Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, convicted last month on one count of embezzlement, is stepping down. WBAL AM-1090 reported Wednesday afternoon Dixon would leave office Feb. 4. The decision by Dixon, a Democrat, was revealed Wednesday as her lawyers were set to argue in court that the mayor deserved a new trial because of juror misconduct. She was scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 21. Under the state constitution, Dixon would have been required to step down as mayor upon her sentencing, with City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake assuming Dixon’s mayoral duties. Speculation had run rampant in recent weeks that city leaders...