Thursday, April 2, 2009

Love & Herring

What the?! Investigative Voice says the case was dropped Tuesday, but I got this press release from the SAO today:

Opening Statements in the Second-Degree Assault Trial of Baltimore Police Detective Terry Love & Baltimore County Deputy Sheriff Michael Herring Scheduled to Begin at 10AM TODAY

Baltimore, MD – April 2, 2009 – The second-degree assault trial Terry W. Love, Jr., 31, of Baltimore and Michael Herring, 36, of Towson is scheduled to begin with opening statements at 10:00AM today before Judge George L. Russell, III, 420 Mitchell Courthouse, 110 N. Calvert Street.

The alleged incident occurred the morning of September 8, 2007 at the intersection of Belvedere Avenue and York Road and involves a 42-yr. old black male who was allegedly beaten and left unconscious in the road. Second-degree assault carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

The Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office filed a criminal information charging Love and Herring September 5, 2008 following a joint law enforcement investigation. A criminal information is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by a criminal information is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at a later criminal proceeding.

General Trial Division Chief Lawrence Doan and Assistant State’s Attorney Michelle Martin will prosecute this case.

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4 comments:

buzoncrime said...

I believe investigative voice is reporting yesterday that the prosecutor has dropped all charges in this bizarre case. Normal, rational people wonder what the heck is going on.

Even though i am semi-educated in the workings of the law, I had trouble following the case, and all the implied mini-conspricacies semi-reported on.

Luke said...

The charges involving brass knuckles were dropped. However, the officers are still charged with second-degree assault.

Maurice Bradbury said...

thnx Luke

Unknown said...

If Love is that short black cop than he deserved much worse. He is a real piece of filth