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Officers Cleared In Killing Of Armed Man In Baltimore Parking Garage Officers Cleared In Killing Of Armed Man In Baltimore Parking Garage
Officers Cleared In Killing Of Armed Man In Baltimore Parking Garage Three Baltimore police officers have been declared justified in the February 2021 shooting death of an armed 25-year-old man, the city's State Attorney's Office announced. Video evidence and witness testimonies found Benjamin Tyson, 35, pointed a gun at officers and refused to comply with orders before he was shot in the parking garage on the 600 block of East Lombard Street, Feb., 25, 2021, authorities said. Tyson was being pursued in connection to a non-fatal shooting on Pratt Street before ending up in the garage.  When asked to stop and put his hands up, Tyson pulled a gun on …

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Anne Arundel Sheriff's Deputy Arrested For Drunk Driving, His Department Says Off-Duty Anne Arundel Sheriff's Deputy Arrested For Drunk Driving, His Department Says
Off-Duty Anne Arundel Sheriff's Deputy Arrested For Drunk Driving, His Department Says Anne Arundel County's Deputy Sheriff has been arrested for a suspected DUI, his department said on Facebook.  Cpl. James Walker Jr, a 25-year veteran, was off-duty and not in uniform when he was said to be erratically driving his black Dodge Charger over the weekend, the County Sheriff's Office said.  Police stopped Walker at the intersection of Solomons Island Road and Mill Swamp Road in Harwood around 8:40 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, the office said. After they approached his vehicle, officers determined Walker was under the influence of alcohol.  Corporal Wal…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
Baltimore Man Facing Life Sentence For Killing Man During Dice Game Baltimore Man Facing Life Sentence For Killing Man During Dice Game
Baltimore Man Facing Life Sentence For Killing Man During Dice Game A Baltimore City jury returned a guilty verdict for a man who fatally shot another man during a dice game in the Shipley Hill neighborhood two years ago, the State Attorney’s Office said. Danjuan McBride faces life in prison, plus 35 years, for the first-degree murder of Tavonte Briggs, the office said on Wednesday, March 23. McBride approached Briggs during a dice game on 300 South Franklintown Road at approximately 12:40 p.m. on July 25, 2020, the office said. McBride then started shooting Briggs and even chased him while Briggs tried to run away. McBride kept shooting until Briggs…

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by David Cifarelli
Police & Fire
‘I Wish I Could Have Killed His A**’: Baltimore Man Faces 30 Years For ‘Brutal Beating' ‘I Wish I Could Have Killed His A**’: Baltimore Man Faces 30 Years For ‘Brutal Beating'
‘I Wish I Could Have Killed His A**’: Baltimore Man Faces 30 Years For ‘Brutal Beating' A Baltimore City jury returned a guilty verdict this week for a man accused of brutally beating another man two years ago, the State Attorney’s Office said. Kenneth Sommers was found guilty of the brutal beating Wayne Brown in the Rosemont Avenue neighborhood, on Wednesday, March 23, the office said. Sommers faces up to 30 years in prison for first degree assault, second degree assault and reckless endangerment. Police responded to the assault, which happened in the 4200 block of Kolb Avenue around 4:13 p.m., on August 12, 2020, the office said. Brown was found excessively bleeding and u…

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by David Cifarelli