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Federal appeals court won’t rehear Marilyn Mosby’s appeal in perjury and mortgage fraud case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in 2025 overturned Mosby’s conviction for making a false statement on a loan application, but rejected her attempts to challenge the guilty verdicts for perjury.
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby walks with one of her attorneys, Federal Public Defender James Wyda, to the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. for the first day of jury selection on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Mosby is standing trial on two counts of making a false statement on a loan application.
He kept a body in his refrigerator in Baltimore. Now he’s going to prison.
Damerum Burroughs, 47, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder in exchange for a sentence of 10 years in prison.
Exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Keith Davis Jr. sues former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, police officers
Davis, 34, stood trial four times in for a deadly shooting that he always maintained that he did not commit.
Kelly Davis and Keith Davis Jr., leave U.S. District Court after the sentencing of former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, May 23, 2024.
Woman pleads guilty to hit-and-run of police officer during 2025 Baltimore Running Festival
Lakia Stevenson pleaded guilty to failing to immediately stop at the scene of an accident involving bodily injury and related crimes in the hit-and-run that injured Baltimore Police Officer Jordan Brandner.
A woman injured a police officer in a hit-and-run during the Baltimore Running Festival last year.
Maryland AG pushes for change to system allowing anyone to file for criminal charges
In Maryland, anyone can seek criminal charges on their own without input from police or prosecutors by going before a district court commissioner, a judicial officer who is not required to have a law degree.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said he supports restricting the ability of district court commissioners to issue arrest warrants when people are seeking charges on their own.
Baltimore Del. Caylin Young resigns from city job following assault charge
Del. Caylin Young is not resigning from his elected post in the state legislature representing East and Northeast Baltimore.
State. Del. Caylin Young, a Democrat who represents East and Northeast Baltimore,  has resigned from his Baltimore City government job.
Even Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley is not immune to porch pirates
On Nov. 20, 2025, Darryl Nichols swiped a package that contained a stainless steel bowl worth $20 from the house of Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
Darryl Nichols stole a package containing a stainless steel bowl worth $20 in 2025 from the home of Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, who is shown here.
A Baltimore homebuying dream collides with a ‘heartbreaking’ rental scam
On Oct. 21, Jalen Absolum, 18, of Philadelphia, closed on a home on Riggs Avenue in Mosher in cash. A family was living in the house and claimed they had a lease.
Jalen Absolum, left, joined by his mother, Avril Absolum, and sister, Janiene Smith. Jalen closed on a home on Riggs Avenue but later found a family was living there, claiming they had a lease.
Baltimore Police officer pleads guilty to unlawful sexual contact with 16-year-old girl
Baltimore Police Officer Curlon Edwards, who had been suspended without pay, was terminated after his sentencing on Friday.
Recent changes to state and local law have raised new questions about the future of police misconduct investigations.
She was shot at a Towson University party. Maryland’s Supreme Court will decide if she can sue.
Catherine Torney filed a lawsuit in 2023 against Towson University in Baltimore County Circuit Court that alleged negligence.
Catherine Torney filed a lawsuit against Towson University in Baltimore County Circuit Court that alleged negligence after she was shot in 2021 at a party on campus.
Baltimore approves $14M settlement for man wrongfully convicted in 1986 killing
Members of the Baltimore Board of Estimates voted to resolve a civil rights lawsuit that Gary Washington filed in 2019.
Baltimore City Hall, including the historic cast iron dome, on January 14, 2025 ahead of pending renovations. Built in the 1860s, the dome has not been restored since the 1970s.
Archdiocese of Baltimore, survivors’ group signal progress in bankruptcy case
The Archdiocese of Baltimore recently agreed not to use a blanket legal defense to avoid paying survivors of sexual abuse whose claims aren’t covered by insurance.
Archbishop William Lori and Paul Jan Zdunek, chair of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, provide updates on the Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case at a press conference held at Brown, Goldstein & Levy in Baltimore on July 8, 2024.
Man sentenced for conspiring with ex-Baltimore Police officer to murder her estranged husband
Keon Wilson-Hawkins, 22, of Baltimore, was found guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related crimes in the killing of Brice Boots, 65, of Pikesville.
The Frederick County Courthouse.
Murders, child deaths and sex abuse cases: Maryland trials to watch in 2026
The Banner will continue to report on these court cases and others in Baltimore and the surrounding counties.
Exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Baltimore to vote on $14M settlement for man wrongfully convicted in 1986 killing
The Baltimore Board of Estimates is set to vote on Jan. 7 on whether to approve the settlement for Gary Washington, who spent 31 years in prison in the deadly shooting of Faheem “Bobo” Ali, 17, on Dec. 27, 1986.
Baltimore City Hall’s dome seen from a parking lot in downtown Baltimore, Md. on Friday, February 14, 2025.
Baltimore jury issues $1.5B verdict against Johnson & Johnson in baby powder case
A jury returned a $1.5 billion verdict in favor of Cherie Craft, 54, of Atlanta, on Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court. Craft was diagnosed in 2024 with an incurable form of cancer.
FILE - In this July 30, 2013, file photo, large banners hang in an atrium at the headquarters of Johnson & Johnson in New Brunswick, N.J.
Maryland lets anyone file for criminal charges — and innocent people pay the price
Maryland’s district court commissioner system allows people to file criminal charges with little oversight, a Banner investigation found. The process can be abused and upend lives.
Tahirah Williams said her life changed after a perpetually aggrieved neighbor went to a district court commissioner and applied for criminal charges against her.
5 Marylanders caught in a system where you could be ‘locked up on a person’s word’
In Maryland, people can be arrested, thrown in jail and forced to defend themselves against criminal charges without input from police or prosecutors.
How Maryland could fix a system that lets anyone seek criminal charges and upend lives
Experts say several changes could improve an unusual part of the criminal legal system in Maryland — one that allows anyone to seek charges on their own without input from police or prosecutors.
Woman pleads guilty after deadly dog attack in West Baltimore
At the urging of the victim’s family, Baltimore Circuit Judge Nicole K. Barmore accepted a plea agreement that spared Camree Hickerson, 33, of Arbutus, any additional time in jail.
Two stray pit bull terriers were roaming North Pulaski Street in West Baltimore around 9 p.m. on June 14, 2024 when they attacked three people. A 54-year-old woman died at the scene, according to police.
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