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March 24, 2011

More details in arrest of city officer

The Harford County Aegis newspaper reports today on details of the allegations against Baltimore Officer Kevin Rowland, who was charged Wednesday with inappropriately touching a 17-year-old girl who police say was in his care.

The girl told police that he has kissed her on the mouth and had her sit on his lap, confiding in her about marital problems, exchanges she found "weird" and "uncomfortable," the newspaper reported. Rowland, according to court documents, said that the kisses were "normal pecks on the lips" and that he told her that their relationship could "never got that route, period."

Rowland was released after posting $100,000 bond in Harford County District Court. Rowland is a member of the regional gun trace task force and has been placed on suspension, city police said.

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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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