Criminal Justice

Thieves are targeting food assistance and other benefits programs fed by billions in federal funding with minimal security measures in place.

The investigation not only highlights the conduct of priests and church leaders, but also the actions — and inaction — of police officers, prosecutors and judges.

The pursuit lasted about 10 minutes long and continued across more than four miles of city streets.

A preliminary police investigation revealed the man was pushed from behind.

Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater said in a statement that the federal conspiracy charges against Sheriff Charles “Chuck” Jenkins are “serious and disturbing.”

Robert McCullough was a 35-year veteran of the department before retiring as a colonel and operations bureau chief in 2021.

Detectives said Tuesday the teen was shot in the 2500 block of North Longwood Street in the Hanlon-Longwood neighborhood.

Deep within the litany of outrages by the Catholic Church documented by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General report, there is a revelation as shocking as the predatory priests or the religious bureaucracy eager to hide its sins.

Policy requires kids under 14 to be home by 9 p.m., and kids between 14 and 16 to be home by 11 p.m. between Memorial Day and the last Sunday of August.

Michael Browning, 72, of Timonium, who presided over Gunpowder Falls State Park from 1991-2022, was found not guilty on Friday of all but one of the 27 charges against him.

The shooting occurred around 9 p.m. on Easter evening in the 400 block of East Pratt Street near Shake Shack, as police were arresting an individual they said was involved in a large fight.

As the General Assembly prepares to adjourn at midnight Monday, lawmakers are moving forward bills that restrict concealed carry permits and tighten rules to keep guns away from kids. They’re also giving last-minute consideration to a proposal from Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates to stiffen the penalty for illegally carrying a gun.

Hate crimes and incidents of bias in Maryland victimized Black residents more than any other identity group in the state in 2021, according to data published by Maryland State Police (MSP).

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General on Wednesday released the 456-page grand jury report, but litigation over issues including redactions will continue to play out.

Michael Browning had served as manager of Maryland’s largest state park for three decades before he was arrested last fall.

Maskell is accused of abusing at least 39 people and doing nothing about colleagues who also abused children.

The measure moves prosecution authority for fatal police encounters from local state’s attorneys to the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. Gov. Wes Moore plans to sign the bill into law.

The 20-year-old woman was hit in the torso and is in surgery, police said, while the girl was struck in the ankle.

The examples include priests who asked victims to delay reporting their abuse so they could reach retirement age; prosecutors who agreed not to pursue criminal charges against known abusers; and even a secret deal with a Baltimore County judge to resolve a case quietly.

Williams, who played “stick-up boy” Omar Little on “The Wire,” was sold fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death.