Images released in councilman’s shooting probe
October 7, 2008
Baltimore police have released video images that they say may show one or more of the people who shot and killed City Councilman Kenneth Harris. More Read More →
Boxing center aims to assist inner city youth
October 6, 2008
Marvin McDowell has been serving as a father figure for hundreds of inner city youth for more than ten years. McDowell is the founder and President of UMAR Boxing, an organization in Baltimore City that provides afterschool academic tutoring and boxing training for youths ages 6-25. Watch the video below to learn more about the program and their slogan: “No Hooks Before Books.”
Read More →Push to register felons to vote could aid Obama
October 6, 2008
Undaunted by the heat, James Bailey spent his late-summer afternoons walking Virginia’s bleakest neighborhoods on the hunt for ex-cons — each a potential voter who might cast the decisive ballot in this hotly contested state. Finding them isn’t the hard part. It’s getting them to admit that a past mistake has kept them from the ballot box. “People are really, really reluctant to say, ‘I lost my rights to vote,’” Bailey said of his quest, which continued... More
Baltimore man pleads guilty to $400,000 mail fraud
October 3, 2008
Federal prosecutors say a 44-year-old Baltimore man has pleaded guilty in a decades-long identity theft scheme involving $400,000 stolen in the last year. Authorities say Joseph Lawrence joined a conspiracy to steal mail and create fraudulent identifications and businesses since the 1980s. Prosecutors say the conspirators acquired Social Security numbers of victims and started receiving checks made out to the victims. Lawrence alone is responsible for $400,000 stolen in the last year. Prosecutors... More
Michael Vick lawyers ask for mediator on finances
October 3, 2008
Lawyers for Michael Vick asked a federal bankruptcy judge on Friday to appoint a mediator to help settle his debts to creditors, saying a third party might expedite a resolution in the case. Vick, once the highest-paid player in the National Football League, listened in silently by telephone from the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he is serving a 23-month sentence for a dogfighting conviction last summer that magnified his financial troubles. More Read More →
Hard times complicate recruiting of foster parents
September 30, 2008
A veteran of 15 years in child welfare, Penny Esser has never weathered a tougher climate for the work to which she’s so devoted — recruiting foster parents. “It’s as bad as I’ve seen,” said Esser, who’s based in Medford, Ore. “We are really at a critical shortage — we’re crowding the foster homes that we have.” More Read More →
Md. police: Frozen remains date back to last year
October 1, 2008
Two children whose remains were found in a basement freezer in southern Maryland likely have been dead since at least last fall, and the bodies may have been moved several times, police said Wednesday. More Read More →
Subpoena power increased for state prosecutor
September 30, 2008
Increased subpoena power for the state prosecutor’s office and stiffer fines for people who illegally provide alcohol to people under 21 go into effect this week in Maryland. More Read More →
MD ACLU seeks other targets of state police spying
September 30, 2008
The Maryland chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said it filed public information requests Tuesday to determine if state police spied on organizations beyond the activist groups it has already admitted to tracking. More Read More →
Hunting-dog owners try to keep opponents at bay
September 29, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. - In a state considered the American birthplace of hunting with hounds, George Washington’s favorite sport has become a target for some Virginia landowners who say baying dogs and their owners are trampling property rights. More Read More →
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