| | The death of popular rapper Lor Scoota is an example of how the crude system of street justice can move laterally, striking not just perpetrators, but also family and friends. Supporters say Scoota had largely turned away from street life in order to pursue a promising career in music. He still wound up in the crosshairs. | Read More |
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| A violent weekend across Baltimore continued into Sunday morning as six more people were shot, taking the weekend's toll to thirteen injured and one killed in |
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| 'We can't solve it by ourselves,' Mayor Catherine Pugh says of city crime problem. She hosted a "Call to Action" to enlist support from community leaders. |
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| An assistant city health commissioner who oversees anti-violence initiatives was assaulted Friday in downtown Baltimore on his way back to work after having a sandwich for lunch. |
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| A suspect in the robbery of a Jarrettsville pharmacy flipped an ATV Saturday afternoon while fleeing the crime scene and had to be sent by helicopter to a local trauma center. |
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| More than two dozen teams have applied to serve as the independent monitor overseeing police reforms in Baltimore under the consent decree between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a list of applicants obtained by The Baltimore Sun. |
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| A Baltimore County police officer who was expected to go before the department's first public trial board Monday will instead return to work after his internal charges were dismissed this week, his attorney said. |
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| Police identified him as 35-year-old Blaine Robert Erb. They said his last known address was in the Middle River area. |
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