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Joe Burris

Man found stabbed to death in apartment

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A building maintenance supervisor discovered a 68-year-old man fatally stabbed in his apartment Thursday in West Baltimore, police said. Relatives of the victim, whom police identified as Frederick Jeffrey Archer, grew concerned for the man after they had lost contact with him and called the supervisor to check on him. The worker found Archer stabbed to death in his apartment, in the 700 block of N. Arlington Ave., police said. Anyone with information can call 410-396-2100.

Gus G. Sentementes

15 ex-prison officers charged in jail assaults

Fifteen former correctional officers were charged yesterday with assaulting inmates in Western Maryland prisons last year. Six former officers at North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland and nine formerly at Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown were charged with second-degree assault, a misdemeanor. Patrick Moran, director of AFSCME Maryland, said prosecutors were rushing to level charges before the one-year anniversary of the prison assaults. In April, 15 Roxbury officers and eight North Branch officers were fired in assaults on inmates. Several of the alleged victims were beaten at Roxbury, transferred to North Branch and beaten again, according to state prison officials.

Associated Press