Criminal justice

Three members of the Zizians, a cultlike group linked to six deaths across the U.S., were in court in Maryland on Friday for a hearing ahead of their trial on trespassing, weapons and drug charges.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in 2025 overturned Mosby’s conviction for making a false statement on a loan application, but rejected her attempts to challenge the guilty verdicts for perjury.

Prosecutors have dismissed the charges against three Anne Arundel County law enforcement officers and one of their spouses, saying the evidence did not support a woman’s claims that the off-duty police assaulted her at a softball tailgate in Hagerstown.

Column: Parts of Annapolis have been waiting for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to switch tactics, bringing raids like those seen in places such as Washington, D.C., Portland and Minneapolis. They were ready when things changed on Tuesday.

A Silver Spring man was fatally shot in Langley Park early Wednesday morning. Police are offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest and indictment.

The Miami Gardens Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force are searching for boxing star Gervonta “Tank” Davis for an alleged domestic violence incident.

Damerum Burroughs, 47, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder in exchange for a sentence of 10 years in prison.

A sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Davis, 34, stood trial four times in for a deadly shooting that he always maintained that he did not commit.

Catherine Barney pleaded guilty for threatening to blow up Baltimore City Hall over water shut-offs.

Lakia Stevenson pleaded guilty to failing to immediately stop at the scene of an accident involving bodily injury and related crimes in the hit-and-run that injured Baltimore Police Officer Jordan Brandner.

Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman said ICE enforcement makes “communities less safe” and that agents are detaining “people who make our communities better.”

A teenage girl was killed in a Silver Spring vehicle collision Wednesday morning, Montgomery County Police said.

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins plans to keep working with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even in light of the killing of an American citizen by an ICE agent.

The incident took place at a SWAT team holiday party at the Admiral’s Cup saloon in Baltimore City.

In Maryland, anyone can seek criminal charges on their own without input from police or prosecutors by going before a district court commissioner, a judicial officer who is not required to have a law degree.

A driver died after colliding with a tree overnight Wednesday near the intersection of Bethesda Church Road and Johnson Drive in Damascus, Montgomery County police said.

Maria Luisa Alvarez, 20, of Lanham, pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle in November. Boris Josue Bonilla of Rockville, 30, Alvarez’s front-seat passenger, died on the Inner Loop of the Beltway in 2024.

Montgomery County pPolice Tuesday afternoon identified the pedestrian struck and killed on a Fairland roadway Monday evening as Florence L. Chumbow, 73, of Silver Spring.

Wisdom Da-Silva Baptista, 16, of Gaithersburg, and Kevin Jesus Perez Fierro, 20, of Montgomery Village, have been charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the death of Taeyon Malachi Prather, 18, according to Montgomery County police.