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Man convicted of attempting to rape Johns Hopkins University student on campus in 2025
Baltimore Circuit Judge Jeffrey Geller convicted Raymond Lunn, 32, of Woodbourne Heights, of attempted rape, assault and a sex offenses at Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Jeffrey Geller convicted Raymond Lunn of attempted rape and related crimes in an attack on a student at Johns Hopkins University in 2025.
Police can no longer stop to search based on sole suspicion of a gun, appeals court rules
Police in Maryland can no longer stop and search someone solely based on their suspicion that the person is carrying a gun, the state’s full appeals court ruled in a sweeping opinion that law enforcement agencies worry could curtail police practices statewide.
A Baltimore Police officer pulls over a vehicle driving on 395-N heading downtown on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
Johns Hopkins University student testifies about fighting off man who attacked her on campus
Raymond Lunn, 32, of Woodbourne Heights, is standing trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of attempted rape, assault and sex offenses of an international student at Johns Hopkins University.
Empty lounge chairs sit on the quad at Johns Hopkins University on July 3, 2025.
Chris McBride was sentenced to life for murder. Would a Maryland law give him a second chance?
The Maryland Second Look Act allows people who’ve served at least 20 years in prison for crimes committed when they were adults younger than 25 to ask a court to reduce their sentence.
Chris McBride was sentenced in 1995 in Frederick County to serve life in prison for first-degree murder and related crimes.
Man charged with threatening family of Cockeysville crash survivor with gun
A Timonium man is being held without bail after allegedly threatening and brandishing a semiautomatic gun at the family of Liam O’Donoghue, a 16-year-old Calvert Hall student who lost an arm in a car crash that killed two of his friends last month.
On Sunday, the makeshift memorial at the site of a car crash at the intersection of Poplar Hill Road and Merrymans Mill Road in Cockeysville; car shrapnel and heavy tire marks are still visible near the tree. The crash, which happened on Friday night, left three minors injured and one adult dead.
She rejected a plea deal. Now prosecutors will seek homicide charges in city employee’s death.
Kiannah Bonaparte, 49, of Original Northwood, appeared on Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court for her trial on charges of first- and second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
The 500 block of St. Paul St. is pictured on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, where a 49-year-old woman from Northeast Baltimore was arrested last month and charged with fatally beating a city traffic worker during an argument over a parking spot.
Ex-Frederick Police corporal pleads guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material
James Dodson Jr., 39, of Emmitsburg, faces a maximum sentence of 1 1/2 to five years in prison.
A spiderweb shines in the early morning light in downtown Frederick on Aug. 8, 2024. The city is part of the expanding Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
Man sentenced to life without parole for fatally shooting 2 teens near The Mall in Columbia
Emmetson Zeah, 19, of Columbia, was found guilty in Howard County Circuit Court of two counts of first-degree murder in the shootings of Michael Robertson and Blake McCray on Feb. 22, 2025.
Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson Jr., right, speaks after a man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 70 years in the fatal shootings of two teens near The Mall in Columbia in 2025. Senior Assistant State's Attorney Dillon Yeung is at left.
They were prosecuted for Jan. 6. Now some Marylanders could get a payout.
The U.S. Department of Justice this week announced the creation of a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche did not rule out that those who attacked police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, would be eligible for compensation.
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol earlier, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Boxer Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’ $20M countersuit against ex-girlfriend is thrown out
Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled against Davis, 31, who grew up in West Baltimore, at the end of a brief hearing.
Gervonta Davis arrives at the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse for a probation violation hearing Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
Man convicted in Morgan State University homecoming shooting that wounded 5
Marquis Brown, 20, of Washington, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of five counts of attempted second-degree murder and related crimes.
Baltimore police respond to the scene of a shooting involving at least four victims at Morgan State University on Tuesday Oct. 3, 2023.
Grieving families hoped Maryland’s review of deaths in police custody would bring justice. It hasn’t.
One year after the release of the audit sparked a reckoning over deaths in police custody in Maryland, no one has faced criminal charges in the mislabeled cases. And the medical examiner’s office has not changed any of its determinations.
One year after the release of the audit sparked a reckoning over deaths in police custody in Maryland, no one has faced criminal charges in the mislabeled cases.
Man pleads guilty to murder in shooting at senior living community in Baltimore
Norman Waker, 67, of Pleasant View Gardens, previously stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court but a jury could not reach a unanimous verdict.
Police presence outside Pleasant View Gardens on Thursday, February 20, 2025, as they investigate a shooting inside the senior living facility.
Trial begins for man charged in Morgan State shooting that wounded 5 during homecoming
Marquis Brown, 20, of Washington, D.C., is standing in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including conspiracy to commit murder.
Baltimore police and fire department respond to the scene at Morgan State where at least four people were shot.
Woman who helped run sham pet cremation business faces grieving owners in court
Yalanda Ward, of Southwest Baltimore, entered an Alford plea in Baltimore County Circuit Court to conspiracy to commit theft for her role in the Loving Care Pet Cremations scam.
Beverly Rassen and Kia Hutchison hold pictures of their pets outside of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson in March.
Driver in I-695 crash that killed 6 highway workers lands in prison over McDonald’s trip
Melachi Brown, 23, of Gwynn Oak, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to driving with a revoked license and admitted to violating his probation.
6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
Ex-Turnstile guitarist faces potential life sentence after indictment
Brady Ebert, 33, of Silver Spring, is accused of intentionally hitting William Yates, the father of Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates, with a 2001 Buick LeSabre on March 29.
Brady Ebert of Turnstile performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on Friday, April 19, 2019, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Former McDonogh teacher, Living Classrooms founder accused of abuse in lawsuit
A former student at McDonogh School is alleging in a new lawsuit that a faculty member sexually abused her, which she says she reported to the school nearly 40 years ago.
The Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse is seen on July 23, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Court rules people accused of complicity in Catholic Church sex abuse can’t be named
Prosecutors may not disclose the names of more than a dozen clergy and laypeople accused of hiding or failing to report child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Man sentenced to life for deadly shooting in Harbor East amid crime spree
Quontay Spinks, 20, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing Antonio Peoples, 36, and other crimes in Baltimore.
Quontay Spinks was sentenced for a crime spree that included the fatal shooting of Antonio Peoples in Harbor East in 2024.
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