Criminal justice

A 48-year-old woman marched toward officers and threatened them with a large knife, prompting one to open fire and strike her twice in the leg, body camera footage released by the Baltimore Police Department shows.

Lisa Lea, 57, of Ednor Gardens-Lakeside, pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to six counts of negligent vehicular manslaughter.

Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge ruled Friday.

Since 2021, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has reviewed 86 cases in which someone was killed by police — and 20 of those cases involved mental health crises, according to a report released Thursday.

Anne Arundel County Police identified the married couple who were found shot in a Harwood home last week.

Montgomery County Police are investigating the death of pedestrian Vipa Sankanung, who was struck by a vehicle in Rockville in November.

A man falsely claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said.

The Baltimore Police Department got a preliminary green light from the judge overseeing its federally mandated reforms, confirming that it’s on track to shed mandates for recruitment, hiring and technology.

The alleged shooter, identified as a 26-year-old from Pasadena, faces charges of first- and second-degree murder.

Helicopter traffic over Southeast Baltimore has irked residents as the city grows the police footprint at a Canton heliport.

The Miami Gardens Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force on Wednesday arrested Davis on charges including battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping.

Anne Arundel County Police arrested a security worker involved in a fatal shooting at Northrop Grumman's Linthicum facility on Wednesday.

Baltimore Police are investigating a “suspicious death” after authorities responded to a report of an unresponsive man in downtown Baltimore.

Baltimore County Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Dundalk on Tuesday morning.

Though the passage came as little surprise — leadership in both chambers have made curbing ICE a top priority — an amendment to the law took some teeth out of it.

Two teenagers are accused of shooting two people in Princess Anne, leaving one dead and the other injured, Maryland State Police said in a news release Tuesday.

A man who police allege fatally shot another man at an Airbnb in Edgewater and then dumped his body in Baltimore had been made the beneficiary of the victim’s $300,000 life insurance policy two weeks earlier, court records indicate.

Gov. Wes Moore’s office slammed the Trump administration for the conditions depicted in a widely circulated video showing an overcrowded holding cell at the downtown Baltimore field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A prisoner was killed inside the Jessup Correctional Institution on Monday, representing the third prison homicide this month, state officials said.

Ex-Charles H. Hickey Jr. School employee Ronald Neverdon, 79, of Woodstock, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with 95 counts related to 10 children.