Anthony Barksdale

Baltimore's next police commissioner is walking through a west-side neighborhood with some of the community's most engaged residents, but that's not enough for Anthony W. Batts. He wants to talk to a teacher sipping coffee on her porch. He jogs across...

Two of the Baltimore Police Department's top commanders have notified the department that they intend to retire, moves that come as Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts prepares to reshape the agency in coming weeks. The commanders are Col. Jesse Oden,...

One of the Baltimore Police Department's top commanders has reversed his decision to retire after meeting with the new commissioner-designate Anthony Batts, officials say.  Col. Jesse Oden, a 33-year veteran who oversees criminal investigations, filed...

WEATHER The National Weather Service is calling for Tuesday to be sunny, with a high near 76 and south winds 5 to 11 miles per hour. Tuesday night is expected to be mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. TRAFFIC Check our traffic updates for this...

Anthony W. Batts, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's pick for police commissioner, is getting an early start.  According to the Police Department's Twitter page, Batts formally started work today. He was scheduled to begin Thursday, and there was no...

Acting Police Commissioner Anthony Barksdale, who was vying to be named to the job permanently, is taking medical leave and will be out "indefinitely," leaving the incoming chief without two of the agency's highest-ranking officers. Barksdale's leave...

Baltimore police officer Daniel Redd was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to 20 years in federal prison for dealing drugs, bringing a close to a years-long probe into corruption accusations against the Northwest District veteran. Redd's...

Even as relatives and friends held a funeral Monday to mourn a young mother killed by a stray bullet, Baltimore police pushed to solve a spate of killings that has left 10 dead in the past 10 days. Dozens of mourners passed the open casket of LaRelle...

Sixteen people were shot and six killed over Labor Day Weekend, a bloody stretch that claimed the life of a young mother cleaning up after a family party and prompted police to increase patrols as the violence extended into Tuesday morning. Larelle Amos,...

Sixteen people were shot in Baltimore City over the Labor Day weekend, six of them fatally, including a young mother killed Sunday evening by a stray bullet as she tidied up after a holiday gathering of family and friends. All the victims of the weekend's...

Two brothers whose Rosedale auto body shop became the focus of a federal investigation into widespread corruption in the Baltimore Police Department were sentenced to prison Wednesday. Hernan Alexis Moreno, 32, of Rosedale and Edwin Javier Mejia, 29,...