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Jim Shea, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s nominee to be the city’s next solicitor, is one step closer to being confirmed for the job following a unanimous vote by Baltimore City Council’s Rules and Government Oversight Committee on Thursday.

The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police Work Baltimore police officers confronting protesters after the death of Freddie Gray, in 2015.Credit...Robert Stolarik for The New York Times By Maurice Chammah By Justin Fenton In late 2015, I interviewed several young police officers over lunch in the middle of their patrol shift. We were near St. Louis, not far from Ferguson, where the year before an officer from a different department had shot and killed Michael Brown, sparking protests and a ...

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals reversed the lower court’s decision to block prosecutors from dismissing a drug case brought by a police officer indicted in the Gun Trace Task Force scandal.

Yet another Baltimore cop heads to prison in the Gun Trace Task Force scandal, a small-town Maine cop gets popped peddling pills to a female high school student, and more. Lets get to it: In Jeffersonville, Georgia, a former Twiggs County sheriffs deputy was arrested February 2 for stealing more than $1,500 in cash being held as evidence in a drug case. William "Chip" Samuel Stokes, 51, a major in the sheriffs office until he was fired February 1, allegedly made off with money seized in a Decem...

A former Baltimore Police detective and federal task force officer was sentenced Monday to 14 months in prison for lying to federal agents about stealing and selling cocaine more than a decade ago — a revelation that could upend a massive gang case.

Credit: Zach Gibson/Getty Images U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur has tendered his resignation, effective Feb. 15, he announced Wednesday. Jonathan F. Lenzner, Hurs first assistant U.S. attorney, will serve as acting U.S. attorney until a replacement is confirmed. Hur, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, took office April 9, 2018. In a statement, Hur thanked Trump as well as Sens. Ben Cardin and Ch...

February 3, 2021 United States Attorney Robert K. Hur announced today that he will resign his position as the chief federal law enforcement officer for the District of Maryland. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland is one of the country’s largest and busiest, serving a population of more than six million. Mr. Hur will return to private law practice. Jonathan F. Lenzner, who has served as the First Assistant U.S. Attorney during Mr. Hur’s tenure, will become the Acting U...

Journalists, community groups and a legal advocate have challenged the law on First Amendment grounds.

A North Carolina cop gets roided, a Baltimore cop is the latest to go down in the Gun Trace Task Force scandal, and more. In Clayton, North Carolina, a former Clayton police officer was arrested January 19 for making and selling a muscle growth-promoting steroid. Owen Phillips, 40, went down after local police and prosecutors asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into allegations he neglected his official duties and was dealing steroids. He is charged intent to manufacture, sell and d...

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