3 officers suspended amid review of victim complaint
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Three Baltimore police officers have been suspended with pay as internal investigators look into allegations that they failed to take a report from a woman who said she had been raped, police said. Anthony Guglielmi, the department's chief spokesman, said the 44-year-old victim filed a complaint alleging that police brushed her off when she reported that a knife-wielding man had forced her to perform a sex act in the 3900 block of Garrison Blvd on Sept. 1. But she claims that instead of recording her complaint, a supervisor sent the same officers to interview her, who again did not take a report of the incident, Guglielmi said. Officers on the next shift then took a report and transported the victim to Mercy Medical Center for an exam, records show. The officers, identified as Sgt. Marlon McEntyre and Officers Khady Alquarishy and Keith Tate, were suspended on Wednesday as internal investigators probe the incident.
- Justin Fenton
W. Baltimore street sees third fatal shooting in week
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A man was shot in the head and torso early Friday in the 1600 block of Presstman St., the third fatal shooting on the West Baltimore street in the past week, according to city police. Officers responded to a report of gunshots about 1:15 a.m. at North Gilmor and Presstman streets. The man was found on the south side of Presstman Street, police said. He was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead an hour later. He is the 151st homicide victim of the year in Baltimore, two more than at this time a year ago, police said.
- Brent Jones
Police seek suspect in string of Anne Arundel burglaries
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Police are seeking a man suspected in 16 burglaries of businesses and offices in the southern part of Anne Arundel County and Annapolis. The most recent burglary occurred about 11 p.m. Aug. 24, when two office complexes on Admiral Cochrane Drive in Annapolis were broken into and nine offices were burglarized. Police said the man breaks into buildings when businesses are closed and targets cash boxes. Anyone with information is urged to call Anne Arundel County police Detective Mark Ottey at 410-222-1960, or Annapolis police Detective John Murphy at 410-268-9000.
- Andrea F. Siegel
1814 Battle of North Point celebration at Fort Howard
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