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Criminal Justice

    NAACP calls on President Biden to pardon former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby
    “The only thing Marilyn Mosby is guilty of is the desire to provide her family with a better life," NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
    The NAACP and more than a dozen organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to pardon former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who's scheduled to be sentenced on two counts of perjury and one count of making a false statement on a loan application.
    They shared a name — but not a future. How 2 kids fought to escape poverty in Baltimore.
    Two kids named Antonio grew up together in the streets of east Baltimore surrounded by poverty and gun violence. But only one would make it out alive.
    Antonio Lee’s mother is comforted while mourning her son at a vigil, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, in Baltimore. Lee, 19, was shot and killed while squeegeeing in Baltimore. Lee and childhood friend Antonio Moore grew up together in the streets of east Baltimore, surrounded by poverty and gun violence. But only one would make it out alive. Moore is a successful real estate investor and marketing consultant. Lee was shot and killed last summer, four months before his 20th birthday.
    Essex man charged with arson, animal cruelty in house explosion
    A 52-year-old man was charged with first-degree arson, animal cruelty and related offenses in connection to a Baltimore County house explosion.
    Baltimore County fire officials said they arrived in the Essex community late Saturday night and found a home engulfed by fire.
    Former Stevenson lacrosse player Callum Robinson was shot in robbery attempt of tires, authorities said
    Robinson, his brother and a friend were shot in the head during a camping and surfing trip in Mexico
    Callum Robinson, an alum of Stevenson University in Baltimore County, was one of three people found killed near the township of Santo Tomás in Mexico on Friday.
    2-year-old shot, wounded in Severn over the weekend, police say
    Anne Arundel County Police said the 2-year-old girl was treated and released from a hospital after suffering a wound in the upper body.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    Baltimore teacher in ‘inappropriate relationship’ helped teen shoot ex-boyfriend, police allege
    Matthew Biegel, 38, of Northeast Baltimore, previously worked as an agriculture educator at the Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business, Law, and Agriculture.
    Matthew Biegel, a former agriculture educator at Reginald F. Lewis High School, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder and related offenses.
    Sheila Dixon, a ‘filthy’ street and residents who want politicians to put up or shut up
    Dixon brings up a stretch of North Avenue as part of her stump speech, she said, because she passes it on the way to her office or her gym and the conditions there are indicative of the state of the city.
    Crystal Parker, president of the North Avenue and Hilton Street Business & Community Task Force, speaks about issues her community is facing while walking up West North Avenue.
    Former Stevenson, pro lacrosse player Callum Robinson found dead in Mexico
    Robinson, a native of Australia, his brother Jake and their friend Jack Carter Rhoad went missing last weekend on a camping and surfing trip on Mexico’s Baja California coast.
    Callum Robinson, an alum of Stevenson University in Baltimore County, was one of three people found killed near the township of Santo Tomás in Mexico on Friday.
    At times weeping, defiant, attorney Snyder appears in court for extortion case
    Once-mighty malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder appeared in court Friday in a federal extortion case, at times weeping and describing himself as a broken, but also flashing his trademark feistiness and charm.
    Missing in Baltimore City: Facebook group helps families search for lost loved ones
    With scant police resources to locate missing people, the Missing in Baltimore City Facebook group has increasingly become a resource for families to crowdsource and find support as they search for their loved ones.
    Photo illustration of cream-colored silhouette of man’s head and shoulders against red textured background with map of Baltimore City and surrounding areas. At bottom of image it says “Missing Person.”
    Harford County to pay $1 million settlement in deadly shooting; sheriff calls payment premature
    Harford County leaders are paying a $1 million settlement to avoid a lawsuit in a 2022 deadly shooting involving a deputy.
    The front of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters.
    Baltimore County judge postpones trial of man accused of shooting 2 police officers
    David Linthicum, 25, of Cockeysville, had been scheduled to stand trial on May 20 in Baltimore County Circuit Court on five counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.
    6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
    How a Maryland prisoner’s 15-month quest for eye surgery ended in blindness
    The state is paying a small portion of the $200,000 settlement.
    Chain link fence with barbed wire and razor wire.
    Ex-Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby on MSNBC: ‘I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong’
    Mosby, 44, is set to be sentenced on May 23 in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on two counts of perjury as well as one count of making a false statement on a loan application. She maintains her innocence.
    Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby appeared on Wednesday on "The ReidOut" with Joy Reid on MSNBC and declared her innocence on perjury and mortgage fraud charges.
    MDTA warns motorists of E-ZPass text message toll scams
    Maryland Transportation Authority warns E-ZPass customers to delete texts immediately and do not click on any links to avoid smishing scams.
    Maryland Transportation Authority and the FBI local field office issued warnings about a text messaging scam taking place at tolling booths across the state.
    Families of firefighters killed in Stricker Street blaze sue city, allege negligence
    The families of three firefighters who died in a blaze at a vacant home on Stricker Street in two years ago are suing the city, saying officials were negligent in cataloging dangerous buildings.
    The site of a vacant home that burned and collapsed in the 200 block of S. Stricker St., killing three Baltimore firefighters.
    Baltimore state’s attorney extends plea offers to 5 charged in Brooklyn Day mass shooting
    “We are actively negotiating some of those pleas,” said Michael Dunty, chief of the homicide division in the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office, to Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland. “We are asking the court to allow us about one more month to hammer out the details.”
    A row of two story brick buildings stands in the background. In the foreground is police tape. A U-Haul truck and police vehicles are visible.
    Anne Arundel County middle school students found with gun, BB gun on campus
    Officers responded to Marley Middle School in Glen Burnie on Tuesday after school officials found an unloaded 9 mm handgun in a student’s backpack, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
    Gov. Wes Moore apologizes to man who spent decades in prison in 1986 killing
    Gary Washington, now 63, of Baltimore, spent more than 31 years incarcerated on charges of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence in the deadly shooting of Faheem “Bobo” Ali, which happened on Barclay Street between East 23rd and East 24th streets in Barclay, on Dec. 27, 1986.
    Gov. Wes Moore listens during a meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
    Man arrested, accused of Aberdeen triple homicide, suspected arson
    Aberdeen Police say a suspect has been arrested after a triple homicide and suspected arson at the Highland Commons apartment complex earlier this month.
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