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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Bernstein to announce results of six-month investigation

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.

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

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.

Baltimore police officer charged with misconduct, perjury

A Baltimore police sergeant was suspended and criminally charged with perjury and misconduct after a months-long investigation into allegations he used false information to obtain a search and seizure warrant.

DOJ seeks to tighten Baltimore policy on recording police

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.

Two arrested in metal theft at closed state hospital

A day after Baltimore County police set up a task force to target metal thieves who strip homes and businesses, tactical officers found themselves surrounding an abandoned state hospital building where two men were trying to steal copper pipes.

Man who shot police officer sentenced to 25 years

A man who voiced contempt for Baltimore police and told defectives he had "no love lost" for the department was sentenced on Tuesday to 25 years in prison for using a rifle to shoot an officer last year.

City cops testing new automatic rifle

The Baltimore Sun's Gus Sentementes reports today on a Highlandtown company building a possible replacement rifle for the M4. The new gun could be used by the Army, as well as by municipal police in Baltimore.

Downtown mobs -- what police call routine others describe as scary

There is a disconnect sometimes between what police see as normal and routine and what others view as scary.

Metal theft damages reach into the tens of thousands of dollars

As discussed on Monday, Baltimore County police announced a task force to combat the growing problem of metals theft. The Sun's Arthur Hirsch writes about the new program, and some other unique ways to go after the thieves.

Baltimore County police form metal theft task force

Baltimore County police are announcing today a new task force to combat the growing problem of metals theft that his hitting homeowners and businesses throughout the region.