Criminal Justice

Police found the body of Hilde Henderson in her Silver Spring apartment complex on May 26. They charged her daughter and her daughter’s girlfriend with first-degree murder on May 27.

Kathryn Albert alleges that the school system was negligent in hiring Dazhon Darien, whose AI-generated audio recording tarnished her reputation.

Columbia resident Wyketa Burgess, who was convicted for her role in the shooting of two teenagers outside a retail grocery store in Columbia on Oct. 12, 2024, was sentenced Wednesday morning.

A Prince George’s County man was arrested in connection with a road rage shooting that left a man injured in Anne Arundel County on Wednesday, according to Maryland State Police.

Tristen Goode Jordan was struck multiple times by stray bullets at a Baltimore school playground in Upton. Police have not made any arrests, and Tristen remains in the hospital fighting to recover.

Liam Coskun, of Darnestown, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a 2025 fatal crash in Gaithersburg, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney's Office.

The arrest of Safe Streets worker Antoine Burton, 51, following a shooting on Sunday angered city leaders, including Mayor Brandon Scott, who called the actions “a disgrace.”

As President Donald Trump restructures immigration cases, the latest national trend has arrived in Baltimore: so-called “mega” master calendar hearings that pack more than 100 people in court at the same time.

A 38-year-old man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and other charges after a shooting in a Pikesville park left a police officer and a bystander injured.

A pedestrian crossing the street in Silver Spring was struck and killed by a vehicle early Monday morning, according to Montgomery County police.

A member of Safe Streets, Baltimore’s flagship antiviolence program, has been arrested in connection with a nonfatal shooting Sunday in North Baltimore, officials said.

According to officials, two county police officers discharged their weapons during the incident. The officer who was shot, identified by authorities Monday as P. Catalfamo, did not discharge their gun.

Thomas Pinkerton Jr., 52, a former youth pastor at Central Christian Church in Rossville, faces up to four years in prison under a plea deal accepted Monday. He can argue for less time at his upcoming sentencing.

Baltimore Sheriff Sam Cogen and challenger Sabrina Tapp-Harper face off in a contentious primary while a workplace discrimination lawsuit looms in the background.

Nasir Majied, the 22-year-old man who was shot and killed while driving just before a traffic circle on York Road, was a student at Towson University.

One man was killed and three others wounded in two separate shootings overnight in Baltimore as the weekend began, police said.

Baltimore County Police say the shooting happened along York Road in Towson Friday afternoon.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Jeffrey Geller convicted Raymond Lunn, 32, of Woodbourne Heights, of attempted rape, assault and a sex offenses at Johns Hopkins University.

Police in Maryland can no longer stop and search someone solely based on their suspicion that the person is carrying a gun, the state’s full appeals court ruled in a sweeping opinion that law enforcement agencies worry could curtail police practices statewide.

U.S. District Judge Adam Abelson dismissed portions of a lawsuit over an Elkridge ICE facility, but has yet to rule whether construction on the building may proceed.