Criminal Justice

New charges represent a fraction of the allegations made against Jay Walsh, but are the first time he’s faced possible criminal penalties.

The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office is creating a new cold case division that will pursue funding for genetic testing and work with detectives to better strategize around unsolved cases.

Lisa Adrienne Lea, of Randallstown, is not allowed to drive and can only leave the house to attend doctor appointments, legal meetings and religious services.

Lisa Adrienne Lea, 54, of Randallstown, faces 28 counts including manslaughter in a March 22 crash on the Baltimore Beltway that left six construction workers dead.

Lisa Adrienne Lea, 54, of Randallstown, faces 28 counts, including one that alleges she was driving impaired by drugs, though the indictment does not specify what substance. After police were initially unable to locate her, state police said she turned herself in on Wednesday morning.

Melachi Duane Darnell Brown of Windsor Mill is one of two drivers who were charged in the crash, which happened on the inner loop of Interstate 695 in 2023.

Melachi Duane Darnell Brown, 21, of Windsor Mill, had pleaded guilty to six counts of negligent vehicular manslaughter in the crash, which happened on March 22, 2023.

The National Transportation Safety Board has provided new details on the fatal crash on Interstate 695 that killed six construction workers in 2023.

Their collective samples became known as the GBMC slides. And after many years of these frozen slides growing ever colder, Baltimore County law enforcement announced its laboratory would process the remaining 1,400 slides by the end of 2024.

A lifelong Baltimore resident says five days of jury duty changed him and gave him a new understanding of how criminal justice is administered in the city.

Nearly every respondent — 98% — said crime was a major or minor issue in the city, eclipsing litter, taxes and affordable housing.

Baltimore prosecutors will announce Wednesday that an arrest has been made in the 2017 killing of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer who was gunned down in Northwest Baltimore, sources said.

The two have only appeared together publicly once this calendar year with the election bearing down.

Baltimore Police said a 7-year-old girl shot at one of Baltimore’s best-known malls on Saturday is now in “stable” condition.

Federal authorities opened a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, with FBI agents raiding the container ship Dali early Monday.

A “majority” of the star’s designer bags, including Birkin bags, and a “large amount” of her jewelry were taken during the reported theft, according to TMZ.

Baltimore attorney Kenneth Ravenell has been out of prison while he appeals his nearly five-year sentence for aiding a drug dealer client.

Trea Ellinger, 29, of Glen Burnie, died after first responders found him lying in the middle of South Howard Street in Baltimore “exhibiting signs of intoxication and distress” and “speaking incomprehensibly,” and later took him to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center on July 25, 2023.

Youth development programs are among the resources needed to address the social and economic causes of juvenile crime, says Lillian Bocquin, a fellow with the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

A 7-year-old was shot at Mondawmin Mall on Saturday, and Baltimore Police searched for the shooter.