Criminal justice

Cejus Watson pleaded guilty on Thursday to theft for leaving work, selling the cannabis at his tattoo shop in Baltimore County and going home before his shift ended on Sept. 29, 2022.

Between July 2022 and June 2023, 208 Baltimore teens were charged with auto theft, according to juvenile services data. What happened to them?

Amid a nationwide rash of vehicle theft, Prince George’s has one of the highest car theft rates in Maryland.

The former Baltimore state’s attorney is accused of making false statements on mortgage applications to buy Florida vacation properties.

Jose Tapia is charged in two new cases with 53 counts including obstruction of justice, forgery and identity theft scheme.

The legislative package would increase penalties for gun theft and violent firearms offenses, authorize law enforcement to search vehicles based on the smell of cannabis alone and limit eligibility for bail or reduced sentences for those charged with or convicted of violent crimes.

“These cost-cutting measures employed by Hyundai and Kia at the expense of public safety are unacceptable,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement. “They have left our residents vulnerable to crime and are significantly burdening our police resources.”

An autopsy later found 4-year-old Amir James had skull injuries and died from bleeding in his brain.

Prosecutors once said Ethan Newberg, a more than 28-year veteran, engaged in a “pattern and practice of harassment and intimidation.”

Private attorneys working for the state of Maryland aimed their fire at the independent medical monitor overseeing a 2016 settlement agreement on health care delivery in the state-run city jail system.

Tino Bertin has owned Tino Auto Service and Sales in Northeast Baltimore for nearly a decade, but says he's never seen people so embolden to steal cars, despite his attempts to deter them.

Salifou Savadogo towed a dozen stolen cars a week this summer, all of them Kias and Hyundais.

Auto thefts aren't the only factor that influences your insurance rate — but they're having an impact.

Each time a recovered stolen Kia or Hyundai arrives to Rosedale Auto Services for repairs, shop owner Greg Ey tapes a plastic sheet over the shattered window and disables the vehicle so it can’t be pilfered from his lot.

People whose cars are stolen aren't the only ones affected by this spike in auto thefts. The industries that tow, repair and sell cars have had to handle the surges, too.

Baltimore City has borne the brunt of the auto theft crisis in Maryland, but Baltimore County has not been exempt.

Earl Lee, 27, is charged with first- and second-degree murder, use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and related offenses, according to court records.

More than 1,000 cars have been stolen in Baltimore every month since June.

The former Baltimore City state's attorney still faces two counts of making false statements on mortgage applications to buy Florida vacation properties.

While Baltimore’s leaders continue to look for ways to lower the city’s murder rate, a flattening of the curve on homicides is evident, Lawrence Brown, an author and research scientist in the Center for Urban Health Equity at Morgan State University, says.