New IG report finds Baltimore city employee sent threatening, harassing messages

(WBFF) — A newly-released report from Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming found that a Baltimore city employee sent “electronic communications contain[ing] statements regarding threats of physical violence and other inappropriate comments, which violate the City’s Technology Acceptable Use Policy.”

The messages sent from the employee’s account include, but are not limited to:

• A message that they were “about to choke the sh*t out of [name redacted]”
• “I’m about to fu**ing kill [name redacted]”
• “Every component of [MONSE] is a clusterfu**”

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The employee also acknowledged in one message that they were aware that the communications could be subject to Maryland Public Information Act disclosure, asking another employee not to “attribute the curse word to [redacted] in case this gets MPIA’d.”

The report’s overall findings were that the messages violated the City’s Technology Acceptable Use Policy, as well as possibly creating and fostering a toxic or hostile workplace environment.

While the report was officially published on March 25, the findings were first presented to the Mayor and City Solicitor on December 11, 2025. A written response from the Mayor was received by the OIG on February 4, saying that an “appropriate response… will be undertaken.”