Criminal Justice

Last June, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced that his office was launching a court docket to handle citations for quality-of-life crimes. The Baltimore Banner analyzed 227 citations from July through December.

Officer Eric Payton, 46, of Parkville, a more than seven-year veteran, stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of theft and misconduct in office.

A detective was posing as a 13-year-old girl online when the man initiated communication with her on a mobile messaging app, according to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office.

When Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, a Democrat, ran for office, he promised to rescind a policy from his predecessor, Marilyn Mosby, against prosecuting low-level, nonviolent offenses including including trespassing, loitering and disorderly conduct.

One person is dead after being shot during a confrontation with Baltimore County Police officers Tuesday near a gas station in Pikesville, the Maryland Attorney General’s Office said.

Officers responded to a fatal shooting Saturday evening at a Giant grocery store in a shopping center on Sugarloaf Parkway.

The killing of Noah Gibson, the first homicide in the city in 2024, continues an upward trend in the number of Baltimore youths who have been shot since the coronavirus pandemic.

The Rev. Ray Cotton said six or seven cars were broken into while church members were in service.

Baltimore Police are investigating a death near the Harborview Marina and Yacht Club.

The Maryland residents charged as part of the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection have received sentences from probation to multiple years in federal prison. Several have pending cases.

A 2-year-old died in a house fire Friday evening in Washington County near Hagerstown, the Maryland State Fire Marshal said.

Andre Bailey, 27, of Madison-Eastend, pleaded guilty on Friday in Baltimore Circuit Court to second-degree murder, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence and illegal possession of a regulated firearm for a sentence of 60 years in prison with two decades suspended. D’Asia Garrison was the first person killed in 2023 in Baltimore.

The federal trial of indicted Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins won’t occur for more than another year, a judge decided this week.

Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded in the shooting, which happened at the Brooklyn Homes housing project on July 2, 2023.

Attorneys on both sides are again seeking limits for the other ahead of Mosby’s federal mortgage fraud trial. Mosby, the former Baltimore state’s attorney, was convicted of perjury in November.

Jessica Pachler called me two days after Christmas. There was another pop pop-pop pop outside her home that afternoon, a sound instantly recognizable as gunfire to anyone living in parts of Annapolis.

The medical monitor resigned 10 days after the state of Maryland made a lengthy argument against his findings.

U.S. District Chief Judge James K. Bredar called Correy Cawthorn, a/k/a “Fat Correy,” 25, of Baltimore, "profoundly dangerous" when sentencing him on Thursday on a charge of racketeering conspiracy.

In fact, “The Wire” contained a minor character named Bird, who appeared in three episodes of the show’s first two seasons. The character, Marquis “Bird” Hilton, was part of a drug crew and also convicted of murder charges. A juicy coincidence.

Calvin Ford, trainer for champion boxer Gervonta Davis, is facing felony assault charges in Las Vegas, Nevada.