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Criminal justice

    Man accused of killing Pava LaPere, attacking 2 others in Baltimore, is indicted
    Jason Billingsley, 32, of Sandtown-Winchester, is being held without bail in the Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center, according to jail records.
    Frank, Nico, and Caroline LaPere, Pava LaPere’s parents and brother, remember her during a vigil.
    Teen shot outside Baltimore County elementary school as students were dismissed
    A teenager was injured in a shooting at a playground at Edmondson Heights Elementary School in Woodlawn just after most students were released.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Before judge’s assassination, lawmakers knew there was a problem
    It’s not clear how a gunman found Judge Andrew Wilkinson's Hagerstown home Friday night and shot him to death in his driveway. Maybe he followed him home, or maybe he stalked him on the Internet. But Maryland lawmakers knew this kind of violence was a threat.
    Flowers are placed next to the garage door in the driveway of the home of Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, Friday, Oct. 20. 2023, in Hagerstown.
    Judge orders release of Maryland man accused of plotting IS-inspired truck attack near DC
    Rondell Henry, 32, of Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty in August to attempting to perform an act of violence at Washington Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis agreed to sentence Henry to the jail time that he already has served since his March 2019 arrest.
    FILE - The terminal at Washington Dulles International Airport stands behind a Metrorail station sign, Nov. 2, 2022, in Chantilly, Va. A federal judge on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, ordered the release of a Maryland man who has been imprisoned for more than four years on charges that he plotted Islamic State-inspired attacks at the airport and at a shopping and entertainment complex in the Washington, D.C., area.
    Ahead of Marilyn Mosby trial, judge limits some prosecution arguments
    Mosby, the former Baltimore City state’s attorney, is accused of improperly obtaining early access to her own retirement funds by saying in sworn documents that she had suffered adverse financial consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Portrait of Marilyn Mosby at the Baltimore City State's Attorney Office.
    2 million dimes were stolen from a US Mint truckload. Some were exchanged in Baltimore County.
    Federal prosecutors wrote in charging documents the men exchanged thousands of dollars worth of the dimes at Coinstar machines in Cockeysville and Towson.
    The United States Mint is seen on March 1, 2002, in Philadelphia. Federal authorities, in an indictment unsealed on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, released more information and detailed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
    What do you want to know about Baltimore’s car theft crisis?
    In May 2023, vehicle thefts surged to 960 per month. What do you want to know about the crisis?
    A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
    Baltimore community leaders gather to take stand against gun violence
    Baltimore community leaders on Saturday rallied against gun violence in the city.
    Members of We Our Us, a community organization working to end gun violence in Baltimore, lead a peace walk of several hundred supporters before an anti-gun violence event on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 in Baltimore, MD.
    Squeegee worker, 16, who fatally shot man with bat in Baltimore sentenced to 15 years
    Timothy Reynolds, 48, of Hampden, was shot and killed at the intersection of Light and Conway streets near the Inner Harbor in Baltimore on July 7, 2022. He was an engineer and a married father of three.
    Becky Reynolds holds up a photo of her late brother, Timothy Reynolds, 48, of Hampden, outside the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore on July 27, 2023.
    Search for suspect in fatal shooting of Maryland judge continues for a fourth day
    Officials said Pedro Argote, 49, is suspected of gunning down Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson in his driveway on Thursday, hours after Wilkinson ruled against him in a divorce case.
    Washington County Sheriff Brian Albert speaks to the media in Hagerstown, Md., about the killing of Maryland circuit court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, Friday, Oct. 20. 2023. Listening from left are Washington County Sheriff Department public information officer Sgt. Carly Hose, Maryland State Police Lt. Col. Dan Pickett, Washington County State's Attorney Gina Cirincion and Hagerstown Police Chief Paul Kifer. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
    SUV of suspect in shooting of Maryland judge found, search ongoing for man
    Police say the car of a man suspected of shooting and killing a Maryland judge has been found, but the man remains at large.
    Washington County Sheriff Brian Albert speaks to the media in Hagerstown, Md., about the killing of Maryland circuit court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, Friday, Oct. 20. 2023. Listening from left are Washington County Sheriff Department public information officer Sgt. Carly Hose, Maryland State Police Lt. Col. Dan Pickett, Washington County State's Attorney Gina Cirincion and Hagerstown Police Chief Paul Kifer. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
    Political notes: Fundraising season kicks off; state Supreme Court to right racist decision; Harborplace update
    Political notes: Fundraising season; state Supreme Court to right a racist decision; and updates on Harborplace.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon.
    Teen charged in shooting that wounded 5 at Morgan State University to be held without bail
    District Judge Kent J. Boles Jr. stated that the teen poses an “extreme danger to the community at large.”
    In this photo from Oct. 3, 2023, Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, Mayor Brandon Scott and Morgan State University President David Wilson speak to reporters after five people were shot during homecoming week celebrations on the campus of the historically Black university.
    Baltimore firefighter killed in house blaze identified; cause of fire remains under investigation
    Here’s what we know now about Thursday’s deadly house fire on Linden Heights Avenue.
    Two BCFD personnel salute as the processional passes by them.
    Montgomery County Police officer suspended after arrest on Capitol riot charges
    The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release that it has suspended Officer Justin Lee without pay and is “taking steps to terminate his employment” after his indictment on felony charges.
    FILE - Insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A Maryland police officer who fatally shot a stabbing suspect earlier this year was arrested Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, on charges that he assaulted police during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Montgomery County Police Department said in a news release that it has suspended Officer Justin Lee without pay and is “taking steps to terminate his employment” after his indictment on felony charges.
    Video: Marshals swarm train station to arrest Jason Billingsley in killing of tech CEO
    Jason Billingsley had been on the run for days after an alleged crime spree in Baltimore. Surrounded in Bowie, he raised his arms and surrendered.
    Jason Billingsley raises his hands as he’s apprehended at a Bowie train station on Sept. 30, 2023, in this still image taken from surveillance video obtained by The Baltimore Banner.
    Maryland judge presided over divorce case of man identified as suspect in his killing
    Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, was found with gunshot wounds around 8 p.m. Thursday. Police were searching for 49-year-old Pedro Argote, now identified as a suspect in the case.
    Washington County Sheriff Brian Albert speaks to the media in Hagerstown about the killing of Maryland Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Listening from left are Washington County Sheriff Department public information officer Sgt. Carly Hose, Maryland State Police Lt. Col. Dan Pickett, Washington County State’s Attorney Gina Cirincion and Hagerstown Police Chief Paul Kifer.
    City residents still overwhelmingly disapprove of Baltimore Police, community survey finds
    The results of the second community survey, mandated by the Baltimore Police Department’s federal court oversight, suggest that residents’ attitudes toward local law enforcement remain dismal, despite widespread reforms.
    Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, left, and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott take questions from reporters outside Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle School in Brooklyn Thursday before hosting a community meeting.
    Dunbar football coach lied about hundreds of school police overtime shifts, new court records say
    The acting police chief for Baltimore City Public Schools, then a major, approved Lawrence Smith’s fraudulent overtime, the court documents say, raising serious questions about supervision and policies.
    Dunbar football Lawrence Smith talks to his team after last Saturday's victory over Calvert. The No. 4 Poets seek a second straight Class 2A/1A title Saturday afternoon when they take on Patuxent from Calvert County at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
    Linda Malat Tiburzi, abuse survivor and advocate, dies at 62
    Linda Malat Tiburzi, a survivor of the notorious child rapist John Merzbacher while a student at the Catholic Community School of Baltimore in the 1970s, died at age 62. She was an advocate for survivors of abuse and rejoiced at the release of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General’s report on child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
    Liz Murphy and Linda Malat Tiburzi (right) embrace outside of Our Lady of Good Counsel School and church on Fort Avenue in South Baltimore in January 2023. Their friendship spanned decades. Tiburzi, who dedicated her life to supporting abuse survivors, died Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at age 62.
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