Criminal justice

Federal prosecutors wrote in charging documents the men exchanged thousands of dollars worth of the dimes at Coinstar machines in Cockeysville and Towson.

In May 2023, vehicle thefts surged to 960 per month. What do you want to know about the crisis?

Baltimore community leaders on Saturday rallied against gun violence in the city.

Timothy Reynolds, 48, of Hampden, was shot and killed at the intersection of Light and Conway streets near the Inner Harbor in Baltimore on July 7, 2022. He was an engineer and a married father of three.

Officials said Pedro Argote, 49, is suspected of gunning down Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson in his driveway on Thursday, hours after Wilkinson ruled against him in a divorce case.

Police say the car of a man suspected of shooting and killing a Maryland judge has been found, but the man remains at large.

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District Judge Kent J. Boles Jr. stated that the teen poses an “extreme danger to the community at large.”

Here’s what we know now about Thursday’s deadly house fire on Linden Heights Avenue.

The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release that it has suspended Officer Justin Lee without pay and is “taking steps to terminate his employment” after his indictment on felony charges.

Jason Billingsley had been on the run for days after an alleged crime spree in Baltimore. Surrounded in Bowie, he raised his arms and surrendered.

Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was found with gunshot wounds around 8 p.m. Thursday. Police were searching for 49-year-old Pedro Argote, now identified as a suspect in the case.

The results of the second community survey, mandated by the Baltimore Police Department’s federal court oversight, suggest that residents’ attitudes toward local law enforcement remain dismal, despite widespread reforms.

The acting police chief for Baltimore City Public Schools, then a major, approved Lawrence Smith’s fraudulent overtime, the court documents say, raising serious questions about supervision and policies.

Linda Malat Tiburzi, a survivor of the notorious child rapist John Merzbacher while a student at the Catholic Community School of Baltimore in the 1970s, died at age 62. She was an advocate for survivors of abuse and rejoiced at the release of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General’s report on child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

The state’s provider, now known as “YesCare,” emerged from what is known as a “Texas two-step” bankruptcy.

Former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force member Daniel Hersl is seeking compassionate release from federal prison, saying he has terminal cancer and only a short time left to live.

The Maryland Department of Health conducted the testing of the substance, and advised that the room in the courthouse where the envelope was found could be reopened once decontaminated.

Four men were injured in a shooting Monday evening in Severn in Anne Arundel County, police said. Officers responded around 8:40 p.m. to the 1100 block of Reece Road.

Members of Morgan State's FOP Lodge #142 are seeking a re-evaluation of the university's current approach to policing on campus and have questioned the department's leadership in a 11-page letter to university officials.