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November 13, 2008

More Mount Vernon rape news

The Baltimore Police Department has come under criticism from community leaders and a radio-talk show host (Ed Norris, a former city police commissioner) for not notifying the Mount Vernon community of a series of rapes.

Information continues to dribble out. The attacks occurred in the community along St. Paul, Calvert and Cathedral streets. In many attacks, a man entered second-floor windows, gaining access from a fire escape.

This afternoon, police for the first time released the dates of the attacks (they wouldn't give out the locations, even just by block number):

7/19/08; 9/16/08; 9/29/08; 10/29/08; 11/6/08; 11/9/08

The attack on Sept. 16 occurred outside on Cathedral Street, and may not be linked to the other five, according to police. Authorities have released two sketches which can be found here.

Posted by Peter Hermann at 4:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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this has been going on for much longer

Posted by: S. | November 15, 2008 2:40 PM

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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.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.

Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting. A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the City Paper in 2010 and by Baltimore Magazine in 2011.

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