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Memorial Day weekend patrols stepped up after 8 are shot

By Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Sat, 26 May 2012 03:59:19 GMT

Six are struck in triple shootings in Baltimore Thursday night

Eight people were shot — including six in two triple shootings — Thursday night in Baltimore, an "intolerable" burst of violence that killed three and which police said would spur extra patrols going into Memorial Day weekend.

Man convicted in accident that sent officer off JFX

By Peter Hermann — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:26:00 GMT

The motorist who slammed into the back of a Baltimore police car that struck an officer and sent her plunging over the side of elevated Interstate 83 has been convicted of three traffic offenses, closing one chapter of a horrific crash that has ended the officer’s career.

Officers caught drinking at Miss Shirley's

By Peter Hermann — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:14:00 GMT

The cops surely picked the wrong place to drink after work -- their chief's favorite morning hangout, Miss Shirley's, especially since they were in partial police uniform.

Suspect in Craigslist robberies arrested at city library, police say

By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:30:00 GMT

A man suspected in a rash of recent Craigslist robberies was taken into custody at a downtown library, where police say he was using a computer - possibly to set up more attacks.

Police continue to investigate spate of shootings in city

By Peter Hermann — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:23:00 GMT

Baltimore police are continuing this morning to investigate a spate of shootings that left two people dead and five others wounded — two of them critically — within two hours on Thursday night, and on opposite sides of the city.

7-Eleven flash mob -- petty larceny or more serious robbery?

By Peter Hermann — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:02:00 GMT

The police report describes what appears to be a serious crime — a youth mob rushes a downtown 7-Eleven to capitalize on a free Slurpee promotion, steals candy, punches the store owner and possibly takes an envelope from his pocket filled with $6,600 in cash.

Hack taxi driver sentenced for rape

By Tricia Bishop — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:20:00 GMT

Samuel Renard Queen, of the 3500 block of Elmley Ave. in Baltimore, was sentenced to two consecutive life terms for rape, kidnapping and related offenses this week for assaulting a woman at knifepoint in his unlicensed taxicab, the Baltimore state's attorney's office announced.

Flash mob strikes downtown 7-Eleven; manager reports $6,600 in receipts taken

By Peter Hermann — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:29:00 GMT

Baltimore police are reviewing surveillance tapes to identify what appears to be middle-school youngster who mobbed a 7-Eleven store Wednesday afternoon on Light Street near the Inner Harbor.

Man killed in home invasion in Waverly

By Peter Hermann — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:43:00 GMT

A 35-year-old man was shot and killed Wednesday night after Baltimore police said several men forced their way inside his Waverly home and fought with the victim before shooting him in the head in his upstairs bedroom.

Police sergeant who says he got PTSD after shooting man speaks out

By Peter Hermann — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:58:00 GMT

Sgt. Richard Willard, who this week settled a lawsuit he filed against the city alleging he never got help after fatally shooting a man in 2005, sent me an email wanting to explain his situation further. I had talked to his attorney on Wednesday.

Police search for man wanted in West Baltimore slaying

By Peter Hermann — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT

Baltimore police are seeking help in identifying a possible suspect in the April 24 shooting death of a 59-year-old man who was shot while sitting on the front porch of a home in West Baltimore.

Baltimore man sentenced for Christmas carjacking

By Tricia Bishop — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:37:00 GMT

A 24-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for a Christmas-Day carjacking, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office announced.

Serial Baltimore robber sentenced to life in murder of Korean businessman

By Tricia Bishop — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:47:00 GMT

A Baltimore judge on Wednesday sentenced serial robber William Carr to life in prison plus 30 years, the maximum terms allowed, for the armed robbery and murder last year of a Korean businessman at the Erdman Shopping Center in Belair-Edison.

Police hunting robbers luring victims on Craigslist

By Peter Hermann — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:33:00 GMT

A man claiming to be selling watches, coins and other items on Craigslist — the Internet version of classified ads — has lured four people to a residential street in Northwest Baltimore and robbed them at gunpoint, according to city police.

After Patterson Park 'melee,' resident pushes for documentation

By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:08:00 GMT

But police say without a victim, fight doesn't qualify as a crime

Joanna Sullivan knows what she saw Saturday night as she and her husband peered through the window of their home overlooking Patterson Park - more than 20 youths involved in a "melee" on the tennis courts.

I-95 traffic stop yields $120k

By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:46:00 GMT

A Maryland Transportation Authority police officer's traffic stop in October netted more than $120,000 in cash for the agency and federal government.

McDonough sounds off again about city crime; calls for curfew center, which city already has

By Peter Hermann — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:03:00 GMT

The delegate from the city's northern suburbs is sounding off again about Baltimore crime, calling for the mayor to resign unless she convenes a "solutions summit" and demanding a "citywide curfew" be put in place.

Grand jury indicts woman for attempted murder in baby stabbing

By Tricia Bishop — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:53:00 GMT

A Baltimore grand jury indicted a 29-year-old woman Monday on attempted murder and seven other charges in connection with the brutal stabbing of her 8-month-old daughter during a supervised visit at a city social services office in April.

Baltimore man guilty in high school reunion stabbing

By Tricia Bishop — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:15:00 GMT

A 29-year-old Baltimore man was convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing another man to death at a Walbrook High School reunion nearly two years ago, the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

City prosecutors charge group tied to killing, shootings

By Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:08:30 GMT

City police, DEA collaborate with investigation

When a relative of accused druglord Robert G. Moore was stabbed and killed during a robbery, authorities say, Moore vowed to avenge the death.

Baltimore heroin dealers sentenced in conspiracy

Tricia Bishop — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:03:00 GMT

Two 44-year-old city men were sentenced to federal prison Friday for taking part in a heroin conspiracy that spread into Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office announced.

Police: Man, 19, beaten by two groups of students downtown

By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:35:00 GMT

A 19-year-old student from Baltimore Polytechnic High School told police he was beaten by two separate groups of juveniles from a rival school in downtown Baltimore on Thursday afternoon, an attack that comes amid a pitched debate over downtown safety.

Woman, 78, scared after two close to her are shot in Baltimore

By Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:55:00 GMT

Police have said little of recent violence

There's a swirl of violence occurring around 78-year-old Florence Carter, and she says she doesn't know why. But for the first time in nearly five decades, she's being forced to contemplate moving out of her Northeast Baltimore home.

Bernstein to announce results of six-month investigation

By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:48:00 GMT

Baltimore State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein will hold a news conference Friday morning to announce the results of a six-month investigation into an alleged murder and drug conspiracy, which sources say was touched off by the home invasion killing of a former high school wrestling standout.

DOJ seeks to tighten Baltimore policy on recording police

By Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:55:39 GMT

The U.S. Department of Justice isn't satisfied with the Baltimore Police Department's recently issued orders on the public's right to record officers.