Officer linked to 3 settlements
Kevin E. Johnson claimed he was attacked by two Baltimore police officers, thrown to the ground headfirst as he tried to get into his truck and beaten. The city settled...
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Murder case gets gag order
A man charged with killing five mostly elderly people since 1999 was ordered held without bail yesterday while, hours later, a Baltimore Circuit Court judge issued a ruling prohibiting prosecutors...
Family awaits news in death of detainee
Family members of a detainee who fell ill and died at the state-run Central Booking and Intake Center on Monday said yesterday that they were stunned by the death and...
City sues state over jail report
Taking up the cause of public access to government information, Baltimore officials filed a lawsuit yesterday against the state prison system, demanding an uncensored version of a consultant's report about...
Intake center report is out
State prison officials have given a judge and the city solicitor a heavily redacted consultant's report on problems at the state-run Central Booking and Intake Center in Baltimore, making it...
Justice officials revisit city jail
The U.S. Justice Department has returned to the Baltimore city jail and booking center to determine whether progress has been made since its investigators issued a scathing report three years...
Judge sets bails for 2 in inmate-beating case
A Howard County District Court judge ordered two former correctional officers indicted in a Baltimore jail detainee's death each held on $100,000 bail yesterday, while a third suspect is expected...
Officers indicted in death of inmate
Three former state correctional officers were arrested yesterday after a Baltimore grand jury indicted them on second-degree murder charges in the stomping death of a 51-year-old man jailed at the...
Fearing backlash, Norris cancels welcome back bash
The welcome home parties for Edward T. Norris were over before they began. Norris, the former Baltimore police commissioner convicted last year of federal public corruption and tax charges, said...
Norris due back to start community service hours
Call it the evolution of Edward T. Norris: Top police officer. Convicted felon. And now, radio talk-show guest turned host. Norris is returning on Monday to the city that he...