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Text messages reveal fraud in ABC Capital meltdown, new lawsuit claims
ABC Capital employees created fake email addresses, forged signatures, falsified wire transactions and faked deeds as part of a scheme to defraud unsuspecting overseas investors seeking to purchase Baltimore real estate, according a lawsuit filed last week.
Attorney Thiru Vignarajah, center, visited East Baltimore on Dec. 11, 2025 with Turkish investor, Serkan Gökmener, right, after winning a $5 million judgment against ABC Capital's Jay Walsh over fraud claims.
Former Gilman School teacher charged with 1970s child sex abuse
An 81-year-old Connecticut pastor has been indicted on charges in Maryland that he sexually abused a child at the Gilman School in the 1970s.
Gilman School.
Former DOJ official takes over state’s investigations into deaths involving police
A longtime Justice Department official who worked as an investigator of civil rights violations is now leading Maryland’s investigations into deaths after encounters with police.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, DC.
Judge orders competency evaluation for alleged Zizian cult leader
A Maryland federal judge on Thursday ordered a psychiatric evaluation to determine competency to stand trial for Ziz LaSota.
In this image from video, Jack LaSota, also known as Ziz, who is at the center of a cultlike group known as Zizians and linked to several deaths across the U.S., is escorted into court for a pretrial hearing on trespassing, gun and drug charges in Cumberland, Md., Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
They covered up a prison beating. Now 6 correctional officers have been convicted.
Samuel Warren, a correctional officer who initiated an attack and cover-up at Eastern Correctional Institution, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
Eastern Correctional Institute, in Westover, Somerset County, Maryland, on Dec. 8, 2020.
Math educator dies in Baltimore school building
A Baltimore educator was found dead in a Cherry Hill elementary school.
Classroom
Glen Arm man pleads guilty to paying bribes to Baltimore City Hall employee
James Carroll Erny Jr. pleaded guilty Thursday to federal bribery charges for paying a Baltimore City Hall employee in exchange for wiping away city property tax bills.
James Carroll Erny Jr., right, leaves the U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Thursday, joined by his attorney, Tony Garcia.
Baltimore leases marina to Harborplace developer for $1 and slice of revenues
MCB paid the city $1 for the arrangement, which calls for Baltimore City to receive 6% of gross revenues, estimated to be $1 million over the life of the lease.
MCB paid $1 for the arrangement, which calls for the city to receive 6% of gross revenues, estimated to be $1 million over the life of the lease.
He came to Baltimore for a better life. Police say he was shot and killed by a wanted man.
Brian Burrows is charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the killing of Khaled Saleh Mohamed Alshariki on Feb. 13 at the Broadway Mart in East Baltimore.
Khaled Saleh Mohamed Alshariki, 36, was fatally shot while working as a cashier at Broadway Mart in the 1000 block of N. Broadway on February 13.
Inspector general sues Baltimore City over access to government records
Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration recently took several steps to limit her access to city records.
Isabel Mercedes Cumming, Baltimore City's Inspector General, stands for a portrait in War Memorial Plaza on Monday, March 13.
Maryland sheriffs: Expect ICE ramp-up after state ban
Speculation of ramped-up ICE activity in and around Baltimore has abounded for months. In Western Maryland, the Department of Homeland Security bought an 825,000-square-foot warehouse with plans to retrofit it into a detention facility for up to 1,500 immigrants, while U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has opened an office in Hunt Valley for its attorneys.
Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis, right, chats with Sen. Mary Beth Carozza in the hallway outside the chambers for the Judicial Proceedings Committee ahead of hearings on two ICE-related bills, SB0001 and SB245 in January.
Once a troubled sheriff, he now leads the Maryland State Police
Acting Maryland State Police Superintendent Michael A. Jackson has allies on both sides of the aisle after a decade in Annapolis, but some still question his tenure leading the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Department.
Maryland State Police Acting Superintendent Michael Jackson is introduced in the Senate chamber of the Maryland State House on the first day of the 2026 General Assembly session last month.
Will Greater Grace investigation prompt change? Senior pastors hint at leadership ‘transition.’
Nearly two months after an explosive report called for the resignation of senior officials at Greater Grace World Outreach, the evangelical church’s elders issued a response that offered no concrete plans for a leadership change.
Photograph of long low building with unconventional church spire and cross, with empty parking lot in front. Outside of building is labeled "Greater Grace Church."
No basis for Bates’ concerns about mayor’s safety office, legal opinion finds
A former assistant state’s attorney disagreed that the operations of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement was putting prosecutions at risk.
Mayor Brandon Scott, left, speaks to the press as Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates listens during a community walk through the Four by Four neighborhood on May 7, 2024.
Canton’s helicopter boom rattles nearby neighborhoods
Helicopter traffic over Southeast Baltimore has irked residents as the city grows the police footprint at a Canton heliport.
A MyFlight helicopter lands at the Pier 7 Heliport at 1800 S Clinton Street on Monday, June 9, 2025.
Ivan Bates’ break-up with mayor’s public safety office finds legal support
Bates said his office would continue to prosecute cases brought by Baltimore Police through MONSE, as required by law.
Bates said his office would continue to prosecute cases brought by Baltimore Police through MONSE, as required by law.
Baltimore officer charged with assaulting 3 at SWAT team holiday party
The incident took place at a SWAT team holiday party at the Admiral’s Cup saloon in Baltimore City.
The Admirals Cup at Thames Street and Broadway
As Baltimore’s homicides reach historic lows, too many streets remain bloodstained
Since 2023 Baltimore has seen the number of victims fall below 300, then below 200 and now below 150 — the first time since the 1960s, when gun violence soared and then rarely abated. People are still getting killed at an alarming rate.
Hameed Dulah shows bullet holes in his storefront's windows after a shooting the night before at NY Chicken Fish and Grill.
Independent investigators call on Greater Grace church leaders to step down
Greater Grace World Outreach should fire four top pastors and distance itself from controversial founder Carl Stevens, according to a report by an independent faith-based organization.
Photograph of long low building with unconventional church spire and cross, with empty parking lot in front. Outside of building is labeled "Greater Grace Church."
Judge orders former CEO of ABC Capital Jason Walsh to pay $5.6M for defrauding investors
A Baltimore County judge ruled that Jason Walsh, the former CEO of ABC Capital, must pay more than $5 million to foreign investors who say he defrauded them after they agreed to buy Baltimore rental properties.
ABC Capital's Jay Walsh appeared in Baltimore District Court on June 20 for a scheduled trial on charges of felony theft and doing business without a license.
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