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‘That wasn’t me’: Facial recognition error led to woman jailed six months in MD
A woman was jailed for six months in Maryland after facial recognition technology wrongly identified her as a suspect in fraud cases.
Lawsuit: Md. man spent months in jail after false murder arrest
A Queen Anne’s County man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was wrongfully imprisoned for more than six months after the county sheriff’s department falsely arrested him for killing his […]
A year of teachable moments
Lillian Parker, a 50-year-old lunch lady in the Baltimore school system, was wrongfully arrested and thrown in jail for two days in 2007 on drug and weapons charges that were […]
Pregnant witness settles wrongful arrest suit
The Baltimore Board of Estimates is poised to approve a $125,000 settlement in the case of a pregnant woman who was forcibly arrested, jailed and prosecuted after intervening in a […]
High court hears argument over post-9/11 arrest
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether to allow former Attorney General John Ashcroft to be sued for an American Muslim’s post-Sept. 11 arrest and detention using a […]
False-arrest lawsuit settles on eve of trial
An East Baltimore man who spent nearly a month in jail on assault and robbery charges, even though the alleged victim said he was not involved in the December 2009 […]
Police lawyer knew deal was subject to MPIA
Less than a month before The Daily Record’s Maryland Public Information Act request for documents related to the then-confidential Yakov Shapiro settlement was denied, the lawyer representing the Baltimore Police […]
Commissioner Bealefeld doesn’t address police settlements
At a Monday press conference to tout last year’s decrease in violent crime and to call for tougher sentences for gun offenders, Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III refused […]
Week in review: December 31, 2010
EPA unveils bay restoration plan The federal Environmental Protection Agency outlined a plan of action Wednesday to restore the Chesapeake Bay, involving Maryland and five other states and the District of […]
Editorial: Secrecy is not an option
Who’s telling the truth? The City of Baltimore says Yakov Shapiro demanded secrecy as a condition of settling his wrongful-arrest lawsuit for $200,000. Shapiro’s lawyer says the city insisted on […]
City denies seeking secrecy; plaintiff’s lawyer claims proof
Watch video of Mayor Rawlings-Blake’s response Related coverage Settlement terms revealed in wrongful arrest case City solicitor defends confidential settlement Audio recording from Yakov Shapiro’s initial bail hearing Baltimore Mayor […]
Mayor Rawlings-Blake queried on wrongful arrest settlement
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake responds to questions from Daily Record reporter Brendan Kearney about his Dec. 22 story on a wrongful arrest that lead to a $200,000 settlement with the city.
