The Baltimore Board of Estimates is expected to approve a $100,000 settlement Wednesday to a woman who alleged she was wrongfully arrested outside of a nightclub in 2012 when police attempted to break up a fight. Cierra Brooks filed suit ...

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $69,500 settlement with a man who sued after he said police stunned him with a Taser for failing to comply with orders, causing him to hit his head and ...

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Two settlements totaling $135,000 of lawsuits alleging battery and false arrest by the Baltimore Police Department are scheduled to be considered by the city’s spending panel Wednesday. In one case, Kianga Mwamba was driving on Harford Road on March 30, ...

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Baltimore’s Board of Estimates is set to vote Wednesday on a $145,000 settlement with the family of a man fatally shot by police in 2012. The wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of George B. Wells III was settled ...

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Outside counsel was necessary because of the nature of the investigation as well at its magnitude and importance, according to city officials.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is scheduled to consider two police brutality settlements Wednesday totaling $220,000, the first settlements before the board since the $6.4 million agreement with the family of Freddie Gray. The settlements stem from incidents in ...

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The former two-term delegate from Baltimore County is in line for a new job with the Department of Transportation.

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Baltimore’s Board of Estimates is scheduled to approve Wednesday a $49,000 settlement with a Middle River man who alleged police officers broke his jaw after arresting him.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is slated to approve the settlement of a lawsuit filed by a mother who said her daughter was assaulted and verbally harassed by another classmate.

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A teenager with cerebral palsy who lost an eye when a fellow student allegedly threw a book at her face will get $55,000 from the city under a settlement approved last week by the Baltimore City Board of Estimates.

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