Criminal Justice

Baltimore prosecutors will announce Wednesday that an arrest has been made in the 2017 killing of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer who was gunned down in Northwest Baltimore, sources said.

The two have only appeared together publicly once this calendar year with the election bearing down.

Baltimore Police said a 7-year-old girl shot at one of Baltimore’s best-known malls on Saturday is now in “stable” condition.

Federal authorities opened a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, with FBI agents raiding the container ship Dali early Monday.

A “majority” of the star’s designer bags, including Birkin bags, and a “large amount” of her jewelry were taken during the reported theft, according to TMZ.

Baltimore attorney Kenneth Ravenell has been out of prison while he appeals his nearly five-year sentence for aiding a drug dealer client.

Trea Ellinger, 29, of Glen Burnie, died after first responders found him lying in the middle of South Howard Street in Baltimore “exhibiting signs of intoxication and distress” and “speaking incomprehensibly,” and later took him to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center on July 25, 2023.

Youth development programs are among the resources needed to address the social and economic causes of juvenile crime, says Lillian Bocquin, a fellow with the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

A 7-year-old was shot at Mondawmin Mall on Saturday, and Baltimore Police searched for the shooter.

Scott Miller of Anne Arundel is facing sentencing Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington for his role in the insurrection. He pleaded guilty in January to assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon.

Kirk McKoy covered the O.J. Simpson murder trial as a young news photographer and remembers how it affected his view of the world — and whether his football idol was innocent or not. He also shares photos he took at the time.

The agreement will allow incarcerated people the opportunity to pursue bachelor’s degrees from any of the 12 universities within the University System of Maryland.

Baltimore Police said Dejuan Cole, 19, of Pikesville has been charged with murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Devron Tyner on April 1.

Eric Bryant, U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume's chief of staff, apologized and stated that his outreach was not intended to be nefarious or disrespectful to the court.

Suggs, 41, who leads the Ravens in career sacks, was inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor last season.

The Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024 will overhaul the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, a body that’s supposed to help victims of crime in Maryland.

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General is investigating a fatal crash on the Baltimore Beltway.

Three suspects, all from Baltimore, are charged with murder and other offenses in the kidnap-slaying of 47-year-old David Winchester Jr. His body was found in a wooded area along Spa Road in Annapolis on March 28.

The Commission on Judicial Disabilities canceled a hearing that had been scheduled for May 20 and 21 to consider the charges against District Judge Kevin M. Wilson.

A federal jury in Baltimore returned a $250,000 verdict against an off-duty Baltimore Police Department officer who in 2017 pulled a gun on two 16-year-old boys as they waited for transportation to an after-school program in their Columbia neighborhood.