March 13, 2004
The errant police chief's striking wife
What a stunning fall for former Baltimore police chief Ed Norris, who pled guilty to corruption and tax fraud in his misuse of a slush fund, in part to entertain multiple girlfriends. Now he may lose his pension.
And what a rotten set of circumstances for his wife.
Kathryn Norris is tall, blond, striking, intelligent and talented artist, whose large-scale abstract paintings used to hang in her husband's Baltimore office. That tidbit according to the chief himself. I met Ed, Kathryn, and their little blond, curly-haired son at an art gallery down the street from my home about a year ago.
I know I am not the only woman mystified by his apparent running around.
In December, the local noon news was on TV at a physical therapy exercise room I went to for treatment of my broken wrist.
Local TV news reported the charges against Norris. It turned out that I was not the only one of several women in the room who had met or seen the high-profile couple around town.
Speculation ran rife among us just how furious Kathryn Norris might be. Mike Olesker notes he didn't have the class to even spend his own money on his flings.
- posted by jbelliveau at 11:49 AM in The Neighborhood
