Criminal Justice

James Weems Jr., 57, of Randallstown, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor, rape, assault and related offenses. His first trial is set to begin on May 22.

Michael J. Browning, the longtime manager of Gunpowder Falls State Park, is slated to go to trial Tuesday on charges he raped two young women when they were employees of the park. Browning maintains his innocence.

An elderly female passenger was killed in the crash in the city’s Roland Park neighborhood.

Family members became concerned when Jeffrey Brooks Jr. didn't show up for work and didn't answer his cell phone.

Officers responded to the 3000 block of East Preston Street around 5:06 p.m. after receiving two ShotSpotter alerts.

Maryland State Police Lt. Col. Roland Butler has a confirmation hearing in the Maryland Senate, where he’ll hope to win enough support to be approved as the agency’s superintendent.

Citing laws shielding investigations involving minors, a state agency has declined to provide many details about an incident at State Center earlier this month.

Anne Arundel was the first county in Maryland to put suicide prevention pamphlets in gun shops. On Tuesday, a federal judge threw out a First Amendment challenge to the law from a gun rights group.

A man died and five people, including a teenager, were injured in a mass shooting overnight in West Baltimore, police said.

The Moore-Miller transition team gathered input from more than 5,000 Marylanders to identify the state’s biggest challenges, develop solutions and help set priorities, says Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller, who chaired the transition team.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown is one of nearly two dozen attorneys general across the country demanding leadership at Kia and Hyundai take action against what they are calling a crisis of car thefts.

Trans prisoners in Maryland facilities can spend entire days locked in cells and without programming or other ways to occupy their time, an environment the United Nations compared to torture.

A book about former state official — and fugitive — Roy McGrath goes on sale Wednesday. Here’s what The Banner learned from previewing two chapters.

Shawn Lee Brunson now faces charges of gross negligent vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent vehicular manslaughter, theft of property valued between $1,500 and $25,000 and driving without a license.

Lt. Charles Fawley Jr., of Westminster, was charged on March 3 and could face up to $1,500 in fines.

Police have identified a body found in a container this month in West Baltimore as Versey Spell, a 75-year-old woman who was first reported missing last year.

All Maryland jails need to reach compliance with a requirement to offer medication-assisted treatment for opioids, U.S. Rep. David Trone says.

An author claims he worked with Roy McGrath on a tell-all book about former Gov. Larry Hogan. Is he telling the truth?

Police arrested Roger Alexander Alvarado-Mendoza in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter.

No one was arrested and the incident is under investigation.