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Former Baltimore City’s State Attorney Marilyn Mosby Sentenced on 3 Condemning Charges
The once-renowned Baltimore state attorney, Marilyn Mosby, was the youngest chief prosecutor of any major U.S. city in 2015. The one who charged 6 police officers in the case of Freddie Gray, a Black man fatally injured in police custody, was prosecuted herself in two federal court trials. One for two counts of perjury and the other for one count of mortgage fraud. If the maximum sentence is applied, she might be facing 40 years in prison but if not, it will be less impactful. Let’s see the details behind the crimes committed and the sentencing.
WWII veteran celebrates 103rd birthday at Camden Yards
BALTIMORE -- World War II veteran Billy Keys is celebrating his 103rd birthday at Camden Yards.For Keys, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance."We lost a lot of guys," said Keys, a World War II veteran.We first met Billy in 2020 on his 100th birthday."That's the Black Panthers, the 761st tank outfit in the second world war," he said.This Memorial Day is also a day of celebration for Billy. Earlier this month, he turned 103 years old."I don't know if it's any secret or not. I have used my time up drinking, I used that time up. I used my other time up with women," Keys joked.Now it's time for Billy to be celebrated."It's amazing to think about ever being 100 years old. To be able to still get out, enjoy yourself, come to the ballgame, honor the people that you have known through the years, especially through his military career, just simply amazing," Trautman said.And Billy has a plan to make it to 104."We're just going to reproduce what we did at 102, 101 to 104," Keys said.
John B. Lein, Baltimore County Police colonel and GBMC security director, dies
John B. Lein, a former top-ranking Baltimore County Police official who later served as Greater Baltimore Medical Center’s security chief, died of pneumonia May 2 at Oak Crest Senior Living Center in Parkville. He was 90. Mr. Lein, who became a county police officer in 1956, quickly climbed the ranks over the 21 years the eastern Baltimore County resident served in the department. He was the ...
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