Jessica Anderson
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- Paul Jackson, 33, killed last week was a 'free-spirited' father who liked to meditate, and carried his guitar with him everywhere.
- More than 30,000 power outages were reported Monday after strong, gusty winds caused trees and power lines to topple.
- A CSX train derailed, causing four rail cars to fall into the river Susquehanna River Friday night near Perryville.
- As Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. crews work around the clock to restore power after more than 400,000 outages were reported as a result of high sustained winds, officials say efforts could continue through next week.
- Baltimore state's attorney candidate Thiru Vignarajah posted a database of police officers' names online Saturday after they were removed from a public website this week.
- The Maryland Emergency Management Agency reported nearly 200,000 power outages across the state Friday morning, with the heaviest hit areas in St. Maryās and Calvert counties in Southern Maryland.
- The strong winds blew off the roof, third floor and brick facade of a vacant rowhouse.
- Baltimore County police arrested five teens after a carjacking a 66-year-old man in Nottingham last week.
- Preston Green, 26, was killed Saturday outside his West Baltimore home. His grandmother said the family is struggling to tell Green's 7-year-old nephew his uncle isnāt coming home.
- Jasmine Chandler and her pregnant friend were on their way to a beauty supply shop Sunday evening to buy supplies when both women were shot inside a car in the 5100 block of Park Heights, Baltimore police said.
- Baltimore County Police has seen a spike in calls reporting weapons at schools, school threats and weapons on students since the school shooting in Parkland, Fla. And they're not the only jurisdiction.
- Two Edgewood High School students were charged Friday after they wrote a false threatening message in an attempt to have school canceled, the Harford County Sheriffās Office said.
- Aaron Maybin, the Baltimore educator who drew attention to the city's cold schools, is now looking to start another campaign to benefit his students: taking them to see Marvel's "Black Panther."
- While the three-year spike in violent crime in Baltimore draws most of the attention, business owners across the city have suffered a similar increase in commercial robberies.
- A former Highlandtown businessman released three days earlier from federal prison was identified as the man fatally shot by masked men in a neighborhood barbershop Monday evening.
- Baltimore police are asking for information on an unidentified suspect wanted in a rape last month.
- After snowfall over the weekend, Baltimore could see temperatures in the lower 70s Wednesday.
- The family of Korryn Gaines on Friday won a $37 million verdict against Baltimore County police āĀ one of the largest jury decisions against law enforcement officers in Maryland history.Ā But will they actually see the money?Ā
- A man accused of shooting five co-workers in Edgewood last year will be tried first in May in Delaware.
- A Baltimore judge on Thursday ruled in favor of defense attorneys who plan to call former Gun Trace Task Force officers in a 2016 shooting case.
- Baltimore police released footage Tuesday of a man investigators say is a person of interest in the 2016 killing of a teacher's aid.
- A man died after striking the back of dump truck Tuesday morning, Baltimore police said.
- Local leaders, activists and organizations react to the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force case verdict.
- A bus carrying 27 students and another vehicle crashed in Dundalk on Friday afternoon.
- The Baltimore consent decree monitor plans to hire 17 community liaisons.
- Baltimore County police close investigation into alleged assault at the McDonogh School.
- Baltimore police held a ceremony Saturday morning bestowing a gun and a badge to new recruits as they begin on-the-street training, despite concerns raised by an instructor.
- Organizers of the Baltimore Ceasefire campaign are again gearing up for 72 hours in which they hope there will be no shootings or homicides in the city.
- Baltimore Police announced Wednesday that five men were shot in separate incidents Tuesday, including one fatally.
- The team overseeing sweeping police reforms in Baltimore lays out its $1.475 million budget for the year.
- One man killed, two others were injured in a shooting early Tuesday, Baltimore Police said.
- Shaquana Caldwell's body was discovered by hikers in Anne Arundel County, about a month after her family reported her missing.
- Police department spokesman T.J. Smith said at a news conference Monday night that Billy Louise Rucker, of Southwest Baltimore, was shot after he pointed a semi-automatic handgun on an officer, and later died at an area hospital.
- A look back at the two shooting incidents Acting Commissioner Darryl De Sousa was involved in back in the 1990s.
- A veterinarian at the Boston Street Animal Hospital pleaded guilty to animal cruelty, the Baltimore state's attorney's office said.
- A man and a woman are dead after they were shot inside a car in Upton Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore police said.
- Two teenage boys have been arrested and charged as juveniles after assaulting a cat and setting it on fire last month in Northeast Baltimore, city police said.
- Baltimore County detectives reunited a grandmother on Monday with a handmade quilt she stitched for her granddaughter ā one of dozens of stolen items police recovered in a Dundalk motel room last week.
- Baltimore Police said two men, including one who was shot by an officer early Saturday, were arrested and charged for handgun violations.
- One man was killed, another was injured in two shootings Sunday night, Baltimore police said.
- Commissioner Davis was given a five-year term back in 2015, with a $150,000 severance package should he be fired without cause.
- A 69-year-old Baltimore Co. man attacked by a group of teens faces months of recovery, his wife said.
- Maryland Natural Resources police continue searching for a fisherman who possibly fell through ice at Patapsco Valley State Park Friday.
- A small group of volunteers who pick up trash hope their efforts spark broader change along neglected stretch of York Road.
- Baltimore police are investigating two shootings Friday night that left two men injured.
- The Baltimore police consent decree requires city to develop a plan to divert youth to the criminal justice system.
- Baltimore police said three men were injured in shootings Thursday night.
- As Baltimore public works crews continue to repair broken water mains, more are being reported, even amid warmingĀ temperatures.
- Gov. Larry Hogan and the state prosecutor's office announce indictments against Jessup prison guards, inmates.
- Baltimore police say charges are pending against man who fled traffic stop and struck police car Tuesday night.