Criminal Justice

Police are investigating the brother of Ravens defensive lineman Calais Campbell in connection with the death of their mother, who was found dead in the brother’s Atlanta home Tuesday.

Two people scaled the Empire State Building’s antenna Wednesday and unfurled a banner about “the power of love,” apparently as part of an audacious, high-altitude marriage proposal — soon followed by their arrest.

Mark Jones Jr., 31, of Rosedale, was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of second-degree murder and related crimes.

Earl Deangelo Charles Jr., 18, of North Potomac, was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting and carjacking in April in Gaithersburg, according to Montgomery County Police.

Homicides were down 23% as of June 20, the most recent data Baltimore Police submitted to the FBI, with violence overall having decreased over the same timeframe.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge James Rhodes declined to release Mark Ryan, 41, of Bel Air, to home detention while he awaits trial on charges including first-degree murder.

Luigi Mangione’s federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson will now begin in January, a judge said Monday, delaying it from the fall.

It’s the third fatal shooting of a teenager in Prince George’s County this month, according to police reports.

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The failure of an air-conditioning unit at the Baltimore City Youth Detention Center has left a small number of young defendants sleeping in a gymnasium that lacks full cooling.

Sean Robinson is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, 37-year-old Ashlei Jones, Montgomery County Police said Friday.

Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge Cathleen Vitale called Jonah Poole’s conduct “violent” and “unthinkable.”

A Maryland delegate and a Montgomery County union representative physically fought at a Gaithersburg Park on Thursday, days before the primary election.

A 16-year-old from Hyattsville was shot June 12 in Brentwood. Two 16-year-old Mount Rainier residents have been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting.

Christopher Austin Jr., 33, of Alexandria, Virginia, was killed in a suspected road rage incident near MGM National Harbor on Thursday night, authorities said.

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Police said a 70-year-old motorcyclist died after being thrown from his bike into the path of a pickup truck.

A Baltimore County judge won’t throw out the case against a man charged in a fatal  stabbing after a detective looked through his cellphone without a search warrant and later lied about it.

Officials said a carjacking crew linked to a homicide was also responsible for a brazen string of crimes that stretched across the city for the better part of two months. The eight arrested so far are charged in connection to 39 crimes.

A vigil was held Tuesday night for a 3-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run in Baltimore last weekend.