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- A pedestrian was struck by a car in Dundalk Friday morning, Baltimore County police said.
- Allen Bullock?, the teen charged with smashing an orange traffic cone through a car windshield during the 2015 unrest, received a four-year sentence Tuesday for violating his probation on the riot charge.
- The deadline for public comments on the consent decree monitor applications is Monday.
- Calling it an example of the city's efforts to tackle rising crime, Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and others on Tuesday announced a federal
- A man and woman flashed a gun during a road rage incident Sunday before they were arrested about an hour away, in Baltimore County, with a toddler in the vehicle, Maryland State Police said.
- Two construction workers and a driver were injured Friday morning in the third overnight crash on the Baltimore Beltway, Maryland State Police said.
- Less than a month after Eric Chapman was released from jail for attempting to rob a convenience store, Baltimore police said he returned to the Fells Point shop where he again held up the same store clerk.
- The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland filed two lawsuits Thursday against Baltimore and Salisbury, and its police departments, over the use of gag orders in police abuse settlements.
- A staircase under construction at a Towson University parking garage fell onto a worker, injuring his leg, Baltimore County police said.
- Most of the clean up has been completed allowing repair work to begin after a steam pipe exploded downtown Tuesday.
- Dozens of Baltimore business owners are suing city officials, including the police department and former Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, for mishandling the city's response to the rioting in 2015.
- Xavier Martin, 24, from Halethorpe, was among seven sailors who were killed when the Fitzgerald collided with a container ship Saturday.
- Charmaine Wilson, the West Baltimore mother shot to death this week after she reported her son had been bullied, told police she felt unsafe discussing the incident with authorities and asked an officer to call for backup to monitor her home, the victim's older sister said Friday.
- The kirpan is often a cause of misunderstanding by those outside the faith, including law enforcement. Harpreet Singh Khalsa said he's been stopped multiple times by police and was arrested again on Monday outside a Catonsville H mart grocery store after a customer called police concerned about the knife.
- A small group gathered outside Baltimore police headquarters downtown Friday morning to protest the spate of killings across the city, including the death of a mother of eight.
- A Florida man will not receive more than $2.8 million in prize money after a federal judge found he violated rules of the White Marlin Open fishing tournament.
- An Arbutus block was evacuated Wednesday morning after a high pressure gas leak was reported in the area, Baltimore County officials said.
- A man wanted for the murder of his five-month-old son turned himself into Baltimore Police, a department spokesman said Tuesday.
- Five people were killed and at least two others wounded in four separate incidents in Baltimore late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, prompting Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis to schedule an afternoon news conference to announce his department's response.
- Mike Moeller, 38, and ten others plaintiffs sued the Town of Ocean City in federal court, alleging their first amendment rights have been violated by rules adopted by the seven-member city council last year, aiming to regulate the boardwalk buskers.
- The Ocean City Council voted unanimously Saturday to approve an emergency ordinance prohibiting public nudity after an advocate says Maryland law allows women to go topless in public.
- About 300 paddlers seated in kayaks and canoes, and some standing on paddle boards, careened gently 2.5 miles from Canton Waterfront Park to the Inner Harbor Promenade Saturday morning.
- The trial of a man charged with murdering a Park Heights father in November 2015, ended in a mistrial Friday, the city state's attorney's office said.
- One person was killed and six others were injured in a spate of shootings across the city, Baltimore police said Saturday.
- The MARC Camden Line is shut down south of Baltimore due to police activity, transportation officials said.
- A Baltimore County police officer who was expected to go before the department's first public trial board Monday will instead return to work after his internal charges were dismissed this week, his attorney said.
- Syed, star of 'Serial' podcast, subject of hearing today
- A former City Springs Elementary School tutor will spend the next three months in jail after pleading guilty to slamming a 7-year-old student's head into a wall.
- The attorneys for Adnan Syed, whose case was popularized in the "Serial" podcast, will return to court June 8 to again argue for a new trial.
- Washington College's president Sheila Bair is resigning after two years, ending her five -year-term early at the Chestertown school, school officials announced Thursday.
- A man and woman were killed and another man was injured in three separate shootings across Baltimore early Saturday, city police said.
- A man died after he was ejected from a motorcycle when he tried to change lanes on Interstate 83 in Northern Baltimore County Friday, Maryland State Police said.
- Clementine Alford was one of three new homeowners welcomed to their new neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore, just east of York Road, where Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake has be working to remodel rowhomes and sell them at affordable prices with interest-free loans.
- The Mount St. Mary's University Board of Trustees named its interim leader as the Catholic university's 26th president this weekend.
- Baltimore police announced multiple arrests Friday, including 15-year-old and 17-year-old boys who have been charged as adults in a non-fatal shooting in
- The Baltimore Sun's "Shocking Force," investigation into Taser misuse in Maryland was recognized by the Associated Press Media Editors.
- A former Baltimore prosecutor who helped supervise the juvenile division of the city state's attorney's office received a one-year sentence for a child pornography charge.
- The attorneys for Adnan Syed, whose case was popularized in the "Serial" podcast, will return to court June 8 to again argue for a new trial.
- A District Court judge in Baltimore denied bail on Tuesday to a daycare center employee charged with killing an 8-month-old girl last week.
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Baltimore County police officer expected to be first to face a public trial board hearing next month
A Baltimore County police officer who used a Taser on a Rosedale man last summer is scheduled to be the first to face a public trial board hearing next month. - Sandy Point, which overlooks the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, has grown to be one of the state's most popular parks, after Assateague, Gunpowder Falls and Patapsco Valley, and draws more one million visitors a year. But the park only holds about 5,000 and often reaches capacity by 10 a.m.
- A Baltimore Police lieutenant overseeing the Horseshoe Casino district has been charged with theft, according to court records.
- A bail hearing for a woman charged in the death of an 8-month-old girl at a Baltimore day care center has been postponed until Tuesday.
- Baltimore police have charged an 18-year-old man in a double-shooting in West Baltimore last week.
- A 24-year-old man was fatally shot early Wednesday morning in South Baltimore, city police said.
- A second victim who caught fire during an altercation in White Marsh nearly two years ago has died, Baltimore County police said.
- Police are investigating a fatal stabbing on the University of Maryland, College Park campus early Saturday morning.
- Former Vice President Joe Biden speaking at commencement exercises Saturday at Morgan State University, decried the decline of "civilized discourse" during the election campaign last year and urged graduates to stay engaged in the world.
- A 47-year-old man was found stabbed on St. Paul Street, just south of North Avenue Friday night, Baltimore police said.
- Several Baltimore City Council members said Friday they would not support a budget for next year that does not include funding for the Safe Streets violence prevention program.