in the leg, a police spokesman said Wednesday night.
- Baltimore police said they’ve arrested an 80-year-old man in the choking death of his 83-year-old wife at their home.
Child Left In Car While Mom Got High
Posted in Maryland on Jun 8th, 2010
A Virginia woman is accused of leaving her 3-year-old daughter in a car outside a motel in Frederick while she used heroin inside.
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun
Police have arrested the 22-year-old live-in boyfriend of a woman whose 7-year-old daughter contracted a sexually transmitted disease, charging him with second-degree rape.
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Two more people were killed in the city Tuesday, continuing one of the deadliest stretches in the city in recent years with 10 slain since early Saturday.
9 dead in 11 city shootings over holiday weekend
Posted in Maryland on Jun 1st, 2010
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says eight of those people were fatally wounded in 11 shootings since Friday and one person was stabbed.
Former delegate Michael V. Dobson dead at 60
Posted in Maryland on May 30th, 2010
Michael V. Dobson, a former state delegate and son of a well-known city minister, died early Saturday after a five-year battle with lung cancer. He was 60 years old.
Widespread cheating found at city elementary school
Posted in Maryland on May 27th, 2010
By Liz Bowie, The Baltimore Sun
City and state education officials have uncovered widespread cheating on state tests at a Southwest Baltimore elementary school once held up as an example of against-the-odds achievement and have recently revoked the professional license of the principal, who they are holding responsible.
Raymond Haysbert, Parks Sausage CEO, dead at 90
Posted in Maryland on May 26th, 2010
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun
Raymond V. Haysbert Sr., an elder statesman of Maryland’s African-American business community, died at Union Memorial hospital Monday. He was 90.
Al Sharpton Backs Black Entertainment District in Baltimore
Posted in Maryland on May 18th, 2010
The Rev. Al Sharpton stopped in Baltimore to support a proposal to
create a black cultural arts and entertainment district in the city.
Sharpton
was the guest of radio talk show host and former state Sen. Larry Young
at the downtown rally.Several hundred people turned out at the
War Memorial Building to voice their support for the proposed district.
From difficult youth, Morgan senior has soared to graduate with honors and land FBI job
Posted in Maryland on May 15th, 2010
The Baltimore Sun
Cedric Jefferson will be first member of his family to graduate from college and then turn his ambitions to stopping the pirates of American finance
Cedric Jefferson still isn’t sure what prompted him to pick up the phone that day when he was 12 years old.
Riverdale funeral home closed after 40 bodies found stacked in garage
Posted in Maryland on May 6th, 2010
A Maryland funeral home has lost its license after investigators found about 40 bodies stacked on top of each other, leaking fluid, in a garage, a state official said.
Water, sewer rate hikes proposed for area residents
Posted in Maryland on May 6th, 2010
By Liz F. Kay, The Baltimore Sun
With the Baltimore area’s aging water system failing “at an alarming rate,” public works officials are seeking a 9 percent rate increase to help finance water main replacements and other improvements.
Suspect in UVA student’s death had previous arrest
Posted in Maryland on May 5th, 2010
The suspect in the killing of a University of Virginia student was arrested in a 2008 incident in which he threatened a police officer and was shocked with a stun gun, according to a police statement.