Jean Marbella
Jean Marbella is a reporter on The Sun’s investigative and enterprise team. She joined The Sun in 1987 and has been a health reporter, a feature writer, a national correspondent, an editor and a metro columnist. She has covered a broad range of stories from 9/11 in New York to Michael Phelps in the Olympics.
Recent Articles
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As limited Johns Hopkins police bill moves forward, neighboring residents and businesses still divided
Derik Leonard welcomed the prospect of a Johns Hopkins University police department, saying it could improve safety for customers and staff of the Canela restaurant he manages in Upper Fells Point, about a half-mile south of the renowned Hopkins hospital. But state legislation to create the new...
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Congressman Elijah Cummings keeps reins on Michael Cohen hearing: 'I know it's painful being called a rat'
Michael Cohen’s composure had held up fairly well as he was called a liar, a terrible lawyer, a future federal prison inmate and more as he testified before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. But what finally brought him to tears was when the committee chairman, Baltimore Congressman Elijah...
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Man killed, woman injured in shooting in East Baltimore
A man was killed and a woman injured in a shooting in East Baltimore Friday night, police said. Officers on patrol heard gunshots coming from the 1500 block of Cliftview Avenue in Darley Park shortly after 9 p.m., and found two victims, police said. The man had multiple gunshot wounds and was taken...
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Baltimore member of Bloods gang pleads guilty in assault on rival gang member
A 25-year-old Baltimore member of the Bloods gang pleaded guilty Friday to a racketeering charge stemming from an assault on a man with the rival Crips organization. Ali Jackson, a member of the Southside Brims, a subset of the Bloods, pleaded guilty to committing a violent act in aid of racketeering,...
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When violence lands at your feet: bullet from Baltimore shooting ricochets past woman, 80, in her dining room
The mail had just been delivered, and Angela Patten was sitting by a window in her dining room going through it. Suddenly, a bullet blasted through the other window in the room, struck mirrored tiles on the wall across from it and, she would later learn, ricocheted into the corner where she had...
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Korryn Gaines: Two years later, killing by Baltimore County police continues to raise legal issues
Attorney J. Wyndal Gordon will make his case in court sometime in the future, but for now, his argument against the overturning of a $38 million award to the family of a Baltimore County woman killed by police can be found in a more casual venue: Facebook. Gordon, who did not return calls for comment,...
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Korryn Gaines case: Why and how Baltimore County judge overturned $38M verdict for woman killed by police
What happened to the jury verdict awarding $38 million to the family of Korryn Gaines, the Randallstown woman who was shot and killed by police in 2016? Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Mickey Norman overturned the verdict last week, saying the officer, Royce Ruby, acted reasonably when he...
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'I know personally it works': Man who sued Maryland to overturn gay conversion ban at center of new film
Whether as the plaintiff in a recently filed lawsuit or a central figure in a new documentary, therapist Christopher Doyle portrays himself as both healer and healed. “The same-sex desires, just like it was in my case, just went away. And today, I’m married, I have two kids and I’m so happy,” Doyle...