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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 23, 2016

2 Officers Cleared in Freddie Gray Case to Receive Back Pay

Sgt. Alicia White and Officer William Porter will receive $96,855 and $70,523 respectively. They were suspended without pay after being charged with felony manslaughter in the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2016

DOJ Mandated Police Reforms Expected to Strain Baltimore Budget

Implementing changes is costly. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said other big police departments have spent between $5 million and $10 million a year to impose fixes, and she anticipates a similar bill for Baltimore.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2016

DOJ Issues Report Saying Baltimore PD Violated Rights of Black Residents, Department and Union Respond

Gene Ryan, president of Baltimore City FOP Lodge 3, issued a statement saying the department's and the city's leaders should be blamed for the conditions described in the DOJ report and saying pressure from command on street officers to achieve favorable statistics in Compstat led to abuses.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 11, 2016

Baltimore Lieutenant Cleared in Freddie Gray Case to Receive $127K in Back Pay

Baltimore police Lt. Brian S. Rice, who was acquitted of manslaughter, misconduct and other charges in the death of Freddie Gray, is set to receive about $127,000 in back pay.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2016

Jury Finds Baltimore Officer Guilty of Assault in Shooting of Unarmed Man

A Baltimore police officer faces at least five years in prison after a jury convicted him Thursday of two charges in the shooting of an unarmed burglary suspect

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2016

Instagram Posts May Have Escalated Fatal Maryland Standoff, Police Say

During the standoff, which lasted several hours, videos from inside the apartment were posted to the Instagram account of the woman, Korryn Gaines, 23, whose 5-year-old son was also in the home, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 3, 2016

Pipe Bomb Explodes on Police Vehicle in Maryland

A pipe bomb exploded on a police vehicle parked outside an officer's home in suburban Maryland early Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 2, 2016

Video: Maryland Officers Kill Woman Wielding Shotgun, Son Wounded

A suburban Baltimore woman was shot and killed by police and her 5-year-old son was wounded Monday when an hours-long standoff at a Maryland apartment ended in gunfire.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2016

Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Calls Mosby "Incompetent" and "Vindictive"

The former police commissioner in charge when Freddie Gray died in custody said State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby is "in over her head" and has added more flaws to a broken justice system by prosecuting innocent officers.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 28, 2016

Baltimore Prosecutor Blames Police for Freddie Gray Case Failures

Mosby struck a defiant tone. Standing at the intersection where police arrested Gray in April 2015 she railed against police officers whom she accused of kneecapping her office's investigation.

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