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    Views of Brooklyn Homes courtyard from CitiWatch Cameras
    These photos show the different viewpoints BPD's CitiWatch cameras had into the main courtyard of Brooklyn Homes, where the mass shooting occurred.
    Footage from a Baltimore Police CitiWatch camera shows that a 45-foot Elm tree obstructed the camera's view of the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting. This screenshot was taken from footage recorded the day before the mass shooting. It was obtained by The Banner through a public records request. (CitiWatch footage from the Baltimore Police Department)
    Woman pleads guilty to intentionally setting house fire that killed 6 of her children in 1992
    Tonya Lucas, 59, of Northwest Baltimore, was awaiting a fifth trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on arson and murder charges after a previous conviction was set aside. She had spent more than two decades in prison and will not have to serve any additional time.
    6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
    Trone urges feds to end immigration enforcement agreement with Frederick Co. sheriff
    Trone, a Democrat who represents much of Western Maryland in Congress and is running for the U.S. Senate, echoed concerns detailed by the American Civil Rights Union in a complaint last July.
    U.S. Rep. David Trone, a Democrat from Montgomery County who is also running for an open seat in the U.S. Senate in 2024, speaks with a reporter at The Baltimore Banner office, Friday, June 30, 2023.
    Maryland leaders reassessing juvenile justice changes after several high-profile crimes
    “It hurts us more when kids are the ones perpetrating or falling victim, because we feel like we failed them,” said state Del. Luke Clippinger, a Baltimore Democrat who is leading a review of whether juvenile laws need adjusting.
    Children hold up signs during a Safe Streets peace walk in Brooklyn, days after two people were killed and 28 others were injured in a mass shooting.
    Baltimore Police arrest suspect in Hampden shooting as dozens of students look on
    A shooting incident near a popular Hampden skate park ended with a chaotic arrest Monday afternoon as dozens of students departing a nearby high school looked on.
    Police tape limits access to Roosevelt Park in Baltimore on Sept. 11, 2023 after a shooting incident.
    Baltimore Police officer admits trading pills, information on homicide and ghost gun for cocaine
    Officer Steven Angelini is scheduled to be sentenced on charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone and cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on Feb. 9, 2024.
    BALTIMORE, MD - DECEMBER 08:  A sign stands outside the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse, where a man accused of plotting to bomb an armed forces recruiting station will appear on December 8, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. A 21-year-old man was arrested and will appear in court in Baltimore this afternoon.
    Lansdowne schools briefly locked down after man shot in hand nearby
    Baltimore County Police reported a man was shot in the hand Monday afternoon in the neighborhood next to Lansdowne Middle School, resulting in a brief lockdown at three schools.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Ex-Baltimore Police officer pleads guilty to selling cannabis to confidential informant
    Baltimore County Circuit Judge Dennis M. Robinson Jr. remarked that “drug dealing is bad enough on its own” when sentencing former Baltimore Police Officer Cejus Watson on a charge of distribution of marijuana.
    6/29/22—A detail of the Baltimore Police Department crest seen on a lectern in Baltimore City Police Headquarters.
    Dunbar football coach Lawrence Smith, a school police officer, arrested on alleged $215k overtime fraud
    FBI agents visited the school headquarters a year ago, probing timecard irregularities and overtime fraud, sources said at the time.
    Dunbar football Lawrence Smith talks to his team after last Saturday's victory over Calvert. The No. 4 Poets seek a second straight Class 2A/1A title Saturday afternoon when they take on Patuxent from Calvert County at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
    Judge moves Marilyn Mosby’s perjury and fraud case to Greenbelt, orders 2 trials
    Mosby, 43, who was in office from 2015-2023, is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with two counts of perjury and making false statements on a loan application
    Portrait of Marilyn Mosby at the Baltimore City State's Attorney Office.
    Residents share gratitude, ask for more resources at Brooklyn Day shooting community forum
    City officials might have expected tough questions Thursday night at a community forum following up on an investigative report of the July 2 mass shooting in Brooklyn. Instead, some community members wanted to say thanks.
    Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley speaks at a Brooklyn community meeting Thursday night at Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle School.
    Ex-Gilman teacher accused of abuse can be released home — with strict conditions, judge rules
    Chris Bendann, 39, now of Baltimore, is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child pornography.
    In this photo from March 16, 2023, a lamppost outside the Gilman School in Roland Park in Baltimore is pictured.
    Trial date set for Annapolis man facing hate crime charges after fatal shooting over parking
    The shooting happened on the evening of June 11 during a birthday party when a dispute broke out over a parking issue on a residential street.
    A police officer stands outside the home on Paddington Place in Annapolis were neighbors say a house party Sunday night ended with three people dead after a dispute with a man who lived nearby.
    Can data catch problematic cops? After years of delay, BPD has a $2.5 million answer
    A 2017 federal consent decree required the Baltimore Police Department to install an advanced “early intervention system” that will track its officers.
    Police respond to a shooting near the intersection of North Eutaw and West Saratoga streets on Friday, May 26.
    Unsuccessful on probation? Your criminal case now can’t be expunged in Maryland.
    The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled in 2022 that people whose probation is unsatisfactorily closed are not entitled to expungement.
    Carlos Battle, 59, of West Baltimore, helps organize and deliver food and school supplies with We Our Us, a nonprofit organization that guides boys and men to resources and encourages them to take on prominent roles in the community, in Baltimore on Aug. 26, 2023.
    Detectives pursue leads in Los Angeles, Chicago in Rachel Morin homicide investigation
    Detectives investigating the slaying of Rachel Morin near a wooded trail in Bel Air last month uncovered information in Los Angeles that led them to Chicago, Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said.
    The loved ones of Rachel Morin last month taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the grounds of the Ma & Pa Trail where she was found deceased.
    Prince George’s officer suspended after viral video shows him kissing woman, getting in police car
    The video shows a uniformed officer closely embracing and kissing a female before they both hopped in the the backseat of his marked vehicle.
    If gun violence is a disease, Annapolis is about to get its shot
    This fall, the Anne Arundel County Department of Health and the city of Annapolis will select one neighborhood and one nonprofit for its first Cure Violence program. The goal is to end the tragedy of deaths like Robert Clark's.
    Eastport Terrace is one of several apartment and townhouse being considered for a gun violence prevention program in Annapolis..
    State tells Baltimore jail monitor to stop talking to doctors, ratchets up legal defense
    What does Maryland have in common with Alabama? An attorney that specializes in defending prisons.
    Photo of sphygmomanometer broken up by vertical bars on a dirty yellow background.
    Missing Howard County swimmer found dead on Rehoboth Beach
    Richard Boateng, 31, of Savage, Maryland, was found dead on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware early Monday morning, authorities said.
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