Criminal Justice

    After abrupt resignation, ex-port administrator lands new job with former employer
    William P. Doyle has been named CEO and executive director of the Dredging Contractors of America, effective immediately — the same job he had before his nearly three years leading the Maryland Port Administration.
    A blue crane loads a red container onto a cargo ship at the Port of Baltimore.
    Ex-Mount Saint Joseph High School wrestling coach to stand trial in sex abuse case
    Neil Adleberg, 75, of Reisterstown, is the only person who has been charged in the Maryland attorney general's yearslong investigation into sexual abuse and cover-ups within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
    6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
    Top port administrator resigns after leaving scene of JFX crash
    The executive director of the Maryland Port Administration has resigned after being involved in and cited for a multiple-vehicle crash earlier this week.
    Shipping containers are stacked together at the Port of Baltimore, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in Baltimore. Six months into the war in Ukraine, American companies — including federal contractors — continue to buy everything from birch wood flooring to weapons-grade titanium from major Russian corporations.
    Marylanders tried to send an arsenal to help the war in their native Cameroon; now they’re going to prison
    Consulting over encrypted chats and meeting in the basement of a home in Rosedale, they worked to assemble an arsenal to ship back home through the Port of Baltimore in order to help arm their side of the conflict.
    A group of Marylanders tried to send an arsenal to help the war in their native Cameroon; now they’re going to prison.
    Towson man charged in fatal shooting of Virginia police officer
    Daniel Barmak, 23, of Towson, has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a police officer who was killed during a struggle with the assault suspect in a Virginia mountain town.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Baltimore boxing champ Gervonta Davis adding celebrity attorney Alex Spiro to legal team
    Alex Spiro has represented Elon Musk, Jay-Z, Megan Thee Stallion, Alec Baldwin and Robert Kraft among other high-wattage clients.
    SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 20: Alex Spiro, attorney for Elon Musk, arrives for the Elon Musk shareholder lawsuit trial at the Phillip Burton Federal Building on January 20, 2023 in San Francisco, California. The trial continues in a lawsuit that has investors suing Tesla and Musk, its chief executive officer, over his August 2018 tweets where he said he was taking Tesla private with funding that he secured. The tweet was found to be false and cost shareholders billions of dollars when Tesla's stock price began to fluctuate wildly allegedly based on the tweet. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
    Banner political notes: New poll; racing board named; Moore picks school board members
    Marylanders approve of the job Moore is doing, but not his push to eventually ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, according to a new poll.
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    Police: 6 people shot in North Baltimore, including two teens
    The six people who were wounded — five males and one female — are between the ages of 17 and 32.
    Police respond to the scene of a shooting near the intersection of York Road and East Cold Spring Lane on June 16, 2023.
    Young person awaiting murder trial was mistakenly released and then re-arrested
    The young person, who is being tried as an adult, was released after the clerk’s office mistakenly marked the charges against them dismissed on June 2, officials said.
    A logo patch on a Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office deputy’s uniform sleeve.
    What gets you arrested in Baltimore? Police issue new steps for officers on low-level crimes
    Memo lays out in detail how officers should carry out enforcement for a variety of so-called “quality of life” offenses
    A detail of a Baltimore police officer’s gun and handcuffs.
    After a strong start, Baltimore’s new approach to policing gun violence faces headwinds
    The specialized unit charged with implementing the city’s flagship strategy has struggled with high-profile departures and simmering morale problems.
    Photo collage showing map of Baltimore City with Western District cut out, Baltimore police badge, and man with another man’s hand on his shoulder.
    Judge denies emergency motion to release Baltimore boxing champion Gervonta Davis
    Davis had been incarcerated at the Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center, but he no longer shows up in the online inmate locator.
    LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 22: Gervonta Davis in the green and purple trunks reacts after defeating Ryan Garcia in the black trunks by knockout in the seventh round during their catchweight bout at T-Mobile Arena on April 22, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
    Auto thefts surge in Baltimore, with nearly 1,000 in May
    Baltimore Police data show 960 cars were stolen in May, triple the number of any month prior to 2023.
    Keith Davis Jr. intends to sue Baltimore Police, ex-State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, notice says
    Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates earlier this year dropped charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence against Davis, 31, who has always maintained his innocence.
    Keith Davis Jr. is seen in this undated photo. He has put those Baltimore Police Department and former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby on notice that he intends to sue them.
    Homicides are down in Baltimore. But gun violence data show reasons to be cautious.
    The city is projected to end the year with 275 homicides, if trends continue.
    City won’t say when Michael Harrison submitted resignation as police commissioner
    Little has been disclosed about the lead-up to Harrison’s abrupt departure.
    Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison to step down
    Families in ‘disbelief’ as a longstanding feud ends in Annapolis mass shooting
    Victims’ families said they never thought a parking dispute would escalate to a shooting that killed 3 people and injured 3 others.
    Sandra Mireles, wife of Nick Mireles,, shares stories about  her husband after he was killed on Sunday night in a mass shooting in Annapolis. He leaves behind several children ranging from toddlers to teenagers.
    The two Baltimores: A year of data reporting shows segregation still defines the city
    Racial segregation in Baltimore continues to define the city, an analysis of nearly every data set The Baltimore Banner data team analyzed in our first year has found. Why does the “Black Butterfly” keep appearing in Baltimore data?
    This scan of the Baltimore Home Owner's Loan Corporation shows the boundaries that set redlining in Baltimore. Scan courtesy of "Mapping Inequality", from the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond.
    What we know about Charles Smith, man charged in mass shooting in Annapolis that killed 3
    Smith, 43, of Annapolis, is charged with three counts of second-degree murder and related offenses in a mass shooting that happened on Sunday on Paddington Place, between Edgewood Road and Kensington Way, in Annapolis. He’s being held without bond.
    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.
    Suspect in deadly Annapolis mass shooting denied bail
    The judge said his ruling is based on the serious and violent charges, and that suspect Charles Robert Smith could be “unpredictable.”
    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.
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