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12-year-old shot outside Dunbar High football home opener in ‘senseless’ act of gun violence
The young victim was taken to a hospital with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening, police said.
Mayor Brandon Scott and Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley speak outside the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School football stadium.
The Paramount concert venue appears in jeopardy as funding falls through, contractors sue
The announced $50 million, 3,750-seat venue was expected to open this summer, but construction came to a halt earlier this year. Though officials have been mum, court filings explain why.
Construction on The Paramount, billed as a $50 million, 3,750-seat concert venue in Baltimore's casino and stadium district, halted earlier this year and new court filings show claim funding has dried up. This view shows the facility against the backdrop of M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Ravens.
Baltimore Police charge student and jailed teen in Brooklyn Homes mass shooting
Baltimore Police charged two more people, a 14-year-old boy and 18-year-old man, in the July 2 mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes housing project of South Baltimore.
Acting Commissioner Richard Worley speaks at a press conference Thursday to give an update on two new arrests made regarding the Brooklyn Homes fatal shooting in July.
Indicted Frederick Co. sheriff announces return to duty. Councilmember says he made ‘mockery’ of process.
“The leave of absence was self-imposed and there is no reason not to return to full duty at this point,” Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said in a statement.
Frederick County Sheriff Charles “Chuck” Jenkins leaves the U.S. District Court in Baltimore after pleading not guilty to federal conspiracy charges. He announced he will take a leave of absence for the duration of the case.
Proposed Baltimore police and fire training facility has hefty price tag: $330 million
The project received renewed attention this week when a top Police Department official described it as a “tactical village,” drawing comparisons to the so-called “Cop City” project in Atlanta.
One of two proposed plans for a new Baltimore police and fire training facility, to be built on the Coppin State University campus, is shown in this rendering.
Baltimore man sentenced to 15 months in prison for taking part in Capitol riot
Narayana Rheiner, 42, pleaded guilty last year to one count of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder.
FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge. Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob's attack on the U.S.
Ex-Gilman teacher faces federal charge of possession of sexually explicit images of children
Christopher Bendann faces charges in state court that he sexually abused a student. He was arrested by the FBI early Friday.
Chris Bendann, 39, exits the Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson with his legal team after a hearing on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The former Gilman School teacher is accused of sexually abusing a student between 2016 and 2019, and was indicted on 16 counts including sexual abuse of a minor, rape and related offenses.
18-year-old charged in connection with Brooklyn Homes mass shooting
Court records show Tristan Jackson was linked to the shooting in part through GPS monitoring for a prior offense.
A police officer walks through the crime scene on Elarton Court in Brooklyn following a mass shooting on July 2.
911 calls for Brooklyn Homes shooting reveal extended terror
The city released a handful of 911 calls from the shooting that killed two people at a Brooklyn Homes party and injured 28 others.
Baltimore Police patrol the Brooklyn Homes area on July 3.
Former CEO of Strong City Baltimore facing federal indictment related to CARES Act fraud
Reginald Davis was arrested on wire fraud and money laundering charges. He made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court, pleading not guilty.
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With sex abuse trial date set, ex-Gilman School teacher speaks out
A Baltimore County judge set a Dec. 14 trial date for Christopher Bendann, who is charged with with sexually abusing a student.
Christopher Bendann, right, and his attorney Kobie Flowers speak following a hearing Tuesday in which a judge set a new trial date for the ex-Gilman School teacher who is charged with sexually abusing a student.
‘Time to get rid of’ deputy mayor Barksdale, one public safety leader texted another
Texts messages obtained through a public records request reveal communications between officials during key City Council budget hearing.
Shantay Jackson, then the outgoing director of MONSE, sent text messages to then-Police Commissioner Michael Harrison during the Police Department’s consequential City Council budget hearing on June 6, which led to his abrupt departure two days later. “Time to get rid of Barksdale,” she wrote.
Capitol Police finally release information on youth Taser incident, though redactions abound
The Baltimore Banner obtained more than 100 pages from the internal investigative file, including the officer’s claim that he used a Taser on the boy by accident.
The Baltimore Banner obtained more than 100 pages of records from the internal investigative file on an incident in which a Capitol Police officer fired two Taser prongs into a boy.
Women say ‘Keepers’ figure was unnamed rapist in Catholic abuse report
Their stories were in the massive report on sex abuse in Baltimore’s Catholic archdiocese, but a key detail was missing: the name of one of the men who they say raped them.
(left) A historical picture of Gerry Koob; (right) Gerry Koob, as featured in the Netflix documentary "The Keepers"
FBI Director Christopher Wray: No timetable on Roy McGrath shooting investigation
FBI Director Christopher Wray said he gets briefed when an investigation is close to wrapping up, and had not been given such a briefing.
FBI Director Christopher Wray, second from left, visited the bureau’s Baltimore field office to meet with local law enforcement partners and receive updates on cases. At right, Acting Anne Arundel County Police Chief Katherine Roberts and Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
Federal appellate court denies convicted attorney Kenneth Ravenell a second shot at appeal
Prominent attorney Kenneth Ravenell will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after an appellate court declined to take up his money laundering conviction
Attorney Kenneth Ravenell in an undated picture.
The Michael Harrison chess picture was just the beginning. See the other AI-created memes.
The meme was posted to Instagram by Harrison’s wife, just days after his abrupt exit from the Baltimore Police Department.
Illustrations of former police commissioner Michael Harrison.
A whirlwind 36 hours: Behind the leadership change at the Baltimore Police Department
In an interview, former Commissioner Michael Harrison, Mayor Brandon Scott and Acting Commissioner Richard Worley provide new details about the events leading to the transfer of power.
From left, former Police Commissioner Michael Harrison, Mayor Brandon Scott and Acting Commissioner Richard Worley sit down for an interview with The Baltimore Banner and its media partner, WJZ-TV at City Hall on July 12, 2023. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
Casings from ‘more than a dozen’ guns found at Brooklyn Homes mass shooting scene
Two people were killed in the shooting that broke out around 12:35 a.m. Sunday, and the wounded ranged from age 13 to 32.
A crouching officer wearing gloves holds a bullet near a yellow evidence marker with the number 13.
FBI to exhume body of Joyce Malecki, whose death was chronicled in ‘The Keepers,’ family says
Investigators have long searched for a link between the killings of Malecki and Sister Cathy Cesnik, a teacher at Archbishop Keough High School.
Promotional image for The Keepers on Netflix
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