Criminal Justice

Every citizen can help address the root causes that lead to violent crime in Baltimore, says Karl W. Bickel, who has worked in law enforcement at federal, county and local levels.

A 29-year-old man was fatally shot inside Norma Jean’s strip club on The Block, Baltimore’s red light district, early Sunday.

The young victim was taken to a hospital with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening, police said.

“We haven’t lost anything,” Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said. “And the thing we’ve gained is not having the victim have to testify in a courtroom in front of people.”

Prosecutors detailed their legal analysis and conclusions in a 10-page report about the October 2022 death of Kweli Murphy Al-Mateen, 17, of Baltimore.

Federal prosecutors want to seize more than $100,000 from a stock account belonging to the late Roy McGrath, alleging the money traces to a fraudulent severance payment.

Kanisha Spence, 44, was acquitted of the more serious charge of first-degree murder in the October 2022 fatal shooting of Marquise Powell

Baltimore Police charged two more people, a 14-year-old boy and 18-year-old man, in the July 2 mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes housing project of South Baltimore.

The Baltimore Police Department defended its cleanup of the Brooklyn Homes crime scene. Experts have said it was flawed.

A Baltimore County Circuit Court jury has awarded $4 million in damages to a former state prison inmate who was brutally beaten by three other inmates at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in 2017, according to his attorney. The inmate said a corrections official opened the door to his cell and did not stop the attack.

A Howard County Circuit Court jury ruled Wednesday evening that a former Black public works employee endured racial harassment while working with the bureau that administers and maintains the county’s public water and wastewater systems.

In court documents, Adam Michael Nettina admitted to sending anti-LGBTQ messages to lawmakers in Maryland and Virginia. One of them was Del. Nick Allen, a Democrat from Baltimore County.

A jury in Baltimore Circuit Court deliberated for about 1 1/2 hours on Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the trial of Kanisha Spence, 44, of Poppleton.

Officers need more training and better supervision on how to write tickets, acting police commissioner says.

A number of walkers and runners on Rossville Boulevard said speeding is a constant issue in the area. It is unclear if speed played a role in this crash.

A 100-page report by the Baltimore Police Department on its response reveals an agency disconnected from the community it serves.

Police say a 1-year-old poodle named Sandy was taken from a fenced-in-yard over the weekend. The suspect tried to take a second dog, but it got away.

Kanisha Spence, 44, who was a security guard with Maximum Protective Services, is on trial this week on charges including first-degree murder in the shooting death of 26-year-old Marquise Powell, who had made an early-morning visit to the Royal Farms on Washington Boulevard near Carroll Park on Oct. 30, 2022.

The MHEC had previously approved Towson University’s plans, but Attorney General Anthony Brown on Aug. 17 determined that the commission didn’t have enough members present when it voted to overturn a decision by a state official who rejected the program.

List of signers also includes Leslie Vass, who spent about 10 years in prison for an armed robbery he did not commit in Baltimore.