Criminal Justice

The 36-year-old Parkville man charged with second-degree murder for shoving a man into the Inner Harbor, where he drowned, had intervened as a “good Samaritan,” a defense attorney said Tuesday.

A 17-year-old suspected of shooting a 13-year-old in the leg at the Westfield Wheaton Mall on Friday was held without bond in court Monday and prosecutors said his gun jammed during the shooting.

A woman was fatally shot in Towson on Sunday, police said, as they continue investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting.

Police have arrested a person in connection with the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old outside a Baltimore church.

A 36-year-old Parkville man has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter for allegedly shoving a man into the Inner Harbor, where the victim drowned.

Baltimore officials are hoping that a deploying a new, state-of-the-art police tool to officers across the city will result in them reaching for their guns and shooting people less often.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has transferred Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at Johns Hopkins, to a detention facility in Louisiana, according to a government website that tracks those detained by ICE.

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy instructor Berhanu Kibret won a teacher of the year award this month right before federal immigration enforcement agents arrested him for allegedly overstaying his visa.

A Maryland man once considered a hero for preventing a shooting at Perry Hall High School from turning deadly has been charged in connection with a human trafficking case.

Two counts, conspiracy and intercepting electronic communications, remain.

A Johns Hopkins University public health researcher and former Fulbright scholar was detained this week by immigration agents while boarding a domestic flight as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement efforts at airports.

Ivan Rivas, the longtime Montgomery County schools bus driver involved in a fatal crash in October that killed a middle school student, paid a $390 fine on Thursday to avoid going to trial.

A Howard County judge sentenced Martese Kosh, of Frederick, to 14 years for his role in a father-son firearms trafficking operation.

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The Maryland Attorney General’s Office released body-worn camera footage showing a Frederick man’s final moments while in custody of Greenbelt Police Department and U.S. Park Police officers.

The Walter Johnson High School employee accused of secretly recording female theater students faces more charges.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials lodged a detainer Monday for Darwin Gerardo Carcamo-Santiago, a citizen of Honduras, who faces charges in Howard County for the death of Esmeralda Perez-Mendez, 35, of Takoma Park.

Baltimore County Police are investigating after two people were shot in Rosedale early Tuesday morning.

The man found guilty of one charge related to the shooting and killing of Maisie, a young dog who went missing last year, was given six months of supervised probation.

A second Towson 'Peeping Tom' case ended with a court deal requiring the defendant to stay away from the victims as prosecutors acknowledged concerns about proving the misdemeanor charge and called for changes to Maryland law.