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Man Accused Of Fatally Cutting Woman In South Baltimore Months After Attack, Police Say Man Accused Of Fatally Cutting Woman In South Baltimore Months After Attack, Police Say
Man Accused Of Fatally Cutting Woman In South Baltimore Months After Attack, Police Say Police say that they've apprehended a man who has been wanted for months in Baltimore in connection to a fatal cutting incident.  Kenneth Craig, 59, has been arrested and charged with murder for his alleged role in the stabbing of 36-year-old Shakita Thomas in April, authorities announced. On Tuesday, April 18, officers were called to the 500 block of East Jeffrey Street to investigate a reported cutting at approximately 2:45 a.m., officials said. Upon arrival they found Thomas suffering from multiple lacerations to her upper body, and she was taken to an area hospital, where she late…

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by Zak Failla
News
SINKHOLE SUIT: Baltimore Homeowner Suing City, Report Says SINKHOLE SUIT: Baltimore Homeowner Suing City, Report Says
Sinkhole Suit: Baltimore Homeowner Suing City, Report Says A Baltimore homeowner whose property was destroyed by a sinkhole over the summer is now suing the city for restitution, according to a report by WMAR.  Nine families on the 700 block of North Avenue were displaced after a massive sinkhole opened suddenly on July 5, as Daily Voice has reported.  Some of those residents have opted to file suit against the city when municipal officials denied their claims for public assistance. Now, in an interview with WMAR, an attorney for the homeowners is speaking out.  "What had happened was the critical failure of 115-year-old storm …

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by Mac Bullock
News
Baltimore Teen Died Of Natural Causes At Field Trip In Cecil County: Reports Baltimore Teen Died Of Natural Causes At Field Trip In Cecil County: Reports
Baltimore Teen Died Of Natural Causes At Field Trip In Cecil County: Reports Natural causes have been determined as the reason a 13-year-old Baltimore resident died during a school-sponsored trip to a Cecil County camp last month. Athumani Brown, a seventh-grader at the Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School died in June while visiting the North Bay Adventure Camp in North East. According to multiple reports from CBS Baltimore, WMAR, and Cecil Whig, the sheriff's office announced that the cause of death was ultimately determined to be from natural causes. The news was confirmed by Brown’s mother, Dionn Brown, on social media, where she noted that her family …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
7 Shot, 2 Dead In Baltimore Shootings Less Than Hour Apart 7 Shot, 2 Dead In Baltimore Shootings Less Than Hour Apart
7 Shot, 2 Dead In Baltimore Shootings Less Than Hour Apart Police responded to a quadruple shooting in a sleepy neighborhood in northeast Baltimore Tuesday evening, June 7. Less than an hour later, authorities received reports of a triple shooting just a few miles away.  The first shooting happened in the 5500 block of Plainview Avenue around 6:30 p.m. when a gunman approached a group of four men sitting outside a house and opened fire, Baltimore Police Major Steve Hohman told news cameras. A 22-year-old man died at the scene, and first responders rushed an 18-year-old man to John Hopkins Hospital where he died later that evening, WMAR reported. Pol…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Mom Of Star Student Choked Out By Baltimore County Art Teacher Shares Their Pain Mom Of Star Student Choked Out By Baltimore County Art Teacher Shares Their Pain
Mom Of Star Student Choked Out By Baltimore County Art Teacher Shares Their Pain Michelle Hinson could have never predicted her son’s journey as a freshman at Dundalk High School.  The boy was never a troublemaker, so his mom was shocked to learn that he skipped art class one day in March. When she confronted her son about his absence, he broke down in tears saying he didn't feel comfortable going to Andrew Rader's class any longer.  Last week, Rader was arrested and charged for choking students while teaching at the school. Among them were Hinson's son. "I was enraged and shaking," she said when she found out about Rader's behavior. The incident was captured in a vid…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Baltimore County Teacher Arrested For Supposedly Choking Students: Report Baltimore County Teacher Arrested For Supposedly Choking Students: Report
Baltimore County Teacher Arrested For Supposedly Choking Students: Report A Baltimore County teacher has been arrested for supposedly choking students at Dundalk High School, WMAR reports.  Andrew Rader, 30, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault on Wednesday, May 18, Baltimore County Police said.  Rader is accused of choking at least two students in February, according to WMAR. The outlet obtained court documents detailing the allegations, which indicate Rader had done this at least ten times before.  Rader started working at Dundalk High School in August 2021, according to a letter from Principal Paul Satterfield. Rader originally used this "chok…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Five Students Hospitalized In Carroll County School Bus Crash: Report Five Students Hospitalized In Carroll County School Bus Crash: Report
Five Students Hospitalized In Carroll County School Bus Crash: Report Five students were in the hospital following a school bus crash in Carroll County, WMAR reports. The bus carrying 21 students crashed at Middleburg and Union Bridge roads after leaving Northwest Middle School on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 11, the outlet reports.  All injuries were said to be minor and another bus brought the remaining students home, the outlet reports. Click here to read the full story from WMAR.

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by David Cifarelli
News
$2.5M Settlement Reached In Choking Death Of Maryland Student: Report $2.5M Settlement Reached In Choking Death Of Maryland Student: Report
$2.5M Settlement Reached In Choking Death Of Maryland Student: Report Anne Arundel Public Schools has reached a $2.5 million settlement in the case of the negligent death of 17-year-old Bowen Levy, who choked on a rubber glove in school and died days later at a hospital, WMAR reports.  The settlement will go to Bowen's family, whose teen boy with autism ingested the rubber glove at Central Special School in 2019.  The district released a statement on Wednesday, May 5 expressing remorse in the "preventable death," which reads in part: "Bowen’s death has had an enormous impact on many, but nowhere has that impact been more massive than on h…

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by David Cifarelli
Politics
Family Outraged Over Revision To 'Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act' Family Outraged Over Revision To 'Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act'
Family Outraged Over Revision To 'Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act' Outrage is brewing after a bill honoring a fallen Baltimore Police officer was revised during a recent Senate hearing, multiple sources report. When it was originally introduced to the Senate, the Officer Keona Holley Public Safety Act (S652) was designed to remove the option of parole for people convicted of conspiring, attempting or committing the murder of a police officer. Now, the bill focuses on expanding state funds to provide college scholarships to children of first responders who were killed in the line of duty – and Holley’s family is not happy "We're extremely disappointed a…

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by David Cifarelli