Last Thursday, seven people were indicted for allegedly operating a drug trafficking organization in East Baltimore. Police said there had been an increase in shootings in the area where the group operated, though no one was charged with shootings or homicides.
“Sending young men and women to prison is not our goal. It is the absolute last resort and a necessary balance with the positive opportunities that we are providing,” Mayor Brandon Scott said. “But we will not tolerate drug trafficking, violence, gun trafficking, and these behaviors in our city.”
It was the 13th group indictment from the city’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS) that Scott has claimed “played a critically important role in driving the largest year-over-year homicide reduction in Baltimore’s history in 2023.”
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