Heroin

Fatherhood programs teach men to be dads

2013-06-14 13:33:00

Malik Carter, 17, shared a slice of pizza with his 20-month-old son Makai, who was perched on his dad's lap during the pre-Father's Day celebration this week at the Bon Secours Community Support Center in Southwest Baltimore. As part of the festivities,...

Baltimore police officer charged in drug corruption case

2013-05-31 17:40:14

A Baltimore police officer accepted cash payments and provided protection for a man she believed to be a drug dealer — a man who was actually working with department investigators and FBI agents to build a criminal case against her, authorities...

Aberdeen man freed twice following two separate weekend arrests for drugs, car theft

2013-05-28 13:49:36

An Aberdeen man is free on bond after being arrested twice over the long Memorial Day holiday weekend, first for allegedly trying to sell crack cocaine and then for allegedly trying to steal a car less than two days later, the Harford County Sheriff's...

Officer charged in drug, tax scheme granted pretrial release

2013-06-05 12:27:46

A U.S. District Court judge has released a Baltimore police officer caught in a drug dealing and tax-fraud investigation from federal custody until trial. On Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher allowed Baltimore police officer Ashley...

Baltimore pastor wins award for efforts to fight poverty, crime

2013-05-26 13:52:04

When passersby drive through West Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester community, they won't see flags symbolizing unity or notice traces of an affluent town. What they will see is a neighborhood once riddled with drug trade and prostitution, now being...

Ocean City cigarette smuggling ring had ties to terror groups, police say

2013-05-17 16:34:02

The Palestinian immigrant and his brother lived next door to each other in homes in West Ocean City, over the years opening a number of businesses throughout the area — three pizza shops, a Mexican restaurant, a liquor store, gas stations, and...

National tour of 'American Idiot' hits Baltimore

2013-05-09 16:28:00

“American Idiot,” the 2010 Broadway hit musical — the first punk rock opera, really — now at the Hippodrome, paints a searing portrait of restless, reckless youth, with all the sex, drugs and violence you’d expect from a...

Grand jury indicts driver in fatal City Hall crash

2013-05-09 16:49:00

A grand jury on Thursday indicted the driver state police said was high on drugs when his car sped into downtown, striking and killing a pedestrian before it overturned outside City Hall. Johnny Johnson, 43, faces nine counts, including vehicular...

State approves settlement to ex-inmate amid corrections scrutiny

2013-05-02 07:32:32

With the state corrections system already under scrutiny, the Maryland Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved a $40,000 settlement with a former inmate of the Baltimore jail who claimed he was assaulted by gang members for not assisting with a drug...

Failed drug war proves we're soft on crime

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Regarding Dan Rodricks' commentary on drugs at the city detention center, don't opinion columnists belong on the op-ed page, not in the news section ("Scandal at jail another symptom of war on drugs," April 27)? Mr. Rodricks blames a large share of...

Anne Arundel police seize suspected drugs, $10K cash

2013-05-01 09:48:00

Anne Arundel County Police say a call to a hotel in the Linthicum Heights area on Monday resulted in the seizure of more than 120 grams of suspected cocaine and other drugs and more than $10,000 cash. The call also resulted in one arrest on drug...

O'Malley sees success in jail indictments, but critics take aim

2013-04-30 18:15:00

As critics of Martin O'Malley sensed a new political vulnerability, the governor insisted Tuesday that last week's indictment of inmates and correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center was "a positive achievement" in Maryland's fight...

Traci Basta, 23, was arrested about police found 34,500 bags of heroin in the trunk of her car.

2013-06-11 08:09:00

About 34,500 bags of heroin were seized during a traffic stop in Waterbury on Monday.

2013-06-11 07:53:00

Heroin ODs

2013-06-11 05:19:00