http://www.citypaper.com/news Baltimore City Paper's news coverage. en-us Copyright 2008 Baltimore City Paper http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16043 Murders This Week: 7 Murders This Year: 118 Two deaths were added to the homicide rolls this week. On July 15, Baltimore police officer Thomas Sanders, a 37-year-old African-American man, was indicted by the Baltimore City Grand Jury on manslaughter charges for the death of Edward Hunt, a 27-y ... in Murder Ink by Anna Ditkoff Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16042 It's been more than two weeks since a shootout between several partygoers and police after an illicit Independence Day event at a Southwest Baltimore union hall left dead two young men: Raemond White, 21, and Haywood White, 18. The deaths are Baltimore's 11th and 12th fatal shootings by police in ... in Mobtown Beat by Jeffrey Anderson Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16041 About 125 people are standing around under the Jones Falls Expressway downtown. Some are standing with suitcases next to them; others are sitting on folding chairs, sandwiches in hand. There are still some people standing in a small line behind a Salvation Army truck to get dinner. The area feels ... in Mobtown Beat by Amanda Magnus Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16040 On a stretch of Old North Point Road in Dundalk, not far from the North Point Village neighborhood, a couple of unlikely neighbors share a parking lot: Methadone clinic BD Health Services and a strip club called Dreamers. The arrangement works well for them, as Dreamers closes from 2 a.m. to noon ... in Mobtown Beat by Audrey Murray Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16039 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16037 It's afterhours at a West Baltimore child-care center, and the last youngster has been picked up. For a few moments, the room is quiet as an aproned caretaker puts toys on their shelves and pushes tiny chairs under tables. In a whirlwind of noise and motion, four twentysomethings arrive, with fiv ... in Feature by Laura Laing Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16035 An old man on crutches is losing his balance. He struggles to get over a curb, just outside the entrance to the Code Blue homeless shelter, which has since been closed down, on East Fayette Street. "My leg just got amputated." he tells me, as I put his arm around my shoulder. They released him f ... in Concrete Jungle by Jay Sandler Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16029 An old man on crutches is losing his balance. He struggles to get over a curb, just outside the entrance to the Code Blue homeless shelter, which has since been closed down, on East Fayette Street. "My leg just got amputated." he tells me, as I put his arm around my shoulder. They released him f ... in Whose Responible? by John Ellsberry Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16006 Jose Morales was arrested in Baltimore County last week, on the same day the suspected murderer of Robert Long, the man who agreed to testify against Morales in court, was arrested in Baltimore City. Baltimore police arrested Demetrius Smith and charged him with the March 24 murder of Long, who ha ... in Quick and Dirty by Edward Ericson Jr. Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16005 Murders This Week: 6 Murders This Year: 112 There continues to be a discrepancy between the Baltimore Police Department's homicide number and the one calculated by this column. According to police, there have been 111 murders this year; this column counts 112. The death of Patrice Marable, a 28-yea ... in Murder Ink by Anna Ditkoff Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=16004 The Double T Diner in Catonsville is an odd place for the mayor of Baltimore to go for a breakfast meeting. Located about 10 miles west of City Hall on Baltimore National Pike, just outside the Beltway, the Double T is a large retro-styled restaurant serving diner food--the same schtick, albeit in ... in Mobtown Beat by Van Smith Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15996 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST