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Timeline: How the manhunt for David Linthicum unfolded
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office arrested Linthicum, 24, of Cockeysville, right before 5:45 a.m. on Friday after an eight-hour standoff near Fallston Mall.
A SWAT team investigates a house on Warren Rd near Loch Raven Reservoir during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
Baltimore judge schedules trial for 17-year-old accused of killing Mervo student
Assistant State's Attorney Megan Gallo asked Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa M. Phinn to schedule the trial to begin on Sept. 19 and stated that she expects the case to last seven days.
Mervo football player Jeremiah Brogden was killed September 19th and a 17-year-old accused of the shooting is in custody.
Bates wants tougher sentences for carrying a gun without a permit. Will it deter crime?
The Baltimore state’s attorney is pushing a bill that would increase the maximum sentence for those 21 and older for wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun without a permit from three years in prison to five years.
Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates answers questions from reporters at about the decision to drop the murder case against Keith Davis Jr., at his office in Baltimore, Friday, January 13, 2023.
Bates scraps plans for foundation that would not have had to disclose donors
Baltimore State's Attorney changes plans on advice of counsel from the Maryland State Ethics Commission
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates greets members of the media after a press conference in his office on 1/20/23.
Prosecutors drop case against Baltimore Police officer awaiting 3rd assault trial
Officer Troy Anthony, 44, previously testified that Dustin Jackson Sr. first took a swing at him in the entrance of the Johns Hopkins Hospital on May 19, 2020.
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates answers questions during a press conference in his office on 1/20/23. Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City art.
Ex-Gilman School teacher to be held without bail on sexual abuse, rape charges
Chris Bendann, 38, of Towson, who taught at the private, independent all-boys school from 2007-2023, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor, rape and perverted practice.
Exterior of Gilman School, an all-boys independent school in the Roland Park neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
Sons of Peter Angelos drop lawsuits; legal fight ends over Baltimore Orioles, family fortune
Agreement brings an end to the drama that has gripped one of Baltimore’s more prominent families since last spring.
Louis Angelos, left, enters the Baltimore County Courts Building with his attorney, Jeffrey Nusinov, on January 26, 2023.
Day care owner who shot husband over sex abuse allegations is sentenced to 4 years
Shanteari Weems, 50, of Randallstown, told Judge Michael O’Keefe that she always viewed her husband, James, as her protector until learning of the accusations.
Shanteari Weems
Maryland appeals court hears argument over whether Adnan Syed’s conviction should be reinstated
A panel of three judges — Chief Judge E. Gregory Wells, Judge Stuart R. Berger and Judge Kathryn Grill Graeff — of the Appellate Court of Maryland heard oral argument for about one hour and will later issue an opinion.
Adnan Syed, left, listens as his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter, addresses the press after oral argument in the Appellate Court of Maryland. Suter is director of the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
Lawmakers will consider changes to compassionate release in Maryland
”This bill is really about modernizing what criteria are used, the terminology and what the process is for release,” said Del. David Moon, a Democrat who represents Montgomery County.
Construction on the Maryland State House in Annapolis began in 1772 and it's the oldest state capital building in the nation still in continuous legislative use. The building's dome is undergoing a rehabilitation project.
Maryland among the ‘worst’ states for releasing aging or sick prisoners. Is reform coming?
The system for granting prisoners compassionate release is broken in Maryland, advocates say.
Photo collage showing, in top half, fence topped with barbed wire, and in bottom half, spotlight on a man’s arm as he lays in bed and receives blood transfusion through an IV.
Court-appointed conservator will help decide future of Angelos law firm, judge rules
Judge Keith R. Truffer on Thursday approved the order after the parties reached a resolution.
Louis Angelos, left, enters the Baltimore County Courts Building with his attorney, Jeffrey Nusinov, on January 26, 2023.
Flatspot Records founder on disturbin’ the peace with Baltimore hardcore
Che Figueroa, founder and co-owner of Flatspot Records, talks about the origins of the Disturbin’ The Peace festival ahead of the sold-out show Saturday at Baltimore Soundstage.
Founder and Co-Owner, Che Figueroa, of Flatspot Records, takes a portrait in front of Soundstage where his sold out artists will be performing on Jan. 28th in Baltimore, Md., January 23, 2023.
Louis Angelos accuses brother, mother of draining nearly $65 million of Peter Angelos’ fortune
Louis Angelos asserts in an amended complaint filed on Monday in Baltimore County Circuit Court that his mother, Georgia, and brother, John, have failed his father and ”shirked their responsibilities and breached their legal duties, in multiple, catastrophic ways.”
BALTIMORE, MD - NOVEMBER 19: Louis Angelos (L) and John Angelos (R) of the Baltimore Orioles look on after introducing Mike Elias (C) to the media as the Orioles Executive Vice President and General Manager during a news conference at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on November 19, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates to try man charged in killing at Central Booking
Javarick Gantt was deaf and used sign language to communicate. He was found unresponsive in his cell on Oct. 9, 2022.
Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates is expected to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. concerning his decision to personally try Gordon "Zach" Staron Jr., a Harford County man who's charged in two homicides, including the killing of Javarick Gantt at Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center in 2022.
Before shooting Donnell Rochester, officer went in front of car against training: report
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division included its finding and legal analysis in the report, which is dated on Aug. 3, 2022.
A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
Man pleads guilty in stabbing death of beloved East Baltimore church volunteer
Manzie Smith, 63, of Greenmount West, stabbed Evelyn Player about 38 times inside Southern Baptist Church in Broadway East on Nov. 16, 2021.
The picture is of the victim in the case, Evelyn Player, 69, of Baltimore. Caption (if we need to go into detail): "Evelyn Player, a volunteer at Southern Baptist Church in Baltimore, was fatally stabbed on Nov. 16, 2021. She was 69."
Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office drops controversial murder case against Keith Davis Jr.
Davis, 31, of Reisterstown, has always maintained that he did not shoot and kill Kevin Jones, a security guard at Pimlico Race Course, on June 7, 2015.
Keith Davis Jr. and his wife, Kelly Davis, are pictured in this undated photo.
Baltimore state’s attorney declines to charge police officers in deadly shooting of Donnell Rochester
Rochester, 18, of Odenton, was shot and killed on Feb. 19, 2022.
A family photo of Donnell Rochester.
Baltimore Police detective accused of using excessive force is found not guilty
Baltimore Police Detective Charles Baugher is a more than 13-year veteran.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
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