Julie Scharper
@Juliemore
Enterprise reporter for @BaltimoreBanner. Mom about town. Happiest among trees. she/ her Tips: [email protected] (she/her)
Ellie Wolfe and Alex Mann examine the perfect storm that preceded Pete Hegseth’s reassignment of Vice Admiral Yvette Davis from what was intended to be a career-capping post. A rocky start and disappointing end for the Naval Academy’s first female leader thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…
Breaking: A Baltimore Police officer has been arrested and charged with raping a 16-year-old girl thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim…
Baltimore Police officer charged with raping 16-year-old girl buff.ly/viFDwUo
Live in Baltimore County? Affected by the proposed 70-mile pipeline that will cut thru farmland & horse country? Want to @STOPMPRP? Here’s what you need to know: (@BaltimoreBanner) thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…
By @Juliemore: Mysterious casket appears in Cockeysville: tinyurl.com/4udt8ceu (via @BaltimoreBanner)
A minority owner of South Baltimore's Harborview Marina is asking a judge to throw out a public auction of the business in May, claiming that his partner deliberately drove the marina into foreclosure to seize total control. thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/harbor…
In 2008, a teenage boy killed his parents and brothers in this Cockeysville home. In 2023, a man shot a police officer there, touching off a 3 day manhunt. Now the house is about to hit the market. thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/real-e…
Cockeysville home that was the scene of two notorious crimes is for sale, @Juliemore reports: tinyurl.com/mtrhs8ba (via @BaltimoreBanner)
President Trump plans to move the FBI to the Ronald Reagan Building in DC -- instead of to Greenbelt in Prince George's County. Maryland Democrats say they “will be fighting back against this proposal with every tool we have.” Full story: thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power…
Maryland law schools double down on efforts to exonerate the innocent: tinyurl.com/29uf74bp (via @BaltimoreBanner)
Baltimore ended the first half of 2022 with 179 homicides, the worst first half of a year on record (since 1970). Baltimore just ended the first half of 2025 with 68 homicides, which is the fewest on record. That’s a 62 percent drop from 2022-2025
New: In last week's fatal police shooting of 70-year-old Pytorcarcha Brooks, BPD officers breached the door of her home, where she was inside and reportedly armed with a knife. De-escalation experts and the department's own crisis response policy call that action into question.
BREAKING: The Baltimore Sheriff's Office is probing a corrections department employee who works at the courthouse for allegedly inviting ICE agents in for a meeting, which led to someone being detained. Investigation is looking at potential crimes including misuse of state data.
Justin Tucker has been suspended for 10 weeks of the regular season. That's one week less than Deshaun Watson's 11 weeks. His clock starts with the regular season, whether he's on a team. He can also participate in training camp and preseason. More: thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/ravens-…
Attorneys for the massage therapists tell @Juliemore: "Mr. Tucker insisted on falsely attacking the credibility of the victims and only further victimizing them. This was completely unnecessary and should not be acceptable." thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/ravens-…
"In order to put this difficult episode behind him and get back on the field as soon as possible, we have advised Justin to accept this resolution and close this matter."
BREAKING: The NFL has suspended former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for the first 10 weeks of the 2025 regular season for violations of the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy.
A 70-year-old woman was fatally shot by Baltimore police Wednesday afternoon after allegedly lunging at an officer with a knife during a possible behavioral health crisis, officials said: thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…
The Maryland Stadium Authority has agreed to cut the air conditioning at Baltimore's two pro sports stadiums in exchange for $50,000 to $100,000 from the energy grid. For your hot, hot day, a fascinating peek inside the energy market by @HayesGardner: thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/camden…
The story of PHA Healthcare didn't end when Maryland closed the program. Though patients got new providers, many continued living in the same buildings, operated by the same people. Treatment was still over Zoom, lead by the very same overseas counselors. thebaltimorebanner.com/community/publ…
EXCLUSIVE: The University of Baltimore turned 100 years old this year. It is also facing a structural deficit, 50% less enrollment in 10 years, and is cutting positions. “Our ability to generate revenue is under duress," the CFO told me. Read: thebaltimorebanner.com/education/univ…