Criminal Justice

Shakur, who spent some of his teenage years in Baltimore and became one of the most prolific figures in hip-hop, was 25 when he was gunned down.

Baltimore District Judge Tameika M. Lunn made the ruling at a bail review hearing on Friday for Jason Billingsley, 32, of Sandtown-Winchester. He's charged with first-degree murder and related offenses.

A bargoer as well as an official briefed on the investigation said the incident started with an altercation inside of Wayward Bar & Kitchen, and that the participants were thrown out.

Remembered for her ambition and kindness, LaPere founded a company dedicated to reducing barriers in notoriously exclusive industries.

A former correctional officer at a state prison on the Eastern Shore recently pleaded guilty to the attack.

Larry Worsley, a more than 20-year veteran, was acquitted on Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court of first- and second-degree assault, use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, theft and intoxicated endangerment.

A man and woman fought to survive a brutal attack police believe is tied to Jason Billingsley, the suspect in the killing of tech CEO Pava LaPere.

Jason Dean Billingsley, 32, of Baltimore, was taken into custody late Wednesday after multiple law enforcement agencies tracked him to a train station in Bowie.

The registered sex offender was taken into custody after 11 p.m. at a train station in Bowie, U.S. Marshals confirmed.

Police found Pava LaPere’s partially clothed body with signs of blunt-force trauma on the roof of her apartment building in the 300 block of West Franklin Street in the Mount Vernon neighborhood late Monday morning.

The man now being sought for the killing of tech CEO Pava LaPere was sentenced to a prison term of 30 years. So how did he get released last fall?

The circumstances of the killing resemble a “scenario single women worry about,” one woman said.

Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley said he was not aware of any connection between Jason Dean Billingsley and Pava LaPere.

The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said two people stole millions of dollars of jewelry, including expensive luxury watches, from a house in Frederick before driving to Las Vegas.

On Aug. 29, 2022, Dr. John Trujillo, 67, of Harford County, a veterinarian at Pickles Light Street Animal Hospital, was working when his brother, Bobby, shot him in the right leg with a 12-gauge shotgun.

The teen was found at the intersection of Laurens and North Gilmor streets outside of Gilmor Elementary School with numerous life-threatening gunshot wounds.

Former teammates, coaches and friends say Blake Bozeman had an impact on and off the court.

On Sept. 2, 2022, Jeremiah Brogden, a junior who was a running back on the Mustangs varsity football team, was shot and killed as classes let out at Mergenthaler Vocational Technical High School. He was 17.

Officer Eric Payton is charged with theft and misconduct after he was seen on video kicking an envelope, then picking it up and putting it in his pocket.

Oral argument in the case of the “Serial” podcast subject, whose murder conviction was thrown out in 2022 and later reinstated, is scheduled for Oct. 5.