Criminal Justice

The Indian community in Howard County has more than doubled since 2009 and now accounts for 6.7% of the population.

The 16-year-old charged with killing Giovanna Myrie, 15, and her brother, Steve Allen, 9, threatened Myrie days before the shooting, police said.

The Banner reported this week that Maryland has one of the highest rates of killings in state-run correctional facilities in the nation. Since 2023, 32 incarcerated people have been killed in state institutions, more than all neighboring states combined.

U.S. District Judge Julie Rubin ruled that ICE lacked probable cause to arrest Jesus Acevedo Sanchez and ordered the federal government to release him.

Jesica Argueta, of Silver Spring, pleaded guilty this week to a 2025 crash that killed an elderly woman, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office.

For 25 years, Anthony Hall sat in prison for a crime he did not commit. Next month, Baltimore will pay for the mistake.

Federal officials, including ICE, on Wednesday morning conducted an operation that led to a pursuit of three people — and the arrest of two of them — near the Clara Barton Parkway.

Baltimore’s growing approach to battling crime leverages group intervention and services to cut down on shootings and homicides, as new research shows significant declines.

A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shootings of two siblings, ages 15 and 9, inside their Gwynn Oak home July 7, Baltimore County Police said Wednesday.

Two men are facing animal cruelty and other charges after they were arrested in Baltimore County last week for allegedly obtaining exotic animals, such as a lemur and spider monkey, and profiting from them through photo shoots.

Sarah David’s friendship with former NBC producer Brooke Nevils informs how she will run the Baltimore County State’s Attorney Office.

Since 2023, Maryland has had more prison homicides than all of its neighboring states combined. Its homicide rate last year was nearly four times the national average, based on available data gathered by The Banner.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police are investigating after a concertgoer said a man urinated on him and his family while at Morgan Wallen’s Baltimore show.

A man and woman from Rhode Island wanted for allegedly kidnapping their two young children and fleeing the state with them were arrested in Baltimore County this week.

The Maryland Supreme Court found that the county had the authority to restrict guns, but had overstepped in some cases.

Montgomery County Police asked the public to help them identify a driver in a June 19 hit-and-run that killed 61-year-old Hanna Wegayehou in Silver Spring.

An Upper Marlboro resident and former U.S. Census Bureau official was sentenced to two years in prison for a procurement and kickback scheme that netted her $790,000.

Officials say a legal loophole has allowed disbanded businesses to continue abuse under new licenses.

The owner of a recently opened vintage clothing store in Towson has vowed to rebuild after an arson attack this month.

A man died and a woman was injured in a shooting in southwest Baltimore Saturday night, police said.