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Criminal Justice

    Prosecutors rest case against Marilyn Mosby as judge abruptly adjourns mortgage fraud trial
    Mosby’s now ex-husband, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, a Democrat who’s running for reelection this year, had arrived earlier on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. He’s on the list of potential witnesses.
    Federal prosecutors on Wednesday rested their case against former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. But U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby later abruptly adjourned the mortgage fraud trial until Thursday for reasons that are unclear.
    Police arrest man in fatal stabbing of girlfriend’s 6-year-old son
    Police said the boy was stabbed by his mother’s boyfriend.
    Southern district officers responded around 9:20 p.m. to a report of a domestic-related stabbing in the Morrell Park neighborhood.
    Baltimore Police: 6-year-old boy dies after being stabbed by mother’s boyfriend
    Mayor Brandon Scott said he was “devastated” by the killing.
    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.
    Mortgage fraud trial of Marilyn Mosby light on drama, heavy on paperwork minutiae
    Assistant U.S Attorney Sean Delaney said the government could soon rest its case against Mosby, 44, a Democrat who served as Baltimore state’s attorney from 2015-2023.
    Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, a Democrat who served two terms as the city’s top prosecutor from 2015-2023, is standing trial in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on two counts of making a false statement on a loan application.
    Appeals court upholds Anne Arundel’s gun safety literature bill
    A three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals found Anne Arundel County could require gun dealers to distribute suicide prevention and conflict resolution literature. A gun rights group intends to appeal.
    A federal judge has ruled a pamphlet developed by Anne Arundel County, along with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, can be required at businesses that sell guns or ammunition.
    Lack of supervisor oversight cost Baltimore $66M in police overtime, audit says
    Supervisors at all levels failed to enforce overtime policies, according to a state audit.
    A Baltimore Police detective’s uniform patch is seen on his shoulder while he observes the crowd in between innings during a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics held at Camden Yards on Wednesday, April 12. The Orioles beat the Athletics, 8-7, to win the series.
    Prosecutors, defense lay out vastly different accounts in Marilyn Mosby’s mortgage fraud trial
    In her opening statement, Assistant Federal Public Defender Sedira Banan, one of Mosby’s attorneys, said her client relied upon loved ones and professionals, acted in good faith and committed no crime.
    Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby walks with one of her attorneys, Federal Public Defender James Wyda, to the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. for the first day of jury selection on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Mosby is standing trial on two counts of making a false statement on a loan application.
    First responders resuscitate woman pulled from Inner Harbor water near Pier IV
    Emergency responders were on scene Monday morning to pull a person out of the water near Pier IV.
    Baltimore police pull a body from the Harbor near the 600 block of E Pratt street.
    Glenelg community grapples with loss of siblings known for their warmth, kindness
    Members of the Glenelg High School community in Western Howard County are remembering the warmth and kindness of Braiden and Hailey Zanski, who police say were fatally shot on Jan. 14 by their father, who killed himself.
    Megan Zanski (center) lost her son, 17 year-old Braden Zanski, and daughter, 15-year-old Hailey Zanski, after police say their father killed shot and killed them before killing himself.
    Woman, 64, dies in hit-and-run on Reisterstown Road, police say
    Police say a 64-year-old woman died after being struck by a vehicle in the predawn hours Sunday in the 3500 block of Reisterstown Road in Northwest Baltimore. The driver fled the scene, authorities say.
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    Ellicott City hit-and-run crash kills woman using pedestrian crosswalk
    Police said a woman was using the pedestrian crosswalk near Baltimore National Pike and Ridge Road when she was struck by a Nissan Altima that continued on.
    House fire in North Baltimore leaves 2 dead
    A blaze Saturday morning in the 4700 block of Old York Road in Baltimore City left two people dead, including a victim who had jumped from a second-floor window to escape the fire.
    Fire crews responded to reports of a fire on the 4700 block of Old York Road around 7 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2024, and found heavy fire and smoke coming from a two-story brick residence.
    5 killed in 2 separate shootings Friday night in Baltimore; investigations continue
    No arrests were immediately made in either shooting, and police said the investigations were ongoing.
    A Baltimore Police car and 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.
    Man fatally stabbed at McCormick & Co. logistics center remembered as ‘peaceful soul’
    Anthony Day, 32, of Baltimore, was fatally stabbed while working as a distribution technician at McCormick & Co.’s logistics center at the Tradepoint Atlantic Industrial Park in Sparrows Point. Baltimore County Police reported that they are looking for Andre Ali Hubbard, aka Moab Eleazore Ezekuna-Bey, in his killing.
    Anthony Day, whom loved ones described as peaceful, humble and intellectual, was fatally stabbed on Tuesday while working as a distribution technician at McCormick & Co.’s logistics center at the Tradepoint Atlantic Industrial Park in Sparrows Point. He was 32.
    No charges filed against Baltimore Police officers involved in fatal November shooting
    Maryland's attorney general announced Friday that no charges will be filed against the officers who shot and killed 27-year-old Hunter Jessup in November.
    Baltimore Police Officer Brittany Routh attempts to tackle 27-year-old Hunter Jessup during a foot chase on Nov. 7, 2023. Her body cam footage showed she was slightly ahead of him when she attempted to tackle him from the side as she exited the car she was riding in and bolted onto the sidewalk. Jessup dodged the tackle and was shot and killed by officers after firing at them a few seconds later.
    Former Anne Arundel Co. planning director indicted in hit-and-run that killed cyclist
    The former Anne Arundel County director of planning and zoning was indicted in a fatal hit-and-run from January 2023.
    An Annapolis police officer watches the St. Patrick's Parade Sunday, March 5.
    Jury is selected in mortgage fraud trial of former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby
    U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby said both sides will deliver their opening statements in the case when the trial resumes on Monday.
    Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby enters U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on Wednesday for jury selection in her mortgage fraud trial.
    Trainer for Baltimore boxing champion Gervonta Davis denies charges of assault with a deadly weapon
    Calvin Ford, 58, of Northeast Baltimore, is charged in Las Vegas Township Justice Court with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.
    Coach Calvin Ford shed tears upon seeing Rafiullah Yari win in the second round. “You know, he told me the other day he felt like family. So you know I’m doing my job to make a person from another country feel that way.”
    Snowplow driver shot, killed in Howard County; Police say incident wasn’t random
    A private snowplow driver was pronounced dead after a shooting in Ellicott City Wednesday morning, Howard County Police said.
    Courtesy CBS News Baltimore
    The Baltimore Police Department just cleared its first hurdle in exiting federal oversight
    A court filing shows that the U.S. Department of Justice agrees that BPD is now fully compliant on two sections of its consent decree with the federal government.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, left, and Police Commissioner Richard Worley sit for an interview in this photo from July 2023.
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