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Evidence turned over to FBI to analyze computer files, images.

A female colleague of Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy had grown suspicious of the doctor, noticing he wore a pen around his neck while examining patients, when she told Hopkins officials she believed he was secretly recording the women, according to a letter a top Hopkins official sent to victim advocates.

Just days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore police training academy informed top brass of his intention to retire.

Just days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore Police training academy informed top brass of his intent to retire.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Tuesday that the shooting of a trainee will be the catalyst for an across-the-board review of how its officers use weapons.

Batts to address police recruits; new training academy director

Prosecutors say Stanley Brunson shot two victims on Dec. 19, 2011, one of whom survived.

Stanley Brunson, 36, faces murder and attempted murder charges in connection with 2011 attack

Former police commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III cited attack in call for tougher gun laws.

Kim Washington, a top aide to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Baltimore's chief lobbyist, will leave her post early in the coming General Assembly session, city officials announced Monday.

Bealefeld's gun control proposals violate the Second Amendment

Getting guns off the street is the first step toward preventing another Newtown

KAL sums up the year's news.

Maryland legislators should enact a licensing system for gun purchasers.

More than a year ago, police suspected James Berry III killed a man during a triple shooting in Bolton Hill and presented their evidence to prosecutors.

Is gun violence really "soaring"? In Baltimore, signs point to no

A robbery claims the eighth gunshot victim on Greenmount Avenue over the last several days

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has hired a new director of Recreation and Parks.

Bealefeld joins faculty at Stevenson University

Nearly two years after a towing kickback scandal rocked the Baltimore Police Department, 14 officers who were not criminally charged remain suspended with pay and unavailable to perform police functions.

The Baltimore City Council on Monday overwhelmingly confirmed Anthony W. Batts, the former police chief in Long Beach and Oakland, Calif., as Baltimore's newest police commissioner.

Baltimore's new police commissioner wants to expand his agency's focus beyond gun violence to burglaries, car break-ins and other crimes that affect a broader swath of citizens.

The Baltimore City Council's executive nominations committee will hold a confirmation hearing tonight for Anthony W. Batts, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's pick to be the city's next police commissioner.

City police plan to meet with management of a downtown club after two people waiting in line were shot early Monday, a shooting that capped a violent weekend in Baltimore and has revived discussions about security around city bars and clubs.

A 41-year-old man was killed early Sunday morning after being struck by a Baltimore police vehicle that was responding to a nearby shooting, according to police.

The word of the week was "hope," written on a whiteboard for an East Baltimore after-school program held on the site where an arsonist killed Angela Dawson and her family 10 years ago. The center is a sign of progress in the Oliver neighborhood, which on Oct. 16, 2002, saw one of the worst acts of witness intimidation in Baltimore history. But echoes of the attack linger, as Oliver and other parts of the city continue to struggle with the problems of drugs, violence and uneven cooperation with

A decorated officer who was shot in the line of duty and testified before lawmakers about tightening gun laws is at the center of the probe into the death of an East Baltimore man during a drug arrest.

Police Department not identifying officers involved in man's death

Incident in Towson not nearly as troubling as what Inner Harbor confronts

Batts fills chief of staff position

Acting Police Commissioner Anthony Barksdale, who was vying to take the job permanently, is taking medical leave and will be out of action "indefinitely," leaving the incoming chief without two of the agency's four highest-ranking officers.

Jason Weinstein prosecuted some of Baltimore's most high-profile cases of the last decade, earning praise from police and others. But in a U.S. Department of Justice report last week, he was criticized for failing to spot problems with the Fast and Furious sting that led to the death of a federal agent. He stepped down from the agency.

Baltimore Police officer Daniel Redd was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in federal prison for drug dealing in a brief sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court.

Former Maryland federal prosecutor resigns from Justice Department after Fast & Furious report

Critics are too harsh in calling Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake callous for trumpeting the city's efforts to keep the Inner Harbor safe this summer.

Want to know how many shootings took place in Maryland last year? And where? Easier said than done.

Two brothers whose Rosedale auto shop became the focus of a federal investigation into widespread corruption in the Baltimore Police Department after a kickbacks scheme was discovered there last year were sentenced to prison Wednesday. Hernan Alexis Moreno, 32, of Rosedale received a 33-month term. His brother Edwin Javier Mejia, 29, of Middle River got a two-year sentence.

The killers of Larelle Amos and others over Labor Day weekend must not go unpunished

Geron's mother Larelle Amos — a 22-year-old former honor student at Kenwood High — was gunned down by a stray bullet Labor Day weekend while cleaning up from a family party, police said.

Baltimore City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young met briefly Wednesday with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's pick for the city's next police commissioner, and said he has his support.

Baltimore's next police commissioner believes the drug trade is at the core of crime problems from car break-ins to gang killings. It's an issue that Anthony W. Batts says he's seen up close.

Our view: New police commissioner Anthony Batts' experience, confidence and fresh perspective could serve Baltimore well

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's pick of a Californian to head Baltimore's police department prompted questions Monday from City Council members who had been hoping the new commissioner would come from the department's ranks.

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to name former Oakland Police Chief Anthony Batts as Baltimore's next police commissioner, sources say.

Bealefeld signs off as Baltimore police commissioner

Yolanda Jiggetts, one of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's three top deputies, has announced her resignation, citing health concerns, City Hall officials said.

Bealefeld on the drug war, "The Wire," and Coldplay