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Officer recounts shooting during David Linthicum’s trial: ‘It was a bad nightmare’
For almost three hours on Thursday, Baltimore County Police Officer Jonathan Chih recalled what unfolded on Warren Road the night of Feb. 9, 2023. At times, he choked up on the witness stand.
Baltimore County Officer Jonathan Chih testified for almost three hours on Thursday during the trial of David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, who’s standing trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court on five counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.
Baltimore County Police officers testify they wanted to help. Then David Linthicum opened fire.
Baltimore County Police officers testified about what happened when they responded to a call for a man with a gun threatening to kill himself.
Exterior of the Cockeysville home on February 9, 2023.
Jurors see videos of 2 Baltimore County officers shot as David Linthicum trial begins
Prosecutors argue that Linthicum tried to kill the very people who were there to help him. But his defense attorneys contend that he was experiencing a mental health crisis — and police botched the response.
A Maryland State Police trooper directs traffic as the SWAT team conducts their search of a house on Warren Rd. during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
David Linthicum to stand trial in shootings of 2 Baltimore County Police officers
David Linthicum, of Cockeysville, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with five counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.
A SWAT team unloads from a van to investigate a house on Warren Rd near Loch Raven Reservoir during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
Shrink the number of council districts in Baltimore? Elected officials and others say no.
Baltimore City Council members and others called on voters to reject Question H, a ballot initiative supported by David Smith to cut the number of council districts.
Spectator holds a sign opposing the bill that would reduce the size of City Council during a press conference in Zeke’s Coffee Shop on September 15, 2024.
In brutality trial, Baltimore County Police corporal testifies that he acted to gain compliance
Cpl. Zachary Small testified at his trial in Baltimore Circuit Court that he neither harbored any hatred toward Justin Russell nor intended to hurt him.
Baltimore County Police Cpl. Zachary Small testified on Friday at his trial that he acted to gain compliance and carry out legitimate law enforcement objectives with the way that he handled Justin Russell.
Maximum sentence for man who fled Baltimore Police, killed pedestrian and crashed into building
Shawn Brunson was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter, theft and driving without a license. He apologized and said he did not intend to harm anyone.
Firefighters respond to a partial building collapse at the intersection of E. North Avenue and N. Wolfe Street after a car hit a building.
Baltimore County Police officer compelled to testify against corporal in brutality case
After some back and forth, Circuit Judge Paul E. Alpert granted the request in the trial of Baltimore County Police Cpl. Zachary Small — but limited the state to asking one question.
Cpl. Zachary Small is standing trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, misconduct in office and violating Maryland’s Use of Force Statute.
Maryland Supreme Court hears oral argument about constitutionality of Child Victims Act of 2023
The Child Victims Act of 2023 took effect on Oct. 1, 2023, eliminating the time limit for survivors of child sexual abuse to file lawsuits and allowing more people to sue the institutions that facilitated their victimization.
Cate Stetson, an attorney who argued on behalf of survivors in the Maryland Supreme Court that the Child Victims Act of 2023 is constitutional, speaks to reporters on Tuesday outside the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in Annapolis.
With decision in Adnan Syed case, Maryland Supreme Court sends message about victims’ rights
The Maryland Supreme Court ruled that the rights of Young Lee, Hae Min Lee’s brother, proceedings were violated.
The Maryland Supreme Court on Aug. 30 ruled 4-3 to reinstate the conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast “Serial.” Syed, 43, of Baltimore County, is pictured in this photo from Sept. 19, 2023.
Dad sentenced for pulling gun on coach during elementary school basketball game in Baltimore
Troy Antwaun Spencer, 50, of Allendale in Southwest Baltimore, had pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person and possession of a firearm in a school zone.
A still from gym security camera footage shows the first moments of an altercation at a Leith Walk Elementary Middle School basketball game on March 6, 2023 between a player's father and one of the team's coaches.
Ex-Gilman School teacher Chris Bendann was found guilty of sexual abuse. Here’s what’s next.
Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, was found guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Wednesday on all counts of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking. What’s next in his case?
Exterior of Gilman School, an all-boys independent school in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore judge to man who killed tech CEO Pava LaPere: No one is safe ‘as long as you are free’
Jason Billingsley, 33, of Sandtown-Winchester, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder in an attack on a man and woman in West Baltimore on Sept. 19, 2023.
Frank LaPere, the father of Pava LaPere, speaks to reporters on Friday at the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office after Jason Billingsley pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of the tech entrepreneur and CEO.
Maryland Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction of Adnan Syed and orders new hearing
Syed was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial” and served more than 20 years in prison in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School. He has always maintained his innocence.
Adnan Syed and mother Shamim Syed  speak to the press after the Maryland Supreme Court hearing on Thursday to hear oral argument in the Adnan Syed case.
Timeline of events in the case of Adnan Syed
Adnan Syed received international attention in 2014 with the release of the podcast "Serial."
(left) Hae Min Lee, (right) Adnan Syed
Ex-Gilman School teacher Chris Bendann found guilty of sexually abusing student
Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, worked at the private, independent all-boys school in Roland Park from 2007 to 2023.
In this photo from July 18, 2023, Chris Bendann, a former teacher at the Gilman School, exits the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
After federal prosecutors rest, ex-Gilman School teacher could testify in sex abuse trial
"Your honor," Chris Bendann told U.S. Senior District Judge James K. Bredar on Tuesday as court adjourned for the day, "I've been advised to let you know I'll sleep on it."
Exterior of Gilman School, an all-boys independent school in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
Jury sees 8 videos in sex abuse trial of former Gilman School teacher
One by one, Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen McGuinn played clips from eight videos to the jury in the trial of Chris Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, a former teacher at the Gilman School.
Chris Bendann, a former teacher at the Gilman School, is standing trial in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking.
Former Gilman student testifies against teacher he says sexually abused him
A man, 23, testified for more than two hours in U.S. District Court in Baltimore about how his former teacher at the Gilman School, Chris Bendann, sexually abused and extorted him.
The entrance sign outside the front Gilman School as seen on Thursday, March 16.
Jury selected in trial of ex-Gilman School teacher accused of sexually abusing student
Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen McGuinn and Christopher Nieto, one of Chris Bendann’s attorneys, are set to deliver their opening statements Friday.
Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, MD as seen on 5.20.24
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