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February 22, 2011

Rapes charges dropped against teacher, youth mentor in Howard, Baltimore

Updates on two cases, two different jurisdictions:

-Charges dropped against JROTC instructor, teacher in Howard County: During a trial, which ended in a hung jury, it was revealed that Charles Ray Moore's accuser had changed her story, and that handprints belonging to the young woman and traces of semen that did not match Moore's DNA were found by police technicians in the storage room, reports The Sun's Don Markus. Prosecutors said they had no plan to retry Moore after a November mistrial on charges of fourth-degree sex offense and having sex with a minor student in his authority.

-In the city, Baltimore prosecutors have dropped all charges against Douglas A. Hicks-Bey, the chief executive of a faith-based mentoring program, who was accused last month of raping a 15-year-old girl, The Sun's Nick Madigan reports. Prosecutors did not elaborate on why except to say that it followed a "careful review of the evidence."

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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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