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Corgiss Ross, 45, inflicted fatal beating on another inmate

Full and sustained embrace of Operation Ceasefire, a violence-reduction strategy that worked in Boston and elsewhere, can stem the tide of homicides in Baltimore.

'Everyday people' are also enablers of gun violence

At 1:30 p.m. on a sunny December weekday, just down the hill from the prestigious Baltimore City College high school, shattered glass and blood stained the street.

The Baltimore Health Department said it suspending street operations of a West Baltimore anti-violence program staffed by former offenders, amid allegations of criminal activity by staff there.

The reputation that Nathan "Bodie" Barksdale gained as one of Baltimore's most notorious heroin dealers also made him a good outreach worker for Safe Streets, an innovative program that enlists former offenders to help mediate disputes before they erupt in gunfire.

SWAT members searched for 20 suspects and drugs linked to the Black Guerrilla Family gang.

Baltimore authorities have indicted 48 members and associates of the Black Guerrilla Family gang, officials will announce in a series of news conferences today.

A recap of the ct. 13 episode of 'Homeland," as Carrie and Brody try to escape their separate hells

A Baltimore man shot by county police on Pulaski Highway Friday robbed a Timonium gold business earlier this month, taking a gun and other valuables from two employees after bounding their hands with zip ties, authorities said.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday depicted the defendant in a complicated murder-for-hire case as an arch-schemer who had a witness against him killed and then sought ways to benefit from the killing years down the line.

Police make arrest in Northwest Baltimore murder, say victim killed someone last year

The Baltimore Police Department reversed course Monday on a policy shift away from using its popular Twitter page to notify the public about shooting incidents, after news that "criminal on criminal" violence wouldn't be disseminated brought an outcry on social media.

Contrary to Gov. Martin O'Malley's assertion, stricter enforcement of drug laws won't reduce violence in Baltimore.

Maryland's new fingerprint requirement and better tools for state police will help prevent criminals from getting firearms.

There are two stories about why Robert Long ended up dead. In the first he was murdered over a dispute with a drug dealer; in the second he was killed because he agreed to testify against one of his conspirators in a scaffolding heist.

As he ends his first year on the job, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts is facing questions about whether he is taking too long to remake the agency and develop a crime-fighting strategy. But others say he is being candid about the city's problems and deserves more time to make progress.

Corrections officer Katera Stevenson, 25, pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to a racketeering charge, admitting her part in a Black Guerrilla Family gang network that smuggled drugs and other contraband into the Baltimore jail.

A former Baltimore police officer will not be reinstated after unsuccessfully trying to appeal her termination that resulted when the department found she was married to an incarcerated Dead Man Inc. gang member.

Jennifer Owens pleads guilty to a federal racketeering charge and could receive up to 20 years in prison

Barbara Poindexter saw the death of her son coming. She likens it to watching her mother's health deteriorate. In her son's case, death followed a slow and agonizing descent into gangs and criminal activity.

Tavon White, the alleged Black Guerrilla Family gang leader at the Baltimore City Detention Center, also admitted to the charges that originally put him in jail.

A Baltimore city police officer awaiting trial for murder in the death of his fiancee died early Monday in an apparent suicide in jail, state prison officials said.

Baltimore could learn from the LAPD's approach to community policing

Additional indictments may be coming in the corruption scandal after alleged ringleader Tavon White tells investigators there were more prison employees engaged in smuggling contraband than the 13 already indicted

Following last month's spike in violence that included a shooting death, Harford Sheriff Jesse Bane announced a new initiative to drive the criminals out of the Edgewater Village community, long a hotspot of drug and gang activity.

Parents lock their children inside and few residents will talk about the violence that has left three dead in the 900 block of Bennett Place. Police gated the street and assigned an officer there around the clock.

The grievance system for inmates at the Baltimore jail should be a key tool to alert officials to corrupt officers but is instead a "complete joke," says David Rocah, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland. State officials strongly disagree.

Residents in some of Baltimore's most troubled neighborhoods can expect to see a "dramatic" law enforcement increase this weekend and through the July Fourth holiday, as city and police officials search for ways to tamp down on a spree of deadly violence.

Residents in some of Baltimore's most troubled neighborhoods can expect to see a "dramatic" law enforcement increase this weekend and through the July Fourth holiday, as city and police officials search for ways to tamp down on a spree of deadly violence.

Vivian Matthews is accused of helping BGF gang members smuggle drugs into the Baltimore jail

The 19-year-old felt sick to her stomach when she stepped into the Baltimore prison nicknamed "Supermax" for her first day of work as a corrections officer. The place was dark and dingy, and she had never been around so many men before.

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler called Monday for a independent investigation into which public employees allowed corruption to flourish at the Baltimore City Detention Center. Gov. Martin O'Malley, who has been under fire for how the case was handled, immediately rebuffed the request.

Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to beef up the internal investigations unit at the state corrections agency and subject all prospective officers to polygraph tests, according to a summary of reforms his administration will discuss at a legislative hearing Thursday on problems at the Baltimore jail.

Since emerging as regional power players in 2006, BGF members have extended their reach and influence well beyond Baltimore's limits. Records show gang members have had access to marijuana and the ability to intimidate non-gang-affiliated inmates in corrections facilities outside the city, as well.

At least 100 neighbors gathered Wednesday for a vigil for Carter Scott, the 1-year-old killed Friday in a shooting in Cherry Hill.

The former security chief at the Baltimore City Detention Center is fighting her dismissal, her lawyer said Tuesday, arguing that she was unfairly used as a scapegoat in the wake of a federal corruption indictment that implicated corrections officers.

Baltimore County jail offers Baltimore Sun reporter a tour

A month after a federal indictment alleged widespread corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center, Gov. Martin O'Malley on Monday announced a new task force charged with pushing the inquisition further.

Corrections officials are investigating whether an inmate at the Baltimore City Detention Center has been using a contraband cellphone to post photos and updates on Facebook and Instagram online accounts.

Gang at center of jail sex scandal says 'homosexual activity' warrants severe discipline