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Officials' phone records show political, personal contacts
Days before last November’s election, Gov. Martin O’Malley used his cellphone to call Jim Murren, the chief executive of MGM Resorts International in Las Vegas. The two talked for 11 minutes that Sunday. Not surprisingly, the topic was the...Tags: Executive Branch, Howard County, MGM Resorts International, Harford County, Government
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Baltimore police officer charged with pimping wife
A31-year-old Baltimore Police officer was charged Friday with pimping out his wife after officers from a human trafficking task force found him outside a hotel room where the woman had agreed to have sex for cash with an undercover officer. The child...
Tags: Prostitution, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Sex Crimes, Online Advertising, Baltimore Hotels
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Baltimore police choose new internal affairs leader
The Baltimore Police Department tapped one of its lawyers as the new head of internal affairs, saying Rodney Hill's experience as an officer and his recent turn as a prosecutor of police misconduct cases give him the credibility to lead a group charged...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Morgan State University, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Anthony W. Batts, Crime, Law and Justice
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City takes steps to protect victims of domestic violence
It takes incredible courage for a victim of domestic violence to apply for a protective order. Victims must make their way to the courthouse, often while they are still experiencing the effects of their abuse. At the courthouse, they must write a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Judges, Justice System, Law Enforcement
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In Watch Center, an urgent search for man in danger
On a recent Friday night in the Baltimore Police Department's high-tech Watch Center, an urgent but vague tip came in — a murder witness was in danger. The tipster had overheard a conversation but knew only the nickname of the witness and had a...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Black Guerrilla Family, Environmental Issues, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Police Arrests
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Dirt bikers no victims of racism
Really, Mr. Conaway! In his defense of dirt bike riders ("Don't penalize city kids for riding dirt bikes," April 25), Baltimore Circuit Court Clerk Frank M. Conaway Sr. places blame for this problem on the Baltimore Police Department and their vendetta...
Tags: Racism, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Frank M. Conaway, Sr., Social Issues
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Diversity in the firehouse
The Baltimore City Fire Department created a new division two years ago in an effort to increase recruitment of minorities, specifically African-Americans, who made up 65 percent of the city's population but only half so large a share of the city's...Tags: Demographics
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Board approves $285,000 for consultant to tell police how to better run department
Baltimore's spending panel on Wednesday unanimously approved $285,000 for city police to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. Despite the protests of competing...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Safety of Citizens, Martha's Vineyard, Boston, Government
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Baltimore prosecutors lighten up on marijuana possession
Caught with a couple of joints he didn't get the chance to light up, Eric Staton was ordered to appear before a Baltimore judge. Two weeks later, in a basement courtroom on North Avenue, prosecutors said they would drop the possession charge if Staton...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Health Treatments, Trials, Crimes
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City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...
Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Crime, Law and Justice, Martha's Vineyard, Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Suspect in fatal City Hall crash released without charges
A car hurtled off the highway, fatally struck a pedestrian and overturned in front of City Hall and scores of downtown witnesses. A day later, police said the driver had walked free without charges. Despite anger and outrage from those who knew Matt...
Tags: Criminal Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Howard County, Accidental Death, Bernard C. Young
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Crash victim Matt Hersl remembered as leader, O's ballhawk
It seemed every seat was filled during the Baltimore Orioles' exciting playoff run last season except the one that belonged to Matt Hersl. Friends say the rangy, baldheaded Orioles regular never sat during games but ran around Camden Yards, laughing...
Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, New York Yankees, Baseball, Baltimore Orioles, Inner Harbor
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