http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com The law in plain english Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:17:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A federal judge has sentenced two men to several life sentences for killing a federal witness and others. Thirty-four-year-old Melvin Gilbert of Baltimore was sentenced Wednesday to five consecutive life terms plus 40 years. Thirty-six-year-old James Dinkins was sentenced to four consecutive life terms plus 40 years. The two were convicted June ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/07/02/2-get-life-sentences-in-federal-witness-killing/ Mayor Sheila Dixon and City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake have strongly supported the Baltimore Police Department’s surveillance-video system. Last week they joined in announcing that the Citiwatch program has been expanded to 480 cameras, all of which will be monitored in a new, single site. “Centralizing all camera monitoring in one ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/07/01/baltimore-police-video-surveillance-expands/ What if they lit Fourth of July fireworks in Baltimore – and nobody came? That may be an improbable scenario as the annual Inner Harbor freedom fest approaches, yet the event has police and politicians pondering how to ease fears over public safety after months of high-profile attacks downtown. “We are trying ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/07/01/police-call-downtown-baltimore-safe-to-visit-this-summer/ Police are searching for three masked teens who burst into a southwestern Pennsylvania convenience store, but were content to steal only several bags of potato chips and bottles of soda. Uniontown police say the bandits struck about 12:45 a.m. Monday at a Sunoco A Plus store. Police say the thieves dropped a ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/07/01/masked-teens-take-chips-soda-from-pa-store/ A Baltimore man is petitioning to have Mayor Sheila Dixon removed from office, arguing that she was sworn into office by the wrong person. David Wiggins petitioned Tuesday for Dixon's removal, arguing in court papers that she "holds power unlawfully" because she was sworn in by Gov. Martin O'Malley, not the ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/07/01/baltimore-man-seeks-mayors-removal/ The keynote speaker at a school law enforcement conference urged his colleagues Monday to develop ways to track and record bullying. Hundreds of school administrators and onsite law enforcement officers are gathering this week for the National Association of School Resource Officers conference in Baltimore, where the theme is "anti-bullying." Monday's keynote ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/06/30/local-conference-makes-school-bullying-a-national-focus/ A woman whose husband and daughter died of monoxide poisoning at an Ocean City hotel is suing the resort's Fire/EMS Division for $20 million. Yvonne Boughter of Lebanon, Pa. says the EMS team failed to come to their aid for several hours in the 2006 incident. The suit was filed Friday in ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/06/30/woman-sues-ocean-city-ems-in-co-deaths/ An Anne Arundel County judge has barred the public from the trial of one of two teens charged in the death of a 14-year-old Crofton boy. Judge Philip Caroom issued the ruling Monday allowing media at the trial asking that they not publish the names of the 14-year-old boy charged in ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/06/30/md-judge-closes-teens-trial-in-fatal-beating/ A 22-year-old Salisbury man has been charged in an arson at a rehabilitation facility. The fire caused about $50,000 in damage to the Go-Getters rehabilitation center in Salisbury over the weekend. Officials say gasoline had been poured throughout the building and the building had been ransacked. Deputy state fire marshal Joseph Zurolo ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/06/26/salisbury-man-charged-in-rehabilitation-center-arson/ How do you lose a hole? Ask the Westchester Golf Course, which was deprived of three of them — and now might get them back. The club near Los Angeles International Airport had 18 holes when it was built in 1965. But it lost three of them in 1993 when a major ... http://exhibitanewsbaltimore.com/blog/2009/06/24/lost-found-golf-course-may-regain-missing-holes/