Schools close in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh as new blast of snow hits Northeast
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10909751 [https://lemmy.world/post/10909751] > More than 100 million Americans are under winter alerts Friday as a storm hits the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast and another brutal surge of Arctic air pushes into the South.
Former Baltimore Police sergeant sentenced to six months of home detention for misconduct in office
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8333936 [https://lemmy.world/post/8333936] > Archived at https://ghostarchive.org/archive/59hlH?wr=true [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/59hlH?wr=true] > > >A former Baltimore Police sergeant who in May pleaded guilty to misconduct in office will avoid a prison sentence. > > > >Ethan Newberg was accused by prosecutors of a series of unjustified arrests in 2018 and 2019, in which the former Southwestern District sergeant would detain bystanders, often those who criticized his police actions or attempted to record him. His actions were derided publicly when he was first criminally charged in 2021 by the then-police commissioner as “not just wrong, but deeply disturbing and illegal.” > > > >… > > > >Prosecutors requested that Taylor sentence Newberg to 36 months of incarceration, while defense attorney Joe Murtha asked for no jail time.
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