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Baltimore County gym teacher charged with sex offenses is released from jail
Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, a physical education teacher at Deep Creek Middle School in Essex, is charged with third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
Domenic Iamele, Deel Creek Middle School physical education teacher Roger Myers’ attorney, talks to reporters on Monday outside the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County in Towson after a bail review hearing on Monday, June 2, 2025.
Chasen Cos. property on Aliceanna Street in Fells Point heads to auction
Chasen Cos. had planned to convert the five-story building it dubbed "The Anne on Aliceanna" at 1400 Aliceanna St. into about 100 apartments and retail space.
Baltimore real estate development firm Chasen Cos. had planned to convert a five-story building it dubbed "The Anne on Aliceanna" at 1400 Aliceanna St. into about 100 apartments and retail space.
Baltimore County physical education teacher accused of sex offenses against 2 students
Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, is charged in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County with third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
Firm in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case says stolen data was deleted after hack
Berkeley Research Group LLC on April 29 filed a notice of data security incident in the case.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Child testifies at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial: ‘He would always touch us’
Prosecutors, meanwhile, dropped 26 out of the 55 charges against Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, who’s standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.
Matthew Schlegel is standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
Man sentenced in shootings of 2 Baltimore County Police officers
David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in 2024 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
3 days of terror: How the manhunt for David Linthicum in Baltimore, Harford counties unfolded
Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court on four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
Severna Park Elementary School teacher accused of sexually abusing 8 students to stand trial
Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is charged in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. He maintains his innocence.
What we know about 36 in-custody deaths auditors say should have been ruled homicides
The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.
Their loved ones’ deaths at the hands of police may have been wrongfully classified. Now what?
The massive audit called for classifying at least 36 in-custody police deaths as homicides, re-opening old wounds and raising new questions in Maryland.
Here’s what you need to know about Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths
The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.
Dr. Jeff Kukucka, center, joined by Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown at a press conference at the State House in Annapolis to announce the release a wide-ranging independent audit of nearly 90 in-custody deaths spanning 2003 to 2019.
Maryland lawmakers scale back driver’s license suspensions for unpaid child support
The measure exempts Marylanders making at or 250% below the federal poverty guidelines.
Maryland lawmakers passed a bill this year that automatically exempts people from experiencing a driver’s license suspension over unpaid child support if they make at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines.
Prosecutors can’t introduce other bad acts at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial
Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Pamela K. Alban ruled that there could be scenarios at the trial of Matthew Schlegel in which the door is opened to that testimony.
The Anne Arundel County Courthouse is located on Church Circle in Annapolis. It is home to the Circuit Court, the Clerk of the Court, the State Attorney's Office and other agencies.
Taco Bell messed up his order of chicken tacos. Then an employee pulled a gun on him.
O’Brian Lynch recently filed a lawsuit in Baltimore Circuit Court against Taco Bell on two counts: negligent hiring and retention, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
A Taco Bell location on Reisterstown Road in Baltimore on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. O'Brian Lynch of Frederick recently filed a lawsuit in Baltimore Circuit Court against Taco Bell. An employee, Dayquan Harding, 29, of Southwest Baltimore, pleaded guilty in 2023 to first-degree assault and related crimes for pulling a gun on him at the location on Reisterstown Road on Aug. 8, 2022, and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Church abuse survivors must file lawsuits as Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case drags on
A judge recently issued an order allowing survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy to file lawsuits outside of the case.
Frank Schindler, of the Survivors Network of Those Abused By Priests, speaks at a press conference at the Garmatz U.S. District Courthouse about the looming deadline for survivors to file lawsuits to preserve higher payouts with changes coming to the Child Victims Act of 2023.
Mother pleads guilty to murder for killing her 1-year-old daughter in Baltimore
Aurielle Montgomery, 23, of Pikesville, faces between 10 years and 22 years in prison at sentencing on July 16 in Baltimore Circuit Court on one count of second-degree depraved heart murder.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Prosecutors want to introduce other bad acts at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial
Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is set to stand trial on May 19 in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
Matthew Schlegel, a third grade teacher at Severna Park Elementary School, is charged in Anne Anne Arundel County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. He’s accused of sexually abusing eight students.
Ex-Coppin State University Police officer pleads guilty to forcibly touching 16-year-old girl
Former Coppin State University Police Cpl. Jamar Brockington pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to misconduct in office and fourth-degree sex offense.
Former Coppin State University Police Cpl. Jamar Brockington, who was a 17-year veteran of the force, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to misconduct in office and fourth-degree sex offense.
Sentencing set for man who raped and murdered Rachel Morin on Ma & Pa Heritage Trail
Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is set at to be sentenced on Aug. 11 on charges of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.
Law enforcement officers escort Victor Martinez-Hernadez from an airplane at Martin State Airport after his extradition from Oklahoma on June 20, 2024.
Fifth person sentenced for role in Brooklyn Day mass shooting: ‘A small chapter in his story’
Tristan Jackson, 20, of Hillen, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to conspiracy to commit first-degree assault, second-degree assault, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence and possession of a regulated firearm under 21.
Thirty people were shot, two of them fatally, on July 2, 2023, during an annual event at Brooklyn Homes in Baltimore.
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