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Today's crime column talks about the Linden Bar and Liquors on West North Avenue and the city's decision to order it padlocked because of the amount of crime there. Here are some documents, including a lawsuit the store owner filed against the city, the owner's statement about he feels he is being unfairly singled out and the padlock order from police.
Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.
Mark Hughes, a reporter with The Independent, a national U.K. paper, visits Baltimore to examine if police officers, drug dealers, prosecutors and politicians were accurately portrayed 'The Wire;' The Sun's Justin Fenton heads to London to compare crime trends between the two cities.
A roundup of crimes reported in Baltimore City and Baltimore County
