As I walked through the halls of the Maryland State Police & Corrections Training Commission in Woodstock, Maryland, while a Corrections Cadet in Class 95-22, I had confidence that I would make an impact on the job with a thorough understanding of the training which had been instituted prior to my rookie class being assigned

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The details are still emerging but news media reports that Michael Maurice Johnson was convicted of 2nd degree murder in the killing of young Phylicia Simone Barnes in a Baltimore Circuit Court  today less than an hour ago. Phylicia’s family members could be seen hugging, crying, and thanking God in the hallways of Courthouse East.

The jury seated in the Phylicia Barnes murder trial worked through festive celebrations for the hometown Baltimore Ravens after the team won another Super Bowl Title, as hundreds of thousands lined the streets in one of the city’s proudest moments in professional sports history. The chaotic scene in downtown didn’t deter the 12 panel jury

The town is painted in purple as native Baltimoreans gear up for the celebratory festivities of another Super Bowl victory for the second time in Baltimore Ravens team history, the city prepares to officially say goodbye to legendary Ravens Linebacker Ray Lewis, and just foot steps away from where the Ravens victory parade will begin

The trial lasted 12 days, his defense rested after calling a single witness, and the trial of Michael Maurice Johnson is now in the hands of 12 citizens of Baltimore who are now asked to decide whether he killed Phylicia Simone Barnes in her half-sibling’s northwest Baltimore apartment as the state has alleged. The high

Day four of the Phylicia Barnes Murder Trial began on a more peaceful note, as Baltimore Sun crime report Justin Fenton tweeted that Russell Barnes (biological father) and Raheem Mustafa (Phylicia’s real dad) set side by side in court. The site was nothing short of the appearance of an olive branch having been offered between

I have the transcript from the “Peas In Their Pods” interview with Deena, Kelly, and Bryan Barnes as they talked about the disappearance of their kid sister Phylicia Barnes on a Internet Radio Broadcast about Missing Children. I have it, and part of the transcript from that broadcast is right here: Jan DB, you can

Great strides were made during the first day in the murder trial of Michael Johnson with the state piece by piece beginning to mount very compelling circumstantial evidence against him to prove to a jury that he in fact killed honors teen Phylicia Barnes. After opening arguments, the state called Kelly Barnes to the stand,

This morning during open arguments at the Phylicia Barnes Murder trial in Baltimore Circuit Court, the prosecution went straight to work, telling a jury that a petty thief named James McCray told investigators that Johnson called him to the apartment on the day Barnes was killed, showing him her body and asking for advice on what