Justin George
Justin George joined the Sun in 2012. He grew up in Littleton, Colo., and attended Columbine High School before graduating from the University of Colorado. Before The Sun, he worked at the Tampa Bay Times, where he covered Hurricane Katrina and a sex abuse investigation into a group home.
Recent Articles
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Baltimore police officer who declined to respond to report of armed man no longer with the department
A Baltimore police officer who declined to respond to reports of an armed man earlier this month has separated from the department, interim Commissioner Gary Tuggle said Wednesday. The officer had been flagged by an off-duty firefighter and two others about a man carrying a gun in his waistband...
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Baltimore church struggles to alleviate neighborhood fears after 7-year-old's death
On the block where 7-year-old Taylor Hayes was fatally shot, children her age laugh and scoot down a slide at Connexion Point Church’s playground, secured behind a chain-link fence. The fence keeps the kids in, but it isn’t much protection from gunfire, which has been too frequent and fatal in...
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Death of 7-year-old Baltimore girl weeks after shooting revives anger about 'no snitching' ethos
The death Thursday of Taylor Hayes — the 7-year-old girl who had struggled to survive for two weeks after being shot — has once again elicited anger about Baltimore’s notorious “no-snitching” ethos. Taylor’s homicide is the latest high-profile case in which detectives believe an individual has...
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Maryland State Police make seven more arrests in opioid operation bust
Maryland State Police have made seven more arrests of members of a suspected drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin and fentanyl statewide. The new arrests bring the total number charged in the alleged drug ring to 14. The 3-year-old investigation, which includes the Department of...
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Baltimore police suspend sergeant under investigation after car crash
Baltimore police have suspended a sergeant who is under investigation after a car crash. Sgt. Larry Worsley was driving a departmental vehicle when he was involved in the crash earlier this month, police spokesman T.J. Smith said. No criminal charges have been filed. Police said the incident was...
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Baltimore Police determine identity of officer who failed to respond to report of man with a gun
Baltimore police have determined the identity of the officer who declined to respond to a firefighter's report of a man with a gun earlier this month, police said Tuesday. On Monday, police disclosed that they were looking for an officer who had been flagged down by an off-duty firefighter and...
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Baltimore Police officer declined to respond to report of man with gun because it wasn't her district
Baltimore police are investigating an incident in which an officer was flagged down by a firefighter who’d seen a man with a gun downtown — but the officer declined to respond. An off-duty firefighter and two “fire buffs” — hobbyists who listen to emergency scanners and drive to fires to record...
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Can sex sell peace? A Baltimore advertising executive thinks it can help
A Baltimore ad man has a marketing message that he thinks might ease the city's spiking gun violence