Criminal Justice

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.

The victim was son of former Bears coach Todd Bozeman and played guard at Morgan State from 2012 until 2015.

Moorehead, 48, was known as a community activist for spray-painting “No Shoot Zone” hundreds of times across Baltimore.

Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan. 6 by injecting steroids and arming himself with a four-foot wooden club disguised as a flagpole, prosecutors said.

6-0 vote culminates a smooth nomination process for the homegrown pick, who Scott announced as his nominee immediately after former Commissioner Michael Harrison’s abrupt departure.

Dozens of Baltimore City and Baltimore County residents who spoke to greater Baltimore’s state's attorneys, police chiefs and councilmen want to undo General Assembly changes that eased statutes surrounding juvenile court action and limited probationary terms for kids who commit certain offenses.

Johns Hopkins University has released a long-awaited draft of policies and procedures for its private police for that, once finalized, would serve as guidelines for officers’ interactions with the public.