Criminal justice

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.

The family of Hunter Jessup, who was killed by the gunfire of Baltimore police officers on Tuesday, held a vigil for him on Saturday.

Two high school students were robbed in separate incidents as they walked home from school earlier this week, Howard County Police said.

During a series of victory speeches Friday, politicians praised Hoyer’s leadership. He was variously called the champion, quarterback, captain and general manager of the “Team Maryland” effort to win the FBI headquarters for Greenbelt.

A Baltimore County homeowner will not be charged after shooting two people who were breaking into a shed, the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office said Friday.

Prosecutors with the Public Trust and Police Integrity Unit detailed their legal review on Thursday in separate reports posted online.

After a corruption scandal led the Baltimore Police Department to disband its plainclothes gun squad in 2017, the embattled agency pledged to increase oversight while remaining focused on seizing illegal weapons and curbing rampant violence.

The millions planned for Harborplace redevelopment will do nothing to address Baltimore’s greatest needs, says Krystal Gonzalez, whose daughter was shot and killed at a Baltimore-area block party.

The project is seen as a potential boon to Prince George’s County and the state, bringing thousands of jobs to a majority-Black county that has relatively few federal agency offices despite being so close to the nation’s capital.

The Baltimore Banner recently obtained a spreadsheet through a Maryland Public Information Act request to the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office.

Federal prosecutors alleged Mosby lied about experiencing an “adverse financial consequence” to take advantage of a provision in the CARES Act to make an early withdrawal from her retirement account.

Two students and a teacher were injured in a fight involving a knife at the Academy for College and Career Exploration Thursday morning.

The selection of a site in Greenbelt represents a massive win for Maryland officials who have pursued the project for years while competing against a bid from Virginia.

The state has agreed to adopt a policy that explicitly addresses how medical examiners handle in-custody deaths. It would apply to all deaths involving law enforcement restraint, including those that occur in jails, prisons and juvenile facilities.

The perjury case against former State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby headed to deliberations after Mosby declined to testify.

“This verdict is a testament to the steadfast commitment and skill of our prosecutors, the diligence of law enforcement, and the integrity of our justice system,” Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said in a statement.

Two teenagers have been charged with murder in connection with a shooting death at a Howard County gas station in mid-October after, police said, they found the gun used in the shooting during another investigation.

One man is dead and a Baltimore police officer suffered “minor injuries” Tuesday in a shooting in the southwest part of the city, the Baltimore Police Department said.

Mosby is on trial on two counts of perjury, with prosecutors charging that she lied about suffering a financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to gain access to her retirement funds

Earlier this year, a correctional health care company declared bankruptcy. Now, a formerly incarcerated Marylander is missing out on compensation he won in a trial.