Criminal Justice

Baltimore Police said 13-month-old Messiah Heggie was pronounced dead on Oct. 27, 2023, shortly after leaving the hospital. The death has been ruled a homicide from drug poisoning.

Police arrested Teneshia Pollock, 35, of Baltimore, after she allegedly shot at a female motorist, grazing her in the head, and then at an off-duty police officer in downtown Baltimore on Saturday afternoon.

A shooting early Sunday an an Edgewood Tiki bar left a 24-year-old Aberdeen man dead.

In 2012, Corey Jennings pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence in the shooting of Ryan Watson on June 14, 2011. Nine years to the day of the shooting, Watson died. He was 34.

Vincent Schiraldi's track record demonstrates he was the right choice to lead Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services, say former directors of the Washington, D.C., and Delaware juvenile services agencies.

Prosecutors from the Public Trust and Police Integrity Unit wrote that the two officers acted “reasonably and lawfully” and didn't cause the crash that killed Linda Moss, 74, in 2023.

Bishop Donte Hickman, pastor of Southern Baptist Church in Baltimore, asks what purpose would a prison sentence for former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby actually serve.

A 21-year-old man was seriously injured after falling from a moving car during a violent carjacking Friday afternoon in Aberdeen.

The FTC warns that fraud cases are on the rise — just in time for a viral column that has the internet buzzing about scams.

Three Baltimore County Police officers have been indicted in connection with an alleged assault that took place in the city last fall, electronic court records show.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Dennis M. Robinson Jr. wrote in a one-page order dated on Tuesday that there was “not a sufficient legal or factual basis” for him to reconsider his previous decision to hold David Linthicum, 25, of Cockeysville, without bail.

U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby issued her ruling following a hearing on a motion for judgment of acquittal.

A restraining order was issued against the top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center.

Brian Delen, who was delivering food the night Meghan Lewis died, faces charges of first- and second-degree murder, first-degree assault and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence. He is being held without bond.

A reward of up to $32,000 is available for information leading to felony charges and an arrest in the case of an attempted carjacking that left a 77-year-old man seriously injured in the Bolton Hill neighborhood.

Fire department leadership confirmed the death of Shaney Warehime but offered few details about the circumstances surrounding it.

Mark Ryals, 35, assembled 3D printed handguns and sold them, along with a silencer, to undercover agents on multiple occasions.

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office says it has changed medical providers since a spate of suicides in its detention center.

A Baltimore Banner investigation revealed disturbing patterns and policy failures underlying a series of deaths by hanging at the detention center

Closing a gap in Maryland’s rules for criminal record expungement eligibility would help remove obstacles to housing and employment, two attorneys say.