A new effort in Maryland to prosecute more fentanyl cases in federal court is designed to help combat an alarming increase of fatalities caused by the potent synthetic opioid that’s fueling the deadliest overdose epidemic in U.S. history. Continue reading →
{FD} Police arrest teen in killing of sales rep at model home
Authorities on Friday arrested a Maryland teenager in the fatal shooting of a builder’s representative inside a suburban model home, a killing that’s rattled real estate agents and others who sell the kind of properties where the victim was attacked. Continue reading →
{FD} Real estate seller found slain in suburban model home
Homicide detectives scoured the grounds Thursday of a model home in Maryland after a building company employee was found slain inside the suburban unit he was trying to sell. Continue reading →
{FD} Woman killed while helping panhandler was known for kindness
Relatives of a Maryland woman who was knifed to death in front of her family while trying to help a panhandler said Monday that she died the way she lived: looking out for others and trying to be kind. Continue reading →
{FD} Mennonites, urban horsemen forge job-saving connection
A group of black street vendors in Baltimore has forged a little-known connection with rural Mennonite craftsmen that is helping them to carry on a generations-old tradition of peddling fruit and vegetables from horse-drawn carts. Continue reading →
{FD} Police find car sought in child’s slaying; no arrests yet
Baltimore police have found a white Mercedes-Benz that was seen in the area where a 7-year-old girl was fatally shot in an apparent drive-by shooting but there still have been no arrests in the attack more than two weeks since she was shot in the back. Continue reading →
{FD} Police: 7-year-old Baltimore girl shot in car has died
A 7-year-old Baltimore girl shot in a spray of gunfire while in the backseat of a car died Thursday of her injuries, another apparent victim of the mid-Atlantic city’s cycle of drug-fueled turf battles and retaliatory shootings. Continue reading →
{FD} Court agrees to review decision to reopen ‘Serial’ case
Maryland’s highest court has agreed to review a decision to reopen a high-profile case for a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” according to an order issued Thursday. Continue reading →
{FD} Hundreds celebrate the life of slain Maryland journalist
Days after journalist Rob Hiaasen and four colleagues were shot to death by a gunman who blasted his way into the Capital Gazette’s newsroom, an overflow crowd gathered on Monday evening to remember the man they loved in stories, poems, and songs. Continue reading →
{FD} Overflow crowd gathers to honor slain Maryland journalist
Days after newspaper editor Rob Hiaasen and four colleagues were shot to death by a gunman in the Capital Gazette’s newsroom, an overflow crowd gathered at a Maryland nature center on Monday evening to remember the man they loved in stories, poems, and… Continue reading →
{FD} Social media played big role during, after attack on paper
Amid a devastating attack that killed five people at a historic Maryland newspaper, journalists at the paper took to social media to seek help and report on the fatal shooting. Continue reading →
{FD} In Baltimore, public trust erodes amid police scandal
Confidence in Baltimore’s sworn protectors has badly deteriorated in recent years, but federal courtroom admissions about a range of criminal abuses by officers may be eroding it to rock bottom. Continue reading →
{FD} Historian pleads guilty to stealing WWII dog tags
A French historian pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing dog tags and numerous other documents of U.S. servicemen whose planes crashed during World War II. Continue reading →
{FD} Baltimore broke homicide record in 2017
Baltimore has set a new per-capita homicide record as gunmen killed for drugs, cash, payback – or no apparent reason at all. Continue reading →
{FD} Baltimore breaks city record for killings per capita in 2017
Baltimore has broken its per-capita homicide record. Continue reading →
{FD} Baltimore’s enduring eccentricities shine at Christmas
While Baltimore residents enjoy “The Nutcracker” and other holiday classics, residents of this proudly eccentric city also relish celebrating Christmas in their own unique way. Continue reading →
{FD} Gunman fires wildly during car chase through Baltimore
A gunman fleeing police in a car shot wildly at officers and pedestrians across a swath of Baltimore on Friday as he led cruisers on a desperate chase that looped through streets of the city for at least 20 minutes before he was captured. Continue reading →
