City seeks to join suit vs. Central Booking
The city sought to join a lawsuit yesterday against Baltimore's booking center, accusing the state of mismanaging the crowded facility and hampering police efforts to reduce crime. In the past...
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Officer, 21, is charged in stabbing of inmate
A 21-year-old state correctional officer was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree attempted murder in connection with a recent inmate stabbing at the Baltimore City Detention Center, court records and...
Smoot’s struggle with his ‘demon’ ended in tragedy at Baltimore jail
In life, Raymond K. Smoot was typical of the drug addicts on Baltimore's streets - he tried heroin at age 12, was arrested 20 times and used nearly as many...
City inmate’s death draws federal probe
The FBI is investigating the death of a 51-year-old inmate who was allegedly stomped, kicked and punched by correctional officers at Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center, the federal agency...
Two officers detail fatal beating of inmate
Two corrections officers who witnessed a weekend brawl that killed an inmate at Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center allege that the man refused repeated commands to return to his...
City jail homicide draws FBI’s attention
The FBI is monitoring the state probe into last weekend's homicide of a man detained at Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center, but the federal government has not decided whether...
Central Booking prisoner’s death ruled a homicide
The weekend death of a 51-year-old man who struggled with officers at Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center was ruled a homicide yesterday, as family members, a lawmaker and an...
Rumors followed two officers
For 16 years, Waymon LeFall has watched his blighted West Baltimore neighborhood from a perch at the corner of Edmondson Avenue and Brice Street. And for years, he has heard...
Police hit streets with their answer to ‘Snitch’ DVD
First came Stop Snitching, the DVD celebrating drug dealing, diamond-encrusted wristwatches, violence and witness intimidation in Baltimore. Yesterday, city police unveiled their sequel. As movie releases go, it was decidedly...
Deal extends city jail order
Suspects in Baltimore who don't receive a court hearing within 24 hours of being arrested will continue to be released from the Central Booking and Intake Center, according to an...