Baltimore leaders join police, community groups and violence disruptors who are all working together to fight crime, and the mayor believes it's paying off.
The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office dismissed a charge against the site supervisor at the Belair Edison Safe Streets location Wednesday morning due to
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St. Paul police continue to solve homicides at a higher-than-average rate: there has been an arrest or resolution in all except three of 2023's homicides.
Homicides in St. Paul in 2023 declined from recent years, but are still higher than five years ago. St. Paul’s homicide rate began increasing in 2019 and peaked in 2022 with 40 homicides. There were 32 homicides this year as of Saturday afternoon. St. Paul averaged 17 homicides a year between 2010 and 2018. “I’ll never be happy until the numbers are zero,” Police Chief Axel Henry said recently. .