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Co-workers demand safety reforms after Maryland parole agent's murder
BALTIMORE -- Colleagues of a Maryland parole officer who was killed in the line of duty last month are demanding the state make changes to keep them safe on the job. They also want an outside investigation into the murder and say their complaints about the alleged killer and safety lapses within Maryland's parole system repeatedly fell on deaf ears. While the state has already shaken up top parole and probation leadership, those protesting in Baltimore County Tuesday said that is not enough. "They have never given us a damn thing," said Patrick Moran, President of the American Federation of State, County and...
Early blast of summer heat expected in Baltimore area later this week
BALTIMORE, MD—While temperatures in and around the Baltimore area will remain below normal for the next day or two, an early blast of summer heat is coming later this week. The National Weather Service says low humidity and below normal temps are expected through Wednesday before near-record heat enters the area on Thursday.
Non-Fatal Shooting Case Dismissed for Lack of Available Witnesses
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. A Baltimore City Circuit Court shooting defendant’s case was dismissed on June 12 because key witnesses needed for trial were not available. Quintanil Rudy Portillo, 32, was charged with possession of a firearm without a serial...
West Baltimore neighbors want to slow Amtrak's plans
Link: Amtrak's Frederick Douglass Tunnel plans and community meeting records. Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
Baltimore's busy port fully reopens after bridge collapse, and a return to normal is expected
Commercial shipping traffic through the Port of Baltimore is expected to return to normal levels next month, after the channel fully reopened this week for the first time since the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge about 11 weeks ago. BALTIMORE (AP) — Commercial shipping traffic through the Port of Baltimore is expected to return to normal levels next month, officials said Wednesday, after the channel fully reopened this week for the first time since the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. “I’ve been waiting to say this for every day for the last 11 weeks: Maryland, the Fort McHenry Channel is fully cleared, and the Port of Baltimore is reopened for business,” Gov. Wes Moore said at a waterside news conference to highlight the milestone. As the governor spoke, a passing ship blasted its horn.
Travel times prolonged in wake of Key Bridge collapse; the solutions the state is focused on
BALTIMORE — When the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26, so did I-695, known as Baltimore’s Beltway. The 51-mile loop is no longer connected, and it has had a major impact on traffic in the region. Prior to the cargo ship collision, around 39,000 vehicles traveled...
Disbarred Harford County lawyer gets six months in felony theft case
BEL AIR — A now-disbarred lawyer who practiced in Harford County and, to a lesser extent, in Cecil County is serving a six-month jail term after pleading guilty to a felony theft charge relating to her stealing more than $68,000 from an estate that she was handling as an attorney, according to Harford County Circuit Court records. Visiting Retired Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Mickey Joseph Norman imposed a 10-year sentence on the defendant — Rachel Lee Roberts, 41, of Jarrettsville — for theft of...
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