Former Baltimore officer sentenced to 15 years for sexual assault of teen
A former Baltimore police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to the sexual assault of a 16-year-old.
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A former Baltimore police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to the sexual assault of a 16-year-old.
The officer was trying to retrieve a gun from a storm drain when it went off at least once, police said.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said before the shooting Saturday morning, officers saw a naked man walking in the area.
David Linthicum, the man who is charged with shooting two Baltimore County police officers and leading investigators on a multi-county manhunt back in February, appeared in court Wednesday.
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Black children and kids with disabilities were disproportionately impacted, according to CBS News analysis of Education Department data.
Officials say Maryland's Montgomery County has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a lawsuit that grew from an encounter between a 5-year-old boy and two police officers at East Silver Spring Elementary School.
A Fairmount Heights police officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violating a man's civil rights and allegedly obstructing justice, according to Department of Justice officials.
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Greater transparency is needed before Maryland settles on any eligibility requirements regarding who can serve on local police accountability boards, advocates for police reform in Maryland said Wednesday.
