Frederick H. Bealefeld, III

Suspicious colleague reported Levy, Hopkins dean says

2013-02-27 19:19:00

A female colleague of Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy became suspicious about a pen the doctor wore around his neck and alerted officials at the medical institution, touching off an investigation into whether he secretly recorded patients....

Police say Levy pictures may include child pornography

2013-03-01 21:38:00

Baltimore police said Friday that patient pictures taken by Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy could contain child pornography, and they've turned the evidence over to the FBI for analysis. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi declined to elaborate...

City police training academy director, appointed this week, to retire

2013-02-22 16:24:40

Just three days after being touted as the commander who would oversee reforms in the wake of a training shooting, the new head of the Baltimore Police academy informed top brass Friday that he intends to leave the agency. Maj. Joseph E. Smith III, a 25-...

Batts pledges agency-wide review of weapons use

2013-02-19 16:49:47

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts announced an across-the-board review of how city officers use weapons after the accidental shooting of a trainee during exercises last week. Speaking Tuesday at the police academy on Northern Parkway,...

Batts to address police recruits; selects new training academy director

2013-02-18 18:08:00

Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts replaced the head of the department’s training academy Monday, as the agency seeks to address safety lapses and restore public confidence following the accidental shooting last week of a trainee. Batts...

Brunson convicted for shooting man in Balto. in 2011

2013-01-26 09:29:24

A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury convicted a man police described as a criminal "legend" of first-degree assault and multiple handgun violations for shooting a man in Southwest Baltimore in 2011. Stanley Brunson, 36, had also been charged with first-...

Former State Superintendent Grasmick to launch speaker series Thursday

2013-01-17 09:53:00

Former State Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick will soon be back on the national stage, where she will host a handful of high-profile figures to discuss the future of public education. The longtime state education leader--who retired in 2011--will be...

What Maryland can do to reduce gun violence

2012-12-20 10:04:00

When President Barack Obama talked about the violence in Newtown, Conn., in his weekly radio address on Saturday, he urged the nation to act not only to stop mass killings like that one but also those that occur on "countless street corners in places like...

Murder trial starts for man police labeled 'engine for violent crime'

2013-01-17 16:04:07

As violence gripped the border of Baltimore's Southwestern and Western police districts two Decembers ago, police thought Stanley Brunson was at its heart: He had been shot and was out for revenge, they said. But when he shot Darnell Edwards in what...

Man who shot at three police officers sentenced

2013-01-11 16:19:00

A Baltimore circuit court judge sentenced Gerry Gough to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended after he was convicted of shooting at three city police officers and wounding one of them. Gough pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder, two...

Robbery is latest in a string of shootings on Greenmount Ave.

2012-11-27 15:20:21

Once a place to wind down during retirement, Johnston Square Apartments, a gray, fairly new multistory apartment complex for seniors along Greenmount Avenue in East Baltimore, has become a safe house. "The majority of people in here stay in here," said...

Mayor's top lobbyist to leave City Hall

2013-01-07 17:36:35

Kim Washington, a top aide to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Baltimore's chief lobbyist, will leave her post early in the coming General Assembly session, city officials announced Monday. Washington, a friend of Rawlings-Blake's since childhood, will...

Grayling Williams, the new head of the Baltimore Police Department's Internal Investigation Division, meets with reporters on Friday. Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III is in the background.

2013-04-06 13:50:00

As 2012 began, the number of people killed in Baltimore had dropped below 200 victims in a year for the first time since the 1970s, the lowest population-adjusted murder rate since the late 1980s.

2012-12-28 00:00:00

Retiring Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III poses with The Bird and pitcher Miguel Gonzalez after throwing out the first pitch prior to a game against the A's on July 29.

2012-07-30 00:00:00