Federal indictments increasing against gun suspects

Published September 24, 2008 4:00am ET



Federal prosecutors have won indictments against 147 suspects this year as part of Baltimore’s Project EXILE, a collaboration of local and federal law enforcement officers targeting gun criminals in the city.

The number of indictments — on pace for 220 this year — marks a noticeable increase from last year’s totals, when federal grand juries indicted 197 such defendants.

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