Highest crime rate in LA or LAPD map glitch?
April 9, 2009
The Los Angeles Police Department’s online crime map made news this week – for inaccuracy. The site incorrectly located several crimes in downtown L.A. near City Hall and the police station. More Read More →
Case Dismissed: Police who don’t show up in court
April 7, 2009
No-show cops in Louisville, Ky courts resulted in the release of more than 600 suspected felons in 2007. Cases that involved drug dealing, robbery, burglary and assault were thrown out the window because officers almost never face discipline when they miss court, according to The Courier-Journal. More Read More →
Five gang members shot on West Baltimore street
August 27, 2008
In another instance of gang-related violence in West Baltimore, five men were shot last month by a pair who jumped out of a car, opened fire, and fled. City police say the victims identified themselves as members of Treetop Piru, which is affiliated with the Bloods gangs. The five men had been walking near Edmondson and Claymont avenues. No motive for the attack was known. — The Sun Read More →
Prosecutor pursues local hero for marijuana
August 27, 2008
Ranger Bob might lose his farm. Harford County State’s Attorney Joseph I. Cassilly says it’s the duty of police and prosecutors to treat Bob Chance, 62, a longtime teacher, environmental activist, former Bel Air town commissioner and now a Christmas tree grower, like any other drug offender. So, they’ve charged him with intent to distribute marijuana and plan to seize his tree farm. More Read More →
Thieves show no respect for lawmaker or his car
August 27, 2008
Rank has its privileges—or does it? When Del. Justin Ross went out to his driveway in Greenbelt to start his day, he found his Cadillac on cinderblocks with its tires and hubcaps gone. The car has official state House of Delegates license plates. Read More →
Man accused of killing while out on bail, then again on probation
August 27, 2008
Baltimore police accused a city man of raping and killing a prostitute and nearly killing another between his guilty plea to dealing heroin and his sentencing in 2003. More Read More →
Businessman admits cheating companies out of $2.3 million
August 27, 2008
A fax machine in the hands of an enterprising criminal can be worth millions. A Harford County businessman pleaded guilty in Baltimore to defrauding 71 companies of an estimated $2.3 million using bogus credit lines to buy products. More Read More →
Police use video to arrest teen girl in double stabbing
August 27, 2008
Police have arrested a 15-year-old girl in connection with the daylight stabbing of two people in an attack near a downtown Baltimore light rail stop. More Read More →
Police officer goes against his colleagues in courtroom
August 27, 2008
By calling an arrest report false, a Baltimore police officer could help a convicted drug dealer he says he’s known since he was 11. More Read More →
Jury ‘clobbers’ company in injured-worker verdict
August 27, 2008
Jurors want a Baltimore truck driver to receive $1.95 million for being hit by a cement mixer. Richard L. Howard probably won’t get most of that money, because $1.86 million of it was awarded for pain and suffering — which falls under the state’s limit of $650,000 from the time of the accident. More Read More →
