By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO A Baltimore County man has been charged with the attempted murder of Baltimore Police Officer Brian Burke as the pair struggled the morning of June 14, in West Baltimore according to police. Christopher Earl, 30, of Windsor Mill, has been arrested and charged with several crimes. According to […]
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Pastor Charged with Robbery and Assault During Local Protest
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Baltimore Police say they have arrested one of the men responsible for the attack on a FOX45 news crew during a protest over the murder of George Floyd. Pastor Westley West of Faith Empowered Ministries, 32, has been charged with five counts including robbery, second-degree assault, and theft […]
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Candidates React as City Erupts in Violence
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO A violent Memorial Day weekend left at least eight dead in Baltimore City. Eleven have been killed since May 21. “This weekend we experienced an incomprehensible and unconscionable level of violence in the city of Baltimore,” said Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison. In this Dec. 20, 2019 file […]
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Davis Sentenced to 50 Years for Pimlico Murder
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO On March 2, in his fourth trial Keith Davis, Jr. was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the murder of a Pimlico security guard in 2015. Prosecutors tried Davis three separate times unsuccessfully for the murder of Kevin Jones before a new jury convicted him last summer […]
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City Cops Run Into Trouble
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Two members of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) have been arrested and charged with a hit-and-run accident in Parkville, according to Baltimore County Police. Two other city cops had their guns confiscated also in Baltimore County. Officers Akeem Olajuwon Nelson and Danielle Renee White were caught on an […]
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Man Gets Life For Stabbing Wife 55 Times
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Amit Kumar, 40, of the 6700 block of Holabird Avenue in South Baltimore, was convicted of first degree murder and possession of a dangerous weapon after killing his wife Ankita Verma, 39. According to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, on January 11, 2019, at 5:06 p.m. Kumar […]
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Former Police Commissioner Released from Prison
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Recently, former Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa was released from a federal prison and was transferred to a transitional facility for inmates preparing to reenter society. Known as “community custody”, the last step in De Sousa’s sentencing is a halfway house for nonviolent offenders. The supervised facility […]
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Man Admits Strangling Pregnant Girlfriend
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO A Baltimore man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after he admitted to strangling his pregnant girlfriend according to prosecutors. Victor Robinson, 42, of the Winston-Govans neighborhood of North Baltimore called police on the morning of September 8, 2018 and told police his girlfriend had been […]
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Controversial BPD Arrest: Three Arrested In Assault on BPD Sgt.
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Two men and a juvenile have been arrested in the alleged assault of a Baltimore Police sergeant on a cell phone video, which has now gone viral. Zayne Abdullah, 23, and Donnell Burgess, 20, were arrested in the assault that took place in the 1500 block of Pennsylvania […]
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2020 Violence Picks Up Where 2019 Left Of
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO Five people were killed and seven others were injured in a dozen shootings this past weekend according to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD). The violent weeknd started with a triple shooting in the 700 block of N. Patterson Park Ave. in East Baltimore’s Milton-Montford neighborhood. At about 2:30 […]
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Gang Leader Charged With Murder, 15 Members Face Charges
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO The man accused of running a West Baltimore drug ring has been charged with killing a 27-year-old in February, authorities said at a press conference on Dec. 16. Calvin Sanders and 15 others including Jermol McCoy, Deontae Simms, James Miller III, Vernon White, Dominic England, Justin Prestia, Dan […]
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Balt. Co. Officer Denied Bail in Alleged Sex Assaults
By Michelle Richardson Special to the AFRO A Baltimore County police officer was recently charged with sexually assaulting at least three women according to court documents. Officer Anthony Michael Westerman, 25, is described as allegedly “taking advantage of social situations,” and was arrested and charged with multiple counts of felony rape and misdemeanor assault. According […]