Criminal justice

A number of walkers and runners on Rossville Boulevard said speeding is a constant issue in the area. It is unclear if speed played a role in this crash.

A 100-page report by the Baltimore Police Department on its response reveals an agency disconnected from the community it serves.

Police say a 1-year-old poodle named Sandy was taken from a fenced-in-yard over the weekend. The suspect tried to take a second dog, but it got away.

Kanisha Spence, 44, who was a security guard with Maximum Protective Services, is on trial this week on charges including first-degree murder in the shooting death of 26-year-old Marquise Powell, who had made an early-morning visit to the Royal Farms on Washington Boulevard near Carroll Park on Oct. 30, 2022.

The MHEC had previously approved Towson University’s plans, but Attorney General Anthony Brown on Aug. 17 determined that the commission didn’t have enough members present when it voted to overturn a decision by a state official who rejected the program.

List of signers also includes Leslie Vass, who spent about 10 years in prison for an armed robbery he did not commit in Baltimore.

“The leave of absence was self-imposed and there is no reason not to return to full duty at this point,” Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said in a statement.

Family, friends and church members remembered Rachel Morin, the Bel Air woman slain this month, at a service Sunday at Greater Grace Church in East Baltimore.

Detectives are investigating the shooting as a potential murder-suicide, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said.

Devin Wilson, 18, of West Baltimore, shot and killed his younger brother, Dylan King, with a shotgun while he was babysitting him and three other siblings on Dec. 30, 2022.

The project received renewed attention this week when a top Police Department official described it as a “tactical village,” drawing comparisons to the so-called “Cop City” project in Atlanta.

Dontae Spivey was convicted of a 1998 homicide, but has always maintained his innocence.

Judge Bredar’s comments followed reporting from The Baltimore Banner on the long wait for detailed reports about how officers interact with citizens.

Gianni Tumminello, 49, of Nottingham, was charged Aug. 18 in Baltimore County Circuit Court with six counts of theft.

The condition of the minor was not made available.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee has cleared the FBI agents of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of McGrath.

A former Cecil County Sheriff’s deputy is accused of witness retaliation and spreading revenge porn during his tenure, according to the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor.

Narayana Rheiner, 42, pleaded guilty last year to one count of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder.

This year 10 lawsuits have been settled at a median amount of $280,000, according to data from the Board of Estimates settlement tracker. At this time last year only 8 settlements involved police misaction, with a median settlement amount of $109,500.

A 15-year-old who had reportedly stolen a car was grazed by a bullet after attempting to carjack an off-duty Baltimore Police officer early Monday, authorities said.