Criminal justice

Reparations — and who ultimately will receive them — remains a contentious debate in this country and in Maryland.

County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. and law enforcement authorities announced Wednesday they’ve received a $1.5 million grant from Gov. Wes Moore, and expect to receive up to $500,000 from the private, Baltimore-based Hackerman Foundation, to expedite testing of forensic evidence collected on microscope slides, which have been held since the 1970s by the Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Mosby, 43, is accused of lying about experiencing adverse financial consequences to withdraw money early from her retirement account under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Uplands Community Association president said he had worried about people loitering at the vacant property.

William Dredden, 40, and Tiffany Harrison, 37, are charged with first- and second-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first- and second-degree assault, use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and related offenses.

Peyton Brewer-Ross was among those killed when a gunman opened fire at two different locations.

Maryland must uphold recently enacted legal protections for children who are subject to interrogation by police, say Jessica Feierman, an attorney and senior managing director at the Juvenile Law Center, and Emily Virgin, an attorney and director of advocacy and government affairs at Human Rights for Kids.

Edgewood High School staff found a loaded firearm in a student’s locker on Friday, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.

The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating the arrest Wednesday of a 16-year-old in front of the Baltimore County Public Library in Woodlawn, where last month, officers were accused of using excessive force during the arrest of a different teenager inside the library.

Just hours before he was killed last week, a Maryland judge known for being fair and even-keeled calmly explained his ruling in a divorce case following hours of emotional testimony. On the losing end of the ruling was the man suspected of fatally shooting Washington County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson later that day in the driveway outside his home. For Wilkinson’s family, friends and colleagues, it’s an unfathomable end to an exceptional life.

School system confirms the victims were students and their families had been notified.

A Maryland sheriff said Thursday that the body of a man wanted in connection with the shooting death of a judge in Hagerstown has been found.

FBI spokeswoman says the FBI was “conducting court-authorized activity” at the location.

Eggleston went missing in May 2017 before her baby shower. The 22-year-old was eight months pregnant at the time.

Bowie State University has about 20 students at Jessup Correctional Institution working toward a bachelor's degree in sociology.

Incidents represent another failure in the long list of deficiencies that Dr. Michael Puisis, an independent monitor, has been noting with health care in city jails.

A 12-year-old was identified as the culprit after seven recent bomb threats targeted schools in Montgomery County, according to Police Chief Marcus Jones.

The Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative is an advocacy partnership between the attorney general and public defender that will elevate the voices of marginalized communities and bring a renewed focus to developing and implementing criminal justice reform.

Lt. Dillon Rinaldo had remained hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center since the fire, but his condition worsened.

Pedro Argote was conspicuously absent last Thursday when a Maryland judge granted his wife a divorce and sole custody of their four children, citing “shocking” testimony about the abuse that Argote was accused of inflicting upon them for years.