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Baltimore police arrest mother and boyfriend in death of 6-year-old
Baltimore police have arrested a mother and her boyfriend in connection with the death of a 6-year-old. The child’s mother, 34-year-old Jalesia Offer, and 34-year-old Brandon Wheatley, the mother’s boyfriend, have been arrested. Earlier this week, officers responded to the 6300 block of Greenspring Avenue after receiving...
Windsor Mill Road Four-Car Crash Injures Five Total, Kills Driver
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. On Aug. 22, at approximately 11:49 p.m., Northwest District patrol officers responded to the 2100 block of Windsor Mill Road for a report of a multi-vehicle crash. Once there, Baltimore Police Department officers located four vehicles involved...
The Orioles finally put the Trevor Rogers experiment on hold
Trevor Rogers made just four starts with the Orioles after Mike Elias acquired him at the trade deadline but it feels like he's been around for much longer than that. In total, Rogers allowed 15 runs in 19 innings with Baltimore, good for a 7.11 ERA to go along with miserable strikeout and walk rates. While Elias came out and told Orioles fans how excited he was to have acquired the young lefty, things have gone about as poorly as possible during his brief stint with the O's.
Democratic Convention Notebook: Earl the Muskrat, river cruise, walk up songs
CHICAGO — Delegates from Maryland’s Eastern Shore to the Democratic National Convention are being joined by a mascot this week: Earl the Muskrat. Earl may have had one of the best seats in the house for former President Barack Obama’s speech from the perch of a 3-foot-high “VOTE” sign that a Maryland delegate proudly held in the air.
A celebration of community, history and culture
CHESTERTOWN — Each year on a weekend in mid-August, Sumner Hall celebrates Legacy Day, a “Celebration of Community, History and Culture.” This year in partnership with the Historical Society of Kent County, it explored African American fraternal and community organizations in Kent County. “Our theme this year was African American fraternal and community organizations,” noted Airlee Ringgold Johnson, community historian for Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience. “Our citizens had a chance to step out of our usual work uniforms...
Fells Point attack raises concerns about the criminal justice system
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The suspect in the deadly assault of an elderly man in Fells Point has a lengthy criminal record, stretching from Maryland to Florida; he’s the latest example of people cycling through the criminal justice system without clear changes in behavior. Timothy Clinedinst has been charged...
Harris accepts Democratic nomination for president, Maryland delegates energized for fall campaign
CHICAGO – Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination Thursday night, pledging “a new way forward” for the nation and warning that the consequences of another Donald Trump presidency would be “extremely serious.”. “On behalf of the people, on behalf of every American, regardless...
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