Criminal Justice

    Indicted Frederick Co. sheriff announces return to duty. Councilmember says he made ‘mockery’ of process.
    “The leave of absence was self-imposed and there is no reason not to return to full duty at this point,” Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said in a statement.
    Frederick County Sheriff Charles “Chuck” Jenkins leaves the U.S. District Court in Baltimore after pleading not guilty to federal conspiracy charges. He announced he will take a leave of absence for the duration of the case.
    ‘Crying in our hearts’: Rachel Morin remembered in Sunday service
    Family, friends and church members remembered Rachel Morin, the Bel Air woman slain this month, at a service Sunday at Greater Grace Church in East Baltimore.
    The sheriff’s office has received more than 300 tips about the Rachel Morin case, a spokeswoman said. Metro Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Morin’s killer.
    4 killed in shooting at Joppatowne apartment, police say
    Detectives are investigating the shooting as a potential murder-suicide, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    A man was offered a plea for killing his 8-year-old brother. Their mom says it was too lenient.
    Devin Wilson, 18, of West Baltimore, shot and killed his younger brother, Dylan King, with a shotgun while he was babysitting him and three other siblings on Dec. 30, 2022.
    A vigil was held in West Baltimore for Dylan King, 8, who was shot and killed last week on December 30, 2022.
    Proposed Baltimore police and fire training facility has hefty price tag: $330 million
    The project received renewed attention this week when a top Police Department official described it as a “tactical village,” drawing comparisons to the so-called “Cop City” project in Atlanta.
    One of two proposed plans for a new Baltimore police and fire training facility, to be built on the Coppin State University campus, is shown in this rendering.
    He was convicted of a 1998 murder. Armed with new DNA evidence, he wants a new trial.
    Dontae Spivey was convicted of a 1998 homicide, but has always maintained his innocence.
    Dontae Spivey, currently incarcerated at the Jessup Correctional Institution, appears during a court hearing held on Zoom on Aug. 22, 2023. Spivey is attempting to get a new trial by introducing recent DNA evidence.
    When will Baltimore exit its police consent decree? ‘Burden of proof’ on the city, judge says
    Judge Bredar’s comments followed reporting from The Baltimore Banner on the long wait for detailed reports about how officers interact with citizens.
    A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Ex-Baltimore Blast GM accused of stealing more than $170K from indoor soccer team
    Gianni Tumminello, 49, of Nottingham, was charged Aug. 18 in Baltimore County Circuit Court with six counts of theft.
    6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
    Minor injured after accidental shooting at Towson High School, police say
    The condition of the minor was not made available.
    Baltimore County Police respond to Towson High School on Wednesday, Aug. 23.
    Records present fuller account of FBI shooting of former Maryland official Roy McGrath
    The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee has cleared the FBI agents of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of McGrath.
    Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
    Former Cecil County deputy faces revenge porn, misconduct charges
    A former Cecil County Sheriff’s deputy is accused of witness retaliation and spreading revenge porn during his tenure, according to the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor.
    Cecil County Sheriff's Office vehicle
    Baltimore man sentenced to 15 months in prison for taking part in Capitol riot
    Narayana Rheiner, 42, pleaded guilty last year to one count of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder.
    FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge. Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob's attack on the U.S.
    Payouts for Baltimore Police misaction are more common, more expensive this year
    This year 10 lawsuits have been settled at a median amount of $280,000, according to data from the Board of Estimates settlement tracker. At this time last year only 8 settlements involved police misaction, with a median settlement amount of $109,500.
    The dome of Baltimore City Hall on August 17, 2022.
    Police: Teen grazed by bullet, arrested after attempting to carjack off-duty Baltimore Police officer
    A 15-year-old who had reportedly stolen a car was grazed by a bullet after attempting to carjack an off-duty Baltimore Police officer early Monday, authorities said.
    A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Lawsuit alleges former Howard County public works employee faced racial discrimination, harassment
    Darrell Fletcher, who is Black, said that the harassment from his white counterparts escalated until he was eventually fired.
    Circuit Court for Howard County.
    A Baltimore woman called 911 to ask for a restraining order against her police officer husband. Authorities arrested them both.
    An Anne Arundel County Police officer and his wife are facing domestic violence charges in Baltimore after authorities say they assaulted each other during a dispute over money.
    Baltimore Police lights flicker at night.
    Man charged in connection to Brooklyn Homes mass shooting to be held without bail, judge rules
    Tristan Jackson, 18, of Hillen, is charged with seven counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses.
    Thirty people were shot — two of them fatally — on July 2 in Brooklyn. Baltimore Police later arrested Tristan Jackson, 18, of Hillen, on seven counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses. Kylis Fagbemi, 20, and Aaliyah Gonzalez, 18, pictured above, were killed.
    Ex-Gilman School teacher accused of sexually abusing a student to remain incarcerated in federal case
    Chris Bendann was indicted last week in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on five counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of possession of child pornography.
    In this photo from July 18, Christopher Bendann leaves the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson following a pretrial hearing.
    Surveillance video shows aftermath of deadly shooting in Mount Vernon shopping center parking lot
    Officers responded around 3 a.m. to the 800 block of Guilford Avenue where a 25-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were found shot.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    Troopers on leave after shooting man who lunged at them with knife, Maryland State Police say
    The troopers responded to a home in St. Mary’s County on Friday night for a report of a possible suicidal person, state police said in a news release Saturday.
    The Maryland State Police logo.
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