Criminal justice

Surveillance footage obtained by WJZ shows the moments three gunmen opened fire at a BP gas station in December 2022, killing a 56-year-old man.

The report is the first study on Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services staffing shortages that had the full collaboration of the union representing correctional officers.

Linthicum, 24, of Cockeysville, is charged with five counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.

The teen was taken to a local hospital for treatment and is listed in critical condition, police said.

Officer Kevin Hilton, a more than three-year veteran, was indicted on Wednesday on charges of second-degree assault and misconduct in office. He’s accused of shoving William Gunter into the back of a patrol vehicle on May 25, 2022.

The Maryland man who created the PAC paid off personal credit card debt and student loans, bought an engagement ring and rented a yacht to propose to his fiancée, purchased an Audi and put a down payment on a home, federal prosecutors say.

The allegations echo the stories of those who testified before Maryland lawmakers in a push to change policies around how transgender people are treated in Maryland’s prisons and Baltimore jails.

The Banner looked at how similar policies played out in Philadelphia and nearby Prince George’s County.

Lester DeShazor said he was doused with so much pepper spray that it looked like “whipped cream” on his face.

The new details suggest Roy McGrath made no spur-of-the-moment decision to skip trial and take off on the run.

Adam Chaudry was using the cloak of secrecy related to grand jury matters to obtain records on people who were “never the target of, nor involved in, an investigation or prosecution conducted by the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office.”

Kamren Murphy was shot and killed last Monday in the 2500 block of North Longwood Street.

Zhamiel Dixon, 26, of Northeast Baltimore, had been set to stand trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including two counts of attempted first-degree murder.

“Personally I enjoyed retirement life. But even in enjoyment, there was something missing in my life,” McCullough said.

A former principal of Phoenix Academy, and adjunct professor at Morgan State University, faces numerous charges after an alleged armed robbery and assault of one of his students.

Bates brought up the case at a town hall to mark his first 100 days in office as an example of how his office exercises discretion.

Police found three men on the scene with gunshot wounds; a fourth victim took himself to the hospital, according to a police spokesperson.

Jaylen Richards was found shot multiple times in the chest.

The gun used in the crime appears to have been an assault-style rifle based on the casings found at the scene, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said.

Legislation that would have overhauled the processes for releasing chronically ill and elderly prisoners did not pass again in the Maryland General Assembly in 2023, despite support from those including the chairman of the parole commission.