Criminal justice

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Ellicott City resident Jackie Wang, 18, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor count in October after police found an external hard drive hidden under his mattress that contained child sexual abuse material.

Montgomery County police arrested an 18-year-old in connection with the Jan. 8 shooting death of Gavin St. Aubyn Boothe in Silver Spring.

The man, Jamarl Muse of Baltimore, was shot by Sergeant Carlos Arias, a 15-year police veteran and Officer Edwin Ruiz, a 3-year police veteran, according to a press release from the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division.

Bates said his office would continue to prosecute cases brought by Baltimore Police through MONSE, as required by law.

Anne Arundel County Police are investigating a fatal double shooting in Harwood on Thursday, officials said.

Baltimore Police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with a body recovered near the Gwynns Falls Trail in West Baltimore.

Without giving specifics, ICE said 10 people were arrested “near” Annapolis last week.

State investigators identified the Howard County Police officer involved in an attempted traffic stop before a fatal crash involving a juvenile driver in Columbia.

Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with 22 counts, including sexual abuse of a minor.

Federal authorities have charged Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, whom ICE agents shot in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve, with resisting arrest.

The proposed detention facility, which is set to be located in the city’s downtown jail complex, had been slated to receive $125 million.

Darron Finley Jr., 41, of Pikesville, and Gary Fayall, 32, of Dundalk, were sentenced to 45 years in prison, with 25 years suspended, and five years’ supervised probation.

Authorities said late Tuesday that Baltimore Police had been involved in a shooting in the southeastern part of the city.

A coalition of civil rights groups is suing the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, claiming that the agency failed to properly assess jail detainees’ suicide risk and aggravated their mental health conditions.

Baltimore Police are investigating after a man’s body was recovered near the Gwynns Falls Trail in West Baltimore on Tuesday morning.

A 38-year-old inmate at a Maryland prison was found dead in his cell on Sunday, prompting an investigation by state police. 

Baltimore Police shot a suspect who refused to drop a large knife. The suspect was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

State police arrested Lanea George, 40, of Owings Mills, and David Chapple, 43, of Baltimore, in an ongoing homicide investigation into the deaths of three Clear Spring residents.

Baltimore Police are investigating a triple shooting in a Southwest Baltimore shopping plaza that left one man dead Thursday.