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Criminal Justice

    Roy McGrath manhunt: Feds’ search for fugitive stretches into the weekend
    U.S. Marshals and FBI agents have sought McGrath since Monday when he failed to show to federal court in Baltimore for his fraud trial.
    U.S. Marshals WANTED poster for Roy McGrath.
    Police identify Achievement Academy student killed Thursday
    Breon Traquan Ennis, 20, was shot in front of a gas station in Hamilton Hills.
    Achievement Academy at Harbor City High School in Baltimore.
    18-year-old indicted in 2022 fatal shooting of Deontay Edwards
    Tyshaun Williams is charged with first- and second-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, armed carjacking and related offenses.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Baltimore man charged with pulling gun on elementary school basketball coaches
    “You better put my son into the game,” the man told coaches, according to charging documents.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Achievement Academy student shot and killed Thursday
    The shooting occurred near a bus stop many students at the school use, a school official said.
    Achievement Academy at Harbor City High School in Baltimore.
    2 Baltimore Police officers indicted in separate, unrelated cases
    Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates held a news conference on Thursday to discuss the indictments and called the allegations against Officer Walter Wilson and Sgt. Larry Worsley “unacceptable for anyone in our city.”
    Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates holds a press conference about the indictments of two Baltimore Police officers, Walter Wilson and Larry Worsley on March 16, 2023.
    Commentary: General Assembly can act now to reduce overdose fatalities
    Overdose prevention sites in Maryland would reduce fatalities and provide a public health solution to the health crisis arising from drug abuse and addiction, say two state legislators who are supporting a bill to help establish the facilities.
    Candy Jovan demonstrates how an overdose prevention site would work at a mock setup at The Charles Theatre before the screening of a Canadian film about fentanyl on January 24, 2023.
    Southeast Baltimore residents renew calls for enhanced security after teen killed in park
    Councilman Zeke Cohen said $500,000 will be allocated to renovate and reopen the rec center at the park where Izaiah Carter was killed and provide additional resources.
    Councilman Zeke Cohen speaks to the Bayview Community Association during its monthly meeting on March 14, 2023. The Bayview Community is the neighborhood where 16-year-old Izaiah Carter was shot last week.
    Roy McGrath manhunt: FBI called Florida sheriff concerned for fugitive’s welfare
    ”We’re concerned that something may have happened,” an FBI agent told sheriff’s deputies in a Monday phone call.
    Roy McGrath speaks during a coronavirus press conference at the Maryland State House on April 15, 2020. McGrath, who eventually became Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff, is facing state and federal criminal charges related to a "severance" payment he received from the Maryland Environmental Service when he left to join Hogan's office.
    16-year-old REACH! student wounded in off-campus shooting
    Police were called to the school after the student returned to campus following the shooting.
    The BP gas station on Harford Road where a 16-year-old student at REACH! Partnership School was grazed by a bullet during a shooting Wednesday afternoon.
    Roy McGrath manhunt: Officials search fugitive ex-Maryland official’s Florida home
    Law enforcement was seen again Wednesday morning at the Florida home of Roy McGrath, the ex-chief of staff to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who remains missing after skipping out on his criminal trial Monday.
    U.S. Marshals WANTED poster for Roy McGrath.
    Where is Roy McGrath? Here’s the latest on what we know
    Roy McGrath, who was once chief of staff to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, remains missing on Tuesday, one day after he skipped out on his federal criminal trial.
    Roy McGrath speaks during a coronavirus press conference at the Maryland State House on April 15, 2020. McGrath, who eventually became Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff, is facing state and federal criminal charges related to a "severance" payment he received from the Maryland Environmental Service when he left to join Hogan's office.
    Maryland Senate passes bill to remove governor from parole process for sick, dying prisoners
    The Maryland General Assembly in 2021 passed a bill that removed the governor from the regular parole process for those who are serving life sentences.
    Maryland State House
    With killers like these among us, maybe there is such a thing as evil
    I don’t believe you can see evil in someone’s face. I’m not even sure it exists. It’s an old-fashioned concept, one you don’t hear much discussed anymore. Is Alex Murdaugh evil? Was Forrest Clyde Williams III?
    Tom Sobocinski, FBI special agent in charge, and Anne Arundel County Police Chief Amal Awad discuss DNA findings on March 10. Test results identified the man who killed Pamela Lynn Conyers in 1970.
    An uncertain future for BPD Commissioner Michael Harrison as he enters last year of contract
    Harrison has won praise for his temperament and commitment to reform, while others are frustrated with the city’s stubbornly high crime rate.
    Baltimore Chief of Police, Michael S. Harrison in his office.
    Commentary: Time to end police stops, searches prompted by marijuana odor
    With recreational marijuana use becoming legal in Maryland, the General Assembly must now preclude police officers from relying on cannabis odor alone as a pretext for stops and searches, Michele D. Hall, an assistant Maryland public defender, says.
    Question 4 on the Maryland statewide ballot is about legalizing marijuana use for adults
    Manhunt underway for Roy McGrath, ex-chief of staff to former Gov. Hogan, after no-show at fraud trial
    McGrath, who now lives in Florida, was due in U.S. District Court in Baltimore at 9 a.m.
    Roy McGrath speaks during a coronavirus press conference at the Maryland State House on April 15, 2020. McGrath, who eventually became Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff, is facing state and federal criminal charges related to a "severance" payment he received from the Maryland Environmental Service when he left to join Hogan's office.
    Criminal trial to start for Roy McGrath, ex-top aide to former Maryland Gov. Hogan
    Many of federal and state charges center around the severance payment and how McGrath secured it — specifically whether he misled the Maryland Environmental Service Board of Directors into approving the payment.
    Roy McGrath speaks during a coronavirus press conference at the Maryland State House on April 15, 2020. McGrath, who eventually became Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff, is facing state and federal criminal charges related to a "severance" payment he received from the Maryland Environmental Service when he left to join Hogan's office.
    Attorneys for indicted malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder ask to withdraw from his extortion case
    The request comes after conference call in which the judge overseeing the case said Snyder had contacted his chambers directly instead of through his attorneys.
    Breaking News alert
    Sexual assault reports increase at Naval Academy, other military colleges
    Of 155 students reporting assaults during the 2022 school year, students at the U.S. Naval Academy reported 61 — nearly double the school’s total for the previous year.
    FILE - An entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., is seen Jan. 9, 2014. Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students surveyed said they experienced unwanted sexual contact, the Associated Press has learned.
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