Baltimore City Council bill could raise penalties on businesses violating curfew rules for minors

Councilman Kristerfer Burnett introduced a bill Monday that will raise penalties for businesses that violate a curfew policy for minors, following a shooting last week at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center that left one Edmondson-Westside High School student dead. A portion of city code prohibits minors under the age of 16 from being in “any public place or any establishment” between 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., when they should be in school. It also establishes a nighttime curfew.