Jessica Anderson
Jessica Anderson started at The Sun in March 2010, writing about a little bit of everything as the night rewrite reporter. She now covers breaking stories across the region with the morning news desk.
Recent Articles
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Man shot inside West Baltimore home — same block of triple shooting last week, police say
Baltimore Police said a man was found shot dead Monday inside a West Baltimore home — on the same block where an 18-year-old woman was killed in a triple shooting last week. The shooting occurred In the 800 block of Appleton St., where a week earlier 18-year-old Taylor Davis was killed and two...
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New Baltimore police commissioner pledges to be officers' 'strongest advocate,' defends consent decree
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison pledged to serve as officers’ “strongest advocate,” but asks them to be “proactive,” in a video introducing himself to the department’s rank-and-file. “I want to take a few minutes to say how proud and excited I am to join you at the Baltimore police...
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Baltimore police: Body recovered from Inner Harbor near Pier 5
A man’s body was recovered from the Inner Harbor near Pier 5 on Friday afternoon, Baltimore police said. Officers were called at 4:40 p.m. to the rear of 700 Eastern Ave. where the body was recovered, police spokesman Det. Jeremy Silbert said. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the victim’s...
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Michael Harrison sworn in as Baltimore's 41st police commissioner
Michael Harrison was formally sworn in as Baltimore’s 41st police commissioner Tuesday morning. “Having had a wonderful career in New Orleans, I thought I was just in my career there. God had bigger things for me to do. I’m humbled, I’m honored, excited to have this wonderful opportunity given...
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From one consent decree to another: Can police chief Harrison repeat New Orleans' success in Baltimore?
It was a troubled department. A U.S. Justice Department investigation found police officers often used deadly force contrary to policy or law. “Productivity” was measured by “quantity, rather than quality, of encounters and arrests.” And internal affairs investigations meant to identify and deter...
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A marriage, a stabbing, an arrest near Mexico: Manhunt leads to capture of husband in Baltimore 'panhandler' killing
In this little truck-stop town in the Rio Grande Valley, Keith Smith steered his rental car into a gas station to refuel. He and his adult daughter had traveled 1,770 miles away from Maryland — trying, police say, to outrun murder charges in Baltimore that authorities here had been alerted to shortly...
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Man accused of staging Baltimore panhandler killing rented house, car in Florida before fleeing, officials say
Keith Smith, the man who is accused of killing his wife and blaming it on a panhandler in Baltimore, had rented a home and car in Florida before fleeing to Texas, according to authorities in Florida. Smith, 52, and his daughter, Valeria Smith, 28, were arrested Sunday in Combes, Texas, and are...
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Husband accused in Baltimore slaying blamed on panhandler benefited from wife financially, sought to be executor
Jacquelyn Smith had been cautious with money all her life, recalled her older brother, Marcel Trisvan. Yet upon marrying Keith Smith, the electrical engineer who always chose cars that “she knew she could get 20 years out of” became indulgent, Trisvan said. The latest: Documents allege Keith Smith...