Police temporarily deactivated a South Baltimore plainclothes crime unit amid supervisory changes and an ongoing internal investigation, a move that has sparked concerns among some community leaders.
Baltimore Sheriff Sam Cogen and challenger Sabrina Tapp-Harper face off in a contentious primary while a workplace discrimination lawsuit looms in the background.
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.
Federal prosecutors face significant hurdles in the Key Bridge criminal case against a Singaporean company and an employee believed to be in India, experts say.
The companies that own and operate the container ship that destroyed the Key Bridge will pay $2.25 billion to settle with Maryland ahead of trial in federal court.
The details of how Maryland authorities first approached Joseph “Jay” Attar as part of their investigation were revealed in newly unsealed federal court documents.
San Francisco prosecutors declined to bring charges against four Baltimore Police officers who have been under investigation in the city after a woman says she reported a sexual assault.
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.
Michael Maurice Johnson — cleared in the high-profile 2010 killing of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes — was convicted Friday of raping and assaulting a woman in Baltimore County.
Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates reported $1.8 million in outside income last year as matters from his time as a private defense attorney were resolved and he sold real estate.
As a high-stakes civil trial nears in the Key Bridge disaster, at least one employee of the Dali cargo ship’s operating company has raised concerns about potential criminal charges.
Baltimore’s law department has “cut off, foreclosed, shut down” Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming’s ability to investigate waste, fraud and abuse, the judge overseeing a dispute over her access to records said Friday.
More than 6 months later, a group of Baltimore Police officers, including a district commander, remain suspended with pay as a criminal investigation in San Francisco continues.
Brandon Scott and his advisors have argued the restrictions will not hamper Isabel Cumming’s ability to do her job, but Cumming said the decisions have severely restricted her work and could expose whistleblowers.
Lawrence E. Smith, the decorated former Dunbar High football coach, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for stealing $215,000 in overtime pay as a city schools police officer.