Baltimore to reveal squeegee worker plan; BPD commissioner believes residents will be 'quite impressed'
A city representative said the new policy won't just be about removing washers from public visibility.
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A city representative said the new policy won't just be about removing washers from public visibility.
Baltimore leaders tackled crime concerns at a city council oversight hearing Wednesday with members of the public safety committee questioning police about what they are doing to combat a rise in thefts, which are up 40% this month compared to last October.
Some Baltimore neighborhoods have hired private security to help reduce crime given that city police are short hundreds of officers.
Powerful federal judge James K. Bredar, who is overseeing Baltimore's police reforms under the consent decree, called police after an encounter with squeegee workers in Bolton Hill on Sunday.
Police have yet to make an arrest in a brutal crime reported on Sunday morning.
A massive sinkhole that opened along East North Avenue in early July is partially to blame for the E. coli water contamination over Labor Day weekend.
A man is in grave condition after being shot in the head just after 1 a.m. Wednesday in Fells Point. A woman was shot in the arm during the same incident and is expected to survive.
The cheers and hugs at the scene of Adnan Syed's release at the downtown Baltimore courthouse Monday have played out before for other defendants.
"It was overwhelming. Adnan started to cry. I started to cry. I was thankful for having that minute as the courtroom cleared to try to get myself together, defense attorney Erica Suter said.
"It was overwhelming. Adnan started to cry. I started to cry. I was thankful for having that minute as the courtroom cleared to try to get myself together, defense attorney Erica Suter said.
Frosh's strong criticism follows Mosby accusing his office of failing to turn over evidence-handwritten notes contained in boxes of case files to Syed's defense.
While Adnan Syed is free right now, the decision on whether to move forward with a new trial for the murder of Hae Min Lee is up to Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby.
The case first received national attention in 2014 the hit podcast "Serial" raised questions about the prosecution.
The pursuit appears to have started before noon in southeast Baltimore City as police chased a blue sedan.
The judge on Wednesday ordered the postponement of Mosby's trial after a dispute over expert witness testimony.