Criminal justice

Policymakers at every level have failed to address conditions in Baltimore’s underserved neighborhoods that continue to harm Black children, Kevin Mcleod, a longtime children’s advocate and coach, says.

Maryland’s state judiciary is accepting applications to replace a circuit court judge who was killed earlier this year by a man whose divorce case the judge was presiding over, authorities have said.

Keith Luckey faces charges of second-degree murder, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and related offenses in the deadly shooting of Kevin Torres on Nov. 7, 2022.

The National Public Defender Workload Study was released on Sept. 12 and is a collaboration between the RAND Corp., National Center for State Courts, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense and Law Office of Stephen Hanlon in St. Louis.

Frank and Caroline LaPere plan to keep Pava's memory alive.

The officers are under investigation by the Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division after a high-speed chase and deadly crash in Pasadena early Thursday morning.

A man from Severn received a suspended sentence a year of probation after pleading to a hate crime in connection with the destruction of Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ Pride Flags outside a church in Odenton last spring, Anne Arundel County prosecutors announced Friday.

20 women have filed a lawsuit against Maryland and its Department of Juvenile Services alleging rampant sexual abuse as children while incarcerated at the state’s Thomas J.S. Waxter Children’s Center in Laurel.

An Anne Arundel County police officer identified as Corporal A. Stallings on Oct. 29 critically injured an unnamed man, who fell and hit his head after he was stunned with a Taser.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Jeannie J. Hong described the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of 4-year-old Malachi Lawson as “unfathomable.”

Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded on July 2 in the mass shooting, which happened after 12:30 a.m. at the Brooklyn Homes housing project in Baltimore.

What started as a road trip to Baltimore to possibly purchase a car ended in tragedy for a Lancaster teen.

Maryland should be allowed to enact “common-sense gun laws,” Attorney General Anthony Brown said.

Federal authorities have identified Harford County resident Brandon Heffner, 38, among a group of rioters on the U.S. Capitol’s lower West Terrace in video footage from Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

An Annapolis police department vehicle has the misspelling “Annappolis” on one side.

Gloria Hughes, 37, is charged with first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.

The rulings settle parts of a monthslong dispute in the case, though the judge did not hold the state’s attorneys office in contempt of court following delays and excuses for not sharing evidence that the defense requested.

Family has been searching for answers since Malecki disappeared on Nov. 11, 1969. “We’re hoping for some closure.”

Baltimore Police investigated a report of gunfire inside Harbor East Cinemas on Saturday night, according to authorities.

Detectives are investigating a shooting that killed two men in North Baltimore on Sunday morning. Officers responded to the 3600 block of Greenmount Avenue for reports of a shooting around 3 a.m., a news release said.