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Two city men fatally shot over weekend, police say

A 25-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday in Baltimore's Charles North neighborhood, one of two weekend homicides reported by police. Charlie Williams was attacked by two men about 1 a.m. in front of an apartment in the first block of W. 20th St., witnesses told police. A man wearing a...

Mark Hughes, a reporter with The Independent, a national UK paper, visits Baltimore to examine if police officers, drug dealers, prosecutors and politicians were accurately portrayed in 'The Wire;' The Sun's Justin Fenton heads to London to compare crime trends between the two cities.

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Sun coverage: 4 found dead in Towson

Sun coverage: 4 found dead in Towson

A family of four from Long Island was found dead in a room at the Sheraton Baltimore North in Towson on April 20. Police were...

Sun special report: A trail of deception

Sun special report: A trail of deception

Cindy McKay, a 52-year-old career thief and mother of six, was convicted in April 2008 of secretly stealing thousands of dollars from her...

Sun coverage: 3 children drowned at hotel

Coverage of the deaths of three young children who were drowned in a bathtub at Baltimore's Marriott Hotel on March 29, 2008. The children's...

Sun coverage: Cockeysville family killed

Sun coverage of the fatal shootings of four members of a Cockeysville family; a fifth member of the family, a 15-year-old honor student, has...

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Sun coverage: Dogfighting in Baltimore

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Police arrest man in stabbing of city officer at Balto. Co. strip club

Baltimore County police have charged an Overlea man in the stabbing of an off-duty Baltimore police officer early Thursday at a strip club in the Dundalk area.

Three teens charged in robbery of cabdriver

Three people were charged in connection with an armed robbery Thursday of a cabdriver at Arundel Mills mall, Anne Arundel County police said. Police said that about 9 p.m., an Associated Cab Co. driver was in his cab when two men with handguns demanded his money, which he gave them. The men met up...

Essex man gets life for dealing cocaine

A 42-year-old Essex man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of dealing more than 330 pounds of cocaine in the Baltimore area. Federal prosecutors say William Graham was sentenced to life Friday on drug dealing charges because of the amount of drugs involved and Graham's three...

Waiting to learn who pays Dixon's legal bills

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's legal bills, racked up during a years-long corruption probe that has led her to enlist seven criminal defense attorneys for a theft trial next week, could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, legal observers say.

Police arrest man in stabbing of city officer at strip club

Baltimore County police have charged an Overlea man in the stabbing of an off-duty Baltimore police officer early Thursday at a strip club in the Dundalk area.

Three others plead guilty in theft of Ripken's No. 8

Three young men pleaded guilty Friday morning in Baltimore Circuit Court to stealing Cal Ripken Jr.'s aluminum No. 8 sculpture from in front of Camden Yards in September and paid the Orioles $7,618 to cover the cost of repairs. A fourth man pleaded guilty in the case earlier this week.

Essex man, 42, gets life sentence in cocaine case

A 42-year-old Essex man was sentenced to life in prison Friday after he was convicted of dealing more than 330 pounds of cocaine in the Baltimore area.

Cecil Co. woman fatally shot in home invasion

A 40-year-old Chesapeake City woman was shot in a home invasion early Wednesday, according to the Cecil County Sheriff's Department. Police said that Terri Ann McCoy, who lived on Augustine Herman Highway, died later in the morning at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., where she was flown after at...

Man who ferries kids faces drunk charges

A man who ferries schoolchildren between their homes on Smith Island and their classes in the Eastern Shore town of Crisfield has been charged with operating the vessel while drunk.

3 teens charged in robbery of cab driver at Arundel Mills

Three people were charged in connection with an armed robbery Thursday of a cab driver in the parking lot of Arundel Mills mall, Anne Arundel County police said.

Jury deliberates in drug-debt case

"You have a drug debt. I have a problem. Let's solve this together." That, an Anne Arundel County prosecutor told a jury, is how two Waldorf men made an agreement that would erase one man's $400 drug debt in exchange for shooting the married dealer's pregnant girlfriend.

Homeless man gets 10 years for arson

A mentally ill homeless man was sentenced Thursday to 10 1/2 years in prison for setting fire to another homeless man's tent last fall.

Suspect in Arnold break-in crashes while fleeing police

Anne Arundel County police said a man broke into an Arnold home Wednesday morning, took off when the owner discovered him and, as he fled, crashed his car into another one and then abandoned it. Shortly before 10 a.m., a 62-year-old woman saw a man inside her home in the 1200 block of Baltimore...

Another rape reported near city bus stop

A 22-year-old woman told police she was sexually assaulted about 1 a.m. Wednesday in the 2700 block of Brendan Ave. in Northeast Baltimore, the ninth such attack in the city since Oct. 20, a department spokesman said.

One of 4 accused of stealing Ripken's No. 8 pleads guilty

One of four young men charged with stealing Cal Ripken Jr.'s aluminum No. 8 sculpture from in front of Camden Yards in September pleaded guilty to theft Wednesday morning and was sentenced to a two-year suspended jail term and ordered to pay the Orioles restitution, according to Baltimore...

Baltimore man convicted of 2 killings in Odenton

A Baltimore man who prosecutors say boasted to police about his toughness was convicted Wednesday of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in a fatal ambush outside an Odenton bar a year ago.

2 shot by police in separate incidents, one fatally

A Delaware man was fatally shot by police Wednesday after he drove about 25 miles going the wrong way on Eastern Shore highways, then pointed a gun at a trooper, state police said. The incident happened hours after a separate nonfatal shooting Tuesday night by state police.

Teen held on $1.5 million bail in Arundel carjacking

A Hanover teenager was ordered held on $1.5 million bail Wednesday, after Anne Arundel County police charged him as an adult with an armed carjacking that led to the lockdown of two schools Tuesday. A man told police that he was carjacked about 1:17 p.m. Tuesday as he returned to his vehicle near...

Police identify 2 men found fatally shot in vehicles

Baltimore police have identified two men found fatally shot in vehicles during a spate of violence over a four-hour span Tuesday night on opposite sides of the city. The first shooting occurred about 6 p.m. in the 1300 block of W. Fayette St., police said. Joseph Leegreen Taylor, 28, was found...

Trooper shoots man who police say was throwing rocks at cars

A state trooper shot a 50-year-old man who police said threw large rocks at motorists Tuesday evening in Cecil County and claimed to have a gun when confronted.

City police identify two men found fatally shot in vehicles

Baltimore police have identified two men found fatally shot in vehicles during a spate of violence over a four-hour span Tuesday night on opposite sides of the city.

Earlier shooting at Halloween party site

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Man charged in death of ex-Baltimore police chief's stepdaughter guilty of assault

A man accused of killing a former Baltimore police commissioner's stepdaughter was found guilty of assault Tuesday and sentenced to eight years in prison.

Essex man charged with killing girlfriend's baby

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Police looking for possible links in string of rapes

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Former friend of wounded victim arrested in Halloween shooting

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Judge revokes Meighan's bail in July hit-run case

A judge revoked Thomas Meighan Jr.'s $100,000 bail - associated with July hit-and-run charges - on Monday, saying the 39-year-old, who has at least nine drunken driving convictions and is linked to a college student's death, is a "serious danger" to himself and the community.

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