Suspects walk when police don’t testify
May 12, 2009
Police officers’ failure to go to court in Baltimore last year allowed thousands of suspects, including nearly 200 charged with felonies, to walk free, according to state’s attorney’s office data. More
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Is this the face of a traitorous terrorist?
May 11, 2009
Since kindergarten, Charlie, the son of journalist Mary Jacoby, has been detained – sometimes for hours – at airport security checkpoints because his name was on the FBI’s terrorist list. More
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Program preps inmates for return to families
May 11, 2009
Valerie Main, executive director of Washington County’s Community Mediation Center, Inc. heads up the re-entry mediation program for inmates and their families.... More
NAACP calls for probe of Md. county executive
May 11, 2009
The Anne Arundel County chapter of the NAACP is asking the state prosecutor to investigate an allegation that County Executive John R. Leopold made an unwanted sexual advance toward a state employee. The complaint is the latest in a series of incidents involving Leopold that have some questioning the impact on his political future. More Read More →
Baltimore educators endorse Black Guerrilla book
May 11, 2009
Baltimore educators are defending their endorsement of a self-improvement handbook written by an imprisoned Black Guerrilla Family gang member. More Read More →
Baltimore reverses fine linked to wrong house raid
May 8, 2009
Baltimore city is reversing a trash citation against a man who put a front door in the backyard of his home after police broke it down during a raid on the wrong address. More Read More →
Breaking budget could mean prison for RI officials
May 7, 2009
Hand-wringing, not handcuffs, normally awaits public servants who blow their budgets and need more cash. But a Rhode Island legislator now wants to make it a misdemeanor for officials to knowingly overspend their budgets, in what would apparently be a first among states. More Read More →
Md. man charged with drugging men to assault them
May 7, 2009
A 42-year-old Annapolis-area man is accused of drugging or trying to drug five men to take advantage of them. More Read More →
The battle over the right to privacy vs. free speech
May 6, 2009
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Police: Burglar took jellybeans, but nothing else
May 4, 2009
Police in northwestern Pennsylvania say they’re stumped by a burglary: The thief took some jellybeans from a home — but nothing else.
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