Criminal Justice

Federal prosecutors allege Peter Ajak was seeking to overthrow the government of South Sudan to take power.

Baltimore Police Officer Anthony Ward, 36, was driving a work van when he crashed into a flatbed tow truck.

Five young men were shot Friday afternoon when gunfire broke out in a park in Greenbelt, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., according to police.

A far-right extremist group leader was sentenced on Friday to more than five years in prison for repeatedly assaulting police officers with makeshift weapons during a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago.

The teenager faces 10 years in prison if convicted.

A fourth Baltimore County Police officer has been indicted in connection with an incident in which an officer pepper-sprayed a detainee in the city last year.

A Montgomery County high school student has been charged with plotting a school shooting.

Globe Collection and Press at MICA believes the track list poster for Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” was inspired by them. They want credit for it.

A 34-year-old Carroll County man was sentenced this week to 17 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child.

New charges represent a fraction of the allegations made against Jay Walsh, but are the first time he’s faced possible criminal penalties.

The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office is creating a new cold case division that will pursue funding for genetic testing and work with detectives to better strategize around unsolved cases.

Lisa Adrienne Lea, of Randallstown, is not allowed to drive and can only leave the house to attend doctor appointments, legal meetings and religious services.

Lisa Adrienne Lea, 54, of Randallstown, faces 28 counts including manslaughter in a March 22 crash on the Baltimore Beltway that left six construction workers dead.

Lisa Adrienne Lea, 54, of Randallstown, faces 28 counts, including one that alleges she was driving impaired by drugs, though the indictment does not specify what substance. After police were initially unable to locate her, state police said she turned herself in on Wednesday morning.

Melachi Duane Darnell Brown of Windsor Mill is one of two drivers who were charged in the crash, which happened on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in 2023.

Melachi Duane Darnell Brown, 21, of Windsor Mill, had pleaded guilty to six counts of negligent vehicular manslaughter in the crash, which happened on March 22, 2023.

The National Transportation Safety Board has provided new details on the fatal crash on Interstate 695 that killed six construction workers in 2023.

Their collective samples became known as the GBMC slides. And after many years of these frozen slides growing ever colder, Baltimore County law enforcement announced its laboratory would process the remaining 1,400 slides by the end of 2024.

A lifelong Baltimore resident says five days of jury duty changed him and gave him a new understanding of how criminal justice is administered in the city.

Nearly every respondent — 98% — said crime was a major or minor issue in the city, eclipsing litter, taxes and affordable housing.