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May 23, 2018

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'Your client is a one-man crime wave': Teen charged in Baltimore County officer's death has lengthy juvenile record

Wednesday, May 23

Baltimore County police said a 16-year-old has been arrested and charged in the death of a police officer on Monday, but three suspects are still being sought.

Three more teens charged with murder in death of Baltimore County police officer

Three more teenage boys have been charged in Baltimore County police Officer Amy Caprio’s death Monday.

Prominent defense attorney says he will represent teen charged in killing of Baltimore County officer

A prominent local defense attorney said he will represent one of the teenagers charged in the killing of Baltimore County police Officer Amy Caprio.

Consent decree reforms progressing despite leadership shake-up, Baltimore Police officials say

Despite back-to-back command shake-ups in the last four months, the Baltimore Police Department is holding to a reform schedule set forward under its consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, police officials said Monday.

What Baltimore's search for its next police chief could look like, according to experts

Before Baltimore can launch a national search for its next police commissioner, city leaders must decide what they most need in a candidate, according to experts in the field. And it won’t be easy, they said.

Former Baltimore police commissioner De Sousa ordered to surrender passport, firearms pending trial

Baltimore’s former police commissioner Darryl De Sousa was ordered by a federal judge Monday to surrender his passport and any firearms pending his trial on federal tax charges.

In lawsuit, man alleges Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force officers broke his jaw

A 39-year-old Baltimore man has filed suit against former members of the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force, as well as the city and the state’s attorney’s office, alleging officials were aware of a pattern of misconduct and failed to stop it.

As killings continue, more Baltimore families and neighborhoods endure loss

Gilbert Bates Jr., who was affectionately known as "Oodles," was a fixture in his East Baltimore neighborhood before he was fatally shot last month. He is among more than 100 people who have been killed in the city this year.