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February 4, 2019

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Employee on life support after being shot at University of Maryland hospital in Baltimore; suspect in custody

Monday, Feb 4

A 24-year-old employee of the University of Maryland School of Medicine is in critical condition after he was shot outside the university’s downtown Baltimore hospital Monday morning, police and hospital officials said.

U.S. Attorney's Office files federal charges against former Taneytown Police Chief William Tyler

Former Taneytown Police Chief William Tyler  was charged Monday with illegally possessing and transporting machine guns, weeks after federal agents searched the police department, Tyler's residence in Fairfield, Pa., and another residence.

Westminster woman sentenced to serve 40 years for death of infant daughter; judge suspends half of prison time

A Westminster woman who pleaded to first-degree child abuse resulting in the death of her infant daughter was sentenced in Carroll County Circuit Court on Monday to 40 years in prison, with all but 20 suspended.

Baltimore man gets 80 years in murder of Dion Smith, brother of former police spokesman T.J. Smith

Calling it a killing committed in the “most brutal fashion,” a Baltimore judge on Monday sentenced 22-year-old Terrell Gibson to 80 years in prison for the murder of Dion Smith, a 24-year-old father of three and the brother of former Baltimore Police spokesman T.J. Smith.

Baltimore among five communities chosen for four-year anti-poverty initiative

A $25 million anti-poverty initiative is launching in urban, suburban and rural areas, including Baltimore.

Baltimore City Council gives preliminary OK to tighter air standards for trash incinerator

The City Council votes Monday on a bill that would force the Wheelabrator Baltimore trash incinerator to dramatically clean up its emissions to a standard the facility's owners say would be impossible to meet. That is raising questions about how the city would dispose of its trash.

Police closed 1997 investigation into Key School sex abuse without charges

In 1997, Anne Arundel County Police interviewed a former Key School student and victim of abuse who told them it was an “accepted practice” for teachers to sleep with students in the 1970s.

Naval Academy sexual harassment is up, but mids almost never report it

Instances of sexual harassment are up at the Naval Academy, per an annual Defense Department report on misconduct at the service academies.

Former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force detective to be sentenced in corruption case next week

Gondo faces the highest possible sentence of the officers convicted in the case because he was also indicted along with the drug crew.

Company with Russian investment no longer owns firm that hosts Maryland election data

A new firm has taken ownership of hosting Maryland’s elections data after a federal investigation into the Russian ties of the previous vendor. The state elections administrator says Maryland will use Intelishift and a subsidiary, The Sidus Group, now that ByteGrid is no longer connected to Sidus.