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Ashley Roane, the Baltimore City police officer charged last week for committing federal gun, drug, and fraud crimes, yesterday was granted supervised release pending trial by U.S. magistrate judge Stephanie Gallagher. The judge wrote a memorandum supporting her decision, and ordered that Roane remain in federal custody until prosecutor Peter Nothstein’s anticipated appeal of...
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If you’ve ever been in the Curtis Bay area of Baltimore, you’ve seen the giant pile of coal at the CSX Marine cargo handling facility at Curtis Bay Piers looming at the edge of the water at 1910 Benhill Avenue.  The Maryland Department of the Environment is holding a hearing tonight to receive public...
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Steven Loney, one of the inmates charged in the racketeering indictment involving members of the Black Guerrilla Family (BGF) prison gang and correctional officers (COs) alleged to have facilitated their criminal conduct in the Baltimore City Detention Center (“Corrupt to the Core,” Mobtown Beat, May 1), was ordered yesterday to “be expeditiously returned to...
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Here’s something you’ve not seen: A Navy SEAL formerly known as Chris Beck has a book out about coming out transgender. It is called Warrior Princess. She is now Kristin Beck. Beck was a football-playing, motorcycle-riding dude who got on The Teams, as the SEALs are sometimes known, and retired 20 years later, according...
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Editor’s Note: A City Paper contributor currently in Turkey sends the following report. The contributor has asked to remain anonymous to avoid reprisals. 9:30 PM, Istanbul A week ago, a small group of demonstrators started gathering in Taksim square, sitting on the ground with signs. They were protesting the destruction of Gezi Park, one...
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The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office distributed a criminal complaint today, filed in federal court against Ashley Roane, described in the court document as “an active duty uniformed Baltimore Police Officer assigned to patrol the Southwest District.” Roane is charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin; possession of...
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The Brew wrote a good story this week about the Baltimore Department of Public Works’ effort to renegotiate a huge federal consent decree, stretching the time and reducing the cost. Today Kurt Kocher and crew at DPW responded:     A Statement from Director Foxx about the Consent Decree  In response to an article that...
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About 14 months ago a dude called all his car buddies to meet at the mall on Shawan Road off I-83 for “cars and coffee” early on a Saturday. Come hotrods, come muscle cars, come tuners, come with your Ferraris, he said, come with your little British sports cars. Come with your Hemi-powered Jeep...
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The spectacular derailment and explosion today made for some incredible videos, but derailments and accidents at rail crossings — “incidents” in the parlance of the Railroad Administration — are pretty common, as are other types of train-related accidents. Maryland has seen two derailments already this year. There were also two crossing accidents this year...
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A CSX freight train collided with a tractor trailer truck Tuesday afternoon, derailing the 15 car train, which, according to CSX, was carrying sodium chlorate, lumber, and printing paper. The derailment was followed by a massive explosion that could be felt as far away as Canton (videos of the explosion can be seen here...
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This one was posted on YouTube and also include NSFW language.
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Facebook user Uptown Bev posted this intense video of the explosion following a train derailment in Rosedale this afternoon.
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