by Mark ReutterOct 8, 2025
Paid while in jail: City employee accused of carjacking collects a paycheck
A scheme uncovered by Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming thanks to a tip on the OIG hotline.
Accountability
Special SeriesOct 2, 2025
Baltimore sanitation worker’s death reveals missteps and negligence – and not only by DPW
Police failed to preserve the accident scene and Mercy Medical Center’s 50-year-old breathalyzer was “of no value,” says a report by State’s Attorney Ivan Bates. Mayor Scott defends his administration’s response to the accident.
Sep 26, 2025
AFSCME Council 3 lost $1 million of membership funds in “phishing scam,” government documents reveal
EXCLUSIVE: Maryland’s largest union, now representing 50,000 public employees including in Baltimore, made a series of unusual payments in 2022 to an apparently fictitious Washington law firm.
Sep 24, 2025
AFSCME judicial panel cancels re-run of Local 44 election and orders an investigation
In a stark reversal from a week ago, the union accedes to Stancil McNair’s demand that it not hold a new election until it investigates his charge of union misuse of members’ resources.
Sep 22, 2025
Reform slate appeals AFSCME’s decision to throw out Local 44 results and re-run the election
Represented by attorney Thiru Vignarajah, Baltimore sanitation worker Stancil McNair and his team push back.
Aug 27, 2025
Employee lapses led to a $1.5 million theft by a cybercrook, Baltimore inspector general finds
Isabel Mercedes Cumming reviews how an unknown perpetrator deceived city employees. Some of the money was recovered thanks to an alert bank.
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