NEWS
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | May 22, 2012
Annapolis police are looking for a man who pulled a 21-year-old woman into an alley in downtown Annapolis and sexually assaulted her early Saturday morning. About 1:30 a.m., the woman was walking alone in the 100 block of Duke of Gloucester St. near the heart of the downtown area when a man walking behind her grabbed her and dragged her into a nearby alley, according to police. The man threw the woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her, police said. The woman, who had been walking home from West Street, was eventually able to fight off the man, who then fled, police said.
BUSINESS
By Eileen Ambrose, The Baltimore Sun | May 20, 2012
Here's another reason to file your tax returns as early as possible: an identity thief might beat you to the money. Identity thieves are filing fake federal returns using taxpayers' Social Security numbers and claiming tax refunds worth billions of dollars. The taxpayers only find out about it when their returns are rejected by the IRS because someone already received a refund using their identity. It's a big problem — and one that's rapidly growing, according to a report this month from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
NEWS
The Baltimore Sun | May 16, 2012
Baltimore police on Wednesday identified a homicide victim from earlier in the week, the city's 74th victim of the year. Travis Miller, 27, of the 4800 block of Lorelly Ave. was shot and killed in East Baltimore Monday night. At 11:26 p.m., police responded to the 1100 block of N. Milton Ave. in the Biddle Street neighborhood. When officers arrived, they found the victim lying in the intersection of North Milton Avenue and E. Chase Street, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
NEWS
By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun | May 15, 2012
The windows are wide open in the messy apartment, the afternoon sky darkening fast. Chrissy Polis can't stand the Essex neighborhood outside, where everyone knows who she is. But she doesn't know how to get out, or where she'd go if she did. "I just want to move because I want to see other things," she says. There was a time when it seemed people from all over the country were talking about the 24-year-old. Many wanted to help her; others condemned her. Polis became an unwitting symbol of the transgender community and the struggle for transgender rights when she stepped into a Rosedale McDonald's one April evening.
NEWS
By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun | May 14, 2012
After the power failed in an Essex neighborhood earlier this year, BGE officials discovered that someone had been stealing copper wire from the tops of utility poles. Oddly enough, however, they found no marks on the poles indicating that the culprit had climbed roughly 40 feet to reach the wire. Baltimore County police figured they might have their suspect when an officer on patrol in Dundalk spotted an unmarked white Ford van equipped with a bucket lift, and a man alongside the van stripping insulation from copper wire, according to a police report.
NEWS
By Nicole Fuller, The Baltimore Sun | May 13, 2012
A 34-year-old man died Sunday afternoon after he was stabbed in Northwest Baltimore, police said. The victim, whose identity was not released, was stabbed once in the torso at about 12:11 p.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of Park Heights Terrace, Baltimore Police Sgt. Anthony Smith said. The victim was taken to Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said Smith said police were interviewing a possible suspect, who was in custody. No additional information was available, Smith said.