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Baltimore police officer charged with second-degree assault

By Justin George and Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:31:30 EDT

Prosecutors also file misconduct charges and allege he assailed a man in May 2012

Baltimore police officer Robert W. Mitchell faces a second-degree assault charge after police and prosecutors accused him of overstepping his powers and beating a young man more than a year ago.

Baltimore police making progress on open homicide cases

By Justin George and Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:27:00 EDT

Detectives have made about a dozen arrests over past two months

In the third week of February, two separate killings of couples alarmed Baltimore police and contributed to a spike in the city's homicide numbers that prompted the department to shift strategies, deploy more officers on foot patrols and hold community meetings in neighborhoods feeling the wave of violence.

Alleged BGF leader Tavon White will be moved to U.S. custody

By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:00 EDT

Defendant's attorney had argued he was being held in poor conditions

Tavon White, the alleged leader of the Black Guerrilla Family at the Baltimore City Detention Center, will await trial in federal custody out of state, his attorney said Friday.

Head of investigations at corrections department retires

By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:42 EDT

Jesse Ballard III, a 26-year veteran, will leave in June for federal job

Jesse Ballard III, the head of internal investigations at the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, will retire in June to take a federal job, the state agency said Friday.

Ocean City cigarette smuggling ring had ties to terror groups, police say

By Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:02 EDT

The Palestinian immigrant and his brother lived next door to each other in homes in West Ocean City , over the years opening a number of businesses throughout the area — three pizza shops, a Mexican restaurant, a liquor store, gas stations, and development companies, court records show.

Man shot overnight in Baltimore's Westport neighborhood

By Justin George, The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:10:00 EDT

Detectives also continue to investigate beating of man that left him in critical condition

Police are investigating an overnight shooting that left one man wounded, while detectives continue to search for suspects in the separate beating of a man Thursday evening that left him in critical condition.

Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex

By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:49:19 EDT

Almost 7 percent of inmates reported sexual contact with staff in DOJ survey

The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at the jail of sleeping with gang members.

Family fight led to man's death in Curtis Bay, police say

By Justin Fenton , The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:30:34 EDT

Relatives initially said victim, 28, was attacked by stranger

A 28-year-old man who police were initially told died after being hit over the head with a beer bottle by a stranger in Curtis Bay was killed by a family member who punched him during a brawl, police say.

Carroll County man finds pipe bomb in mailbox

By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:22:00 EDT

Bomb disposed of with no injuries or property damage

A man in Carroll County was checking his mailbox Wednesday afternoon when he discovered a pipe bomb, the Office of the State Fire Marshal said.

Three men shot in separate incidents in Baltimore

By Carrie Wells and Justin George, The Baltimore Sun — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:42:49 EDT

Men shot in Sandtown-Winchester, McElderry Park, Mount Clare

Three men were shot in separate incidents Wednesday night across Baltimore, and they were expected to survive their injuries, police said.