Criminal justice

Charles Johnson, 21, and Eniyah Smith, 20, left behind a 3-year-old daughter.

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93.

Baltimore County Police took a student into custody Friday after a report of an armed individual sent Kenwood High School into a brief lockdown.

A Kentucky-based charity purporting to raise money for veterans has been ordered to stop doing business in Maryland because it hasn't filed the requisite paperwork or mandatory disclosures.

The man was serving out the remainder of a federal sentence for a 2004 conviction of robbing a bank in a residential re-entry program when he committed the new robberies, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.

A deadline is looming at the end of the year for Maryland to decide whether to keep or replace the troubled, for-profit company that provides medical care in state prisons and the Baltimore City jail complex.

The installation of a video camera system has begun on the Harford County hiking trail where Rachel Morin’s body was found in August.

The rate of improper arrests dropped from 10.4% to 4% in two random samplings of 200 cases in 2019 and 2021.

David Caldwell, a supervisor at the Safe Streets outpost in Belair-Edison, is charged with illegally possessing ammunition.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division released the names of three Baltimore County Police officers who responded to a reported domestic disturbance Friday night and exchanged gunfire with a Parkville man who police say fatally shot his wife inside their home.

Snyder’s legal troubles stem from a 2018 effort to squeeze $25 million from the University of Maryland Medical System, after he represented a number of clients who had experienced problems from organ transplants.

Eligible organizations may seek up to $40,000 in grant funding to protect themselves against hate crimes.

Joel Johnson-Liphart was ruled not competent to stand trial for manslaughter in the death of his grandmother six years ago. Now he’s back in court after assaulting his caregiver at a group home. It’s not clear if Maryland is equipped to deal with this.

The federal government picked Greenbelt in Prince George’s County to be the home of a new FBI headquarters, but opponents from Virginia are trying to overturn or stall the decision. Here’s what’s going on.

The manufacturer of the bands gave police a list of dental offices they supply across the country. There was one office located in Maryland.

Samuel Wise Jr., 24, of Baltimore County, was set to stand trial on Monday, but pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence, and first-degree escape.

Lawmakers are reintroducing legislation, and the attorney general is backing the proposal.

One person is dead after exchanging gunfire with three Baltimore County Police officers in Parkville and a second person was found dead inside a home late Friday night, the department said.

The museum said police are investigating but gave no other details.

A 10 vehicle crash closed parts of Interstate 95 in Harford County on Thanksgiving, sending two people to the hospital, Maryland State Police said.