In this hard-bitten town, in the shadow of the nation’s capital, authorities recently made what they’re calling their biggest coke bust in the city’s history. The bust was notable not only for its quantity, but its location. By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — Trenell David Murphy, a 33-year-old Baltimore man, was charged in…
Is New York attorney Robert M. Simels, a nemesis of the Justice Department, just an aggressive advocate for his clients or a danger to public safety as the government claims? His long-standing battle with the Justice Department continues. By Van Smith Baltimore City Paper BALTIMORE — On Thursday, Feb. 5, the Justice Department took two…
Like other major cities, Baltimore has a drug trade that generates impressive revenue. Fair to say, some of that money goes for cars and homes and jewelry and restaurants and expensive bottles of Moet champagne. In Baltimore, they call it the “Informal Economy.” Here is an examination of an urban phenomena we know so little…
