A recent surge in violence in Baltimore led to an outbreak of press conferences expressing frustration, promising to do better, and urging a longer-term view of what one newspaper account called a “tidal wave of violence.”

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Baltimore’s State’s Attorney says a city police officer won’t be charged for the blunt force trauma death of a man in police custody. Police said at first that 46-year-old Anthony Anderson died from choking on drugs. A medical examiner later ...

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Baltimore prosecutors said Thursday they will pursue a third trial for two illegal immigrants from Mexico accused in the 2004 deaths of three young relatives. Policarpio Espinoza Perez and Adan Espinoza Canela are serving life sentences in the slayings, but ...

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A retrial for twin brothers accused in the fatal burning of a pit bull in Baltimore in 2009 has been postponed. A mistrial was declared in February after jurors deliberated for two and a half days but failed to reach ...

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Gregg Bernstein will try his first case as Baltimore’s state’s attorney this week. The case involves three police officers accused of kidnapping two Baltimore teenagers and abandoning them. Their trial begins Thursday. The officers — Milton Smith, Tyrone Francis and ...

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Baltimore prosecutors will retry twin brothers accused in the fatal burning of a pit bill in 2009. Days after a mistrial was declared in the case, State’s Attorney Gregg Bernstein announced Friday that the new trial is scheduled for May ...

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