Via: WJZ-TV Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and city council members are under much pressure to revise the proposed police and firefighter pension cuts before their June 3o deadline. The latest proposal, cuts overall benefits and increases the years of service required to retire. The council is also looking into changing the cost of living raises and […]
Via: Baltimore Sun Baltimore city internal affairs and homicide departments are working extensively on the shooting death of an former Marine at the hands of an off-duty 15-year veteran of the Baltimore City Police Department. The police are currently focusing on statements from seven witnesses of the shooting behind the Mount Vernon nightclub. Statements from […]
Via: The Baltimore Sun Baltimore City Council members will unveil a new proposal tonight to solve the police and fire pension systems. If they fail to make major revisions within the next four weeks to their original plan of cutting pensions drastically, the city will be forced to pay $65 million on top of the […]
Via: WJZ-TV Many are questioning the reasoning behind an former U.S. Marine being killed by an off-duty officer in Mount Vernon. Early Saturday morning, former U.S. Marine Tyrone Brown, 32, was gunned down and killed by an off-duty 15-year veteran of the Baltimore police force. Officials are determining whether the use of deadly force was […]
Via: WJZ-TV 1-year-old Shamyrah Irons died Thursday evening after being taken to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Center from trauma to the child’s head. Reports indicated that the child was in the care of her father, 24-year-old Keaton Irons, and was transported to the hospital where she later died. Irons was arrested and has been charged with […]
Via: Baltimore Sun Baltimore fire and police unions filed suit against the city in federal court Thursday citing that they “knowingly underfunded” their pension plan over the past decade, ignoring the advice of financial experts hired by the city. If officials do not make drastic changes to the pension system by July 1, the city […]
Via: WJZ-TV Dave Trembley has been fired from the Orioles as manager of the baseball team. Trembley reportedly met with team President Andy MacPhail Thursday evening after returning from a road trip. It is rumored that third base coach Juan Samuel will take over as interim manager. The Orioles currently have an eight-game losing streak. […]
Via: NewsOne Coast Guard Administration’s Thad Alen called the development a “significant step forward.” The next step is to place a containment dome over the well. Unfortunately it won’t be as snug and oil will continue to flow into the Gulf. The repair attempt hit a snag Wednesday when the diamond-head saw got stuck and placed […]
Via: Baltimore Sun Michael Pryor was found unresponsive in the 2800 block of Harford Road on May 15. Winesses say that Pryor was approached by 23-year-old David Caldwell and stabbed the victim in the chest. Caldwell had accused Pryor for being a “rat” who was cooperating with law enforcement regarding a fatal stabbing in March […]
Via: Baltimore Sun On Tuesday, police arrested the 22-year-old live-in boyfriend of a woman whose 7-year-old daughter contracted gonorrhea, charging him with second-degree rape. This case was reported the same day police received report of a toddler being raped by a live-in boyfriend. The cases are unrelated. The girl did not reveal any sexual abuse […]