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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 15, 2015

Video: Baltimore PD Breaks Up Sit-In Protest at City Hall Over Police Commissioner Selection

Baltimore police disbanded an overnight occupation of City Hall by activists who say they want a voice in the process of selecting a permanent police commissioner, and at least 16 people could be seen being led away to police vehicles early Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 13, 2015

Two Officers' Statements Ruled Admissible in Freddie Gray Case

A Baltimore judge on Tuesday ruled that statements made by two of the six officers charged in Freddie Gray's arrest and death are admissible as evidence in their trials, and possibly the trials of their peers.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 12, 2015

Batts Stop-and-Frisk Document Missing, Baltimore PD Says

Documentation of a "stop and frisk" by former police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts, which the Baltimore Police Department withheld from public disclosure, is now missing, the agency says.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 9, 2015

Inside the Baltimore PD's Freddie Gray Investigation

As massive protest marches continued across Baltimore, the pressure was building inside police headquarters, and Commissioner Anthony W. Batts wanted answers — fast. Near midnight on a cool April night, he pressed six top commanders sitting at a conference table for details about Freddie Gray’s death.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 5, 2015

Maryland Trooper Struck by Impaired Driver

A Maryland State trooper's vehicle was struck during an attempt to stop an impaired driver Sunday night.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 29, 2015

Officers' Trials Set in Freddie Gray Case

The six Baltimore police officers charged in Freddie Gray's arrest and death will be tried separately over the course of the next several months, with proceedings against the first officer starting Nov. 30.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 24, 2015

Fresh Evidence in Freddie Gray Case Could Delay Officers' Trials

Attorneys for all six officers, who are to be tried separately, said in a filing late last week that their clients wanted to attend a scheduling conference Thursday with Judge Barry Williams in order to "place on the record several significant discovery issues which affect the respective Defendants in different ways and may require certain Defendants to seek postponements."

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2015

Baltimore Mayor Seeks to Make Interim Chief Permanent

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will look to make acting police commissioner Kevin Davis the permanent head of the city police department, her spokesman said Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2015

Freddie Gray Settlement "Obscene," Police Union Chief Says

A $6.4 million settlement for the family of Freddie Gray was formally approved Wednesday by a Baltimore financial board despite complaints from the police union president that the deal was "obscene."

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2015

Judge Denies Change of Venue Motion in Trial of Baltimore Officers for Freddie Gray Death

Defense lawyers for the officers had argued before Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams that intense publicity made it impossible to hold a fair trial in Baltimore.

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