City Officials Hold Community Forum To Discuss Witness Intimidation Problems

Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby attended a community forum on Wednesday that focused on witness intimidation problems in Baltimore City.

WBAL-TV 11 reports that Mosby said victim and witness intimidation is a major problem, and that's why she wanted to talk about the issue at a Court in the Community forum.

"We've been able to increase the grant funding for the Victim/Witness Division, double the size of that unit. We got $4.1 million to be able to relocate individuals, to provide court assistance, to provide transportation costs," Mosby said.

"The biggest and most important stakeholder in all of this is the community. People have to be able to come forward," Mosby said.

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