Criminal Justice

Anne Arundel County police say surveillance video captured two teens breaking a piece of concrete from a flower bed and damaging a memorial plaque in the garden of Saint Alban’s Episcopal Church in Glen Burnie. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

Because of fines, enforcement and accountability, people are definitely talking about dirt bikes in Baltimore.

Gary Washington, now 63, of Baltimore, served more than 31 years 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 in Baltimore on Dec. 27, 1986. Washington has always maintained his innocence.

Baltimore Police have arrested 59-year-old Patrick Cromwell after authorities say he told police he cut and strangled his roommate, Joseph Barranco.

Robert Lookingbill, 71, faces two felony sex abuse charges and two misdemeanor charges related to a March 1 incident in which he allegedly inappropriately touched a middle school student on the school bus he was driving.

Speaking of Anthony Hall, who was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder and served more than 25 years in prison, Gov. Wes Moore said "there is no amount of money, nor apologies, nor acknowledgment to truly be adequate to right the wrongs that happened to this gentleman’s life."

The lawsuit was filed Monday in Baltimore City Circuit Court against Jason Billingsley, Eden’s Homes and Property Pals. It alleges negligence, premise liability and a breach of lease.

Ghost guns have become more common on American city streets, especially so in Baltimore. From June 2021 to the end of 2023, ghost guns were the most commonly recovered make of firearm in Baltimore.

At recent news conference, Bates, a Democrat, said, “From here on out, if you are found to be contributing to the delinquency of a minor child, my office will look to charge you to hold you accountable.”

Robert Lookingbill, 71, is also a town commissioner and faces two felony counts.

One home was destroyed and two others suffered moderate damage after an explosion and fire in Essex Saturday night.

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.