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 killed in Friday morning shooting, Baltimore police say
A man was fatally shot in the head Friday morning in East Baltimore, city police said. Officers were called at 10:20 a.m. to the 800 block of Luzerne Ave., near Madison Street, for a report of an unresponsive man in the alley. Police said a 37-year-old man was shot in the head. Medics pronounced...
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Baltimore County school resource officer fatally shot himself at school Monday, police say
A Baltimore County police officer working as a school resource officer at Eastern Technical High School in Essex fatally shot himself at the school Monday, police said. Officer Joseph Comegna, a 21-year veteran of the force, was taken to MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center for a self-inflicted...
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Baltimore police officer accused of planting drugs in body camera footage says he was doing 'documentation'
A Baltimore police officer whose body camera showed him placing a soup can with drugs inside in a trash-strewn lot said the footage was intended to serve as a re-creation of how he first found the drugs for “documentation” purposes. Officer Richard Pinheiro Jr., 30, said he forgot to turn on his...
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Three Baltimore prosecutors elected as state's attorneys in suburban counties
Three veterans from the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office were elected Tuesday as top prosecutors in Anne Arundel, Harford and Howard counties. Democrat Anne Colt Leitess, who supervised the office’s Special Victims Unit, focusing on cases involving child abuse, domestic violence and sexual...
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Baltimore Police officer struck, juveniles taken into custody after reported assault in Charles North neighborhood
A Baltimore Police officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a car while responding to an assault in North Baltimore Tuesday, police said. Police spokeswoman Detective Nicole Monroe said officers were called to a report of an assault in the area of North Charles Street...
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Two BGF leaders plead guilty, including a former 'Safe Streets' worker who used office for gang meetings, prosecutors say
A former Baltimore Safe Streets employee who also was a member of the Black Guerrilla Family gang has pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges, authorities announced Tuesday. Ricky “Dorsey” Evans, 38, of Baltimore, served as a BGF gang leader while working for the city-funded program that...
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Officials ID two men killed when tornado hit Amazon center in Baltimore; second twister in Carroll County confirmed
The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado struck Baltimore City and County Friday night, resulting in the partial collapse of an Amazon warehouse where two people were killed, and causing heavy damage at a nearby Dundalk apartment complex. The forecasting agency said later Saturday...
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Fire official: Second man found dead in partial building collapse at Southeast Baltimore Amazon warehouse
Baltimore firefighters recovered the body of a second man Saturday from the Amazon distribution warehouse in Southeast Baltimore which partially collapsed the night before. Chief Roman Clark said that a 50-foot wall collapsed at the Amazon Fulfillment Center as a storm swept through the area. He...