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Criminal Justice

    As dozens rally for Tyre Nichols, Baltimore family seeks to keep pressure on local case
    The mother of Donnell Rochester, 18, who was killed by Baltimore Police last February, wants charges brought against the officers who shot him.
    Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, speaks out on police brutality at a rally for Tyre Nichols on the corner of North Avenue and North Charles Street on January 28, 2023.
    Boy, 5, dies in East Baltimore house fire
    A 5-year-old boy died Saturday morning in a house fire in East Baltimore, the Fire Department said.
    A 5-year-old boy died in a house fire in East Baltimore.
    Memphis authorities release video in Tyre Nichols’ death
    Five police officers were charged Thursday in the killing of Nichols, a motorist who died three days after a Jan. 7 confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop. Baltimore Police were planning for potential protests after the video’s release.
    Civil rights Attorney Ben Crump speaks to RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, at a news conference with in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.
    Judge allows Marilyn Mosby’s defense team to withdraw, finds her indigent
    Former Baltimore state’s attorney will now be represented by the federal public defender’s office
    Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby arrives in court flanked by her attorney, A. Scott Bolden, left, and husband, City Council President Nick Mosby.
    Fire death occurred at home owned by investors connected to beleaguered ABC Capital
    Brittany Wolf, 32, died of smoke inhalation Jan. 17 after a fire broke out at a vacant home in the 400 block of N. East Ave.
    A memorial is set up for Brittany Wolf on the steps of a vacant home in East Baltimore where she died of smoke inhalation.
    Ex-officer takes stand, denies stealing from Mexican cartel bust in last Gun Trace Task Force fallout case
    Federal prosecutors’ case relies on Ethan Glover’s ex-fiancée and a tally sheet from a Mexican cartel member.
    Baltimore Police Det. Ethan Glover, right, walks out of the downtown Baltimore federal courthouse with his attorney, Joseph Murtha, after a motions hearing Friday. Glover is accused of stealing money from a search warrant scene in 2016.
    Is the Baltimore Police Department de-escalating too much? Consent decree judge wants to know
    The judge described it as a "very awkward, even ugly question."
    6/29/22—A detail of the Baltimore Police Department crest seen on a lectern in Baltimore City Police Headquarters.
    15-year-old Forest Park High School student killed in Northwest Baltimore
    The boy was found right after dismissal about a block from school property, police said
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Marilyn Mosby’s defense attorneys explain why they should be allowed to withdraw from her case
    Lead attorney A. Scott Bolden says the prospect of being held in contempt means he “must, understandably, focus on his own interests, not the interests of his client.”
    Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby arrives in court flanked by her attorney, A. Scott Bolden, left, and husband, City Council President Nick Mosby.
    Mexican cartel member, estranged fiancée are key witnesses in final Gun Trace Task Force fallout case
    Former Baltimore Police officer Ethan Glover is standing trial for theft of government property and lying to federal law enforcement.
    6/29/22—A detail of the Baltimore Police Department crest seen on a lectern in Baltimore City Police Headquarters.
    ABC Capital has been under investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for a year
    Company is accused of running a Ponzi scheme for failing to renovate homes in distressed neighborhoods in Baltimore and Philadelphia for its foreign investors.
    The interior of a West Baltimore home, located in the Rosemont neighborhood, bought by an ABC Capital investor. The locks were being changed by a man who said the home is going to tax auction.
    A look at banned squeegee zones in the first days of enforcement
    The ban is part of a series of recommendations released in November by the Squeegee Collaborative convened by Mayor Brandon Scott in July,
    7/8/22—A squeegee worker cleans a windshield at the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    ‘They took my baby’: Baltimore County community mourns death of 10th-grade student to gun violence
    A community is mourning the death of another Baltimore County teenager who was killed over the weekend to gun violence.
    Lamar Leslie-Allen.
    Police say 15-year-old killed in shooting in Milford Mill
    A 15-year-old was shot and killed Saturday evening in Baltimore County, police say.
    Location where 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in Milford Mill.
    Feds: Mosby’s attorneys shouldn’t be able to withdraw from case
    Prosecutors added, however, that they wouldn’t mind if one attorney was dropped from the defense.
    Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby arrives in court flanked by her attorney, A. Scott Bolden, left, and husband, City Council President Nick Mosby.
    Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates to try man charged in killing at Central Booking
    Javarick Gantt was deaf and used sign language to communicate. He was found unresponsive in his cell on Oct. 9, 2022.
    Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates is expected to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. concerning his decision to personally try Gordon "Zach" Staron Jr., a Harford County man who's charged in two homicides, including the killing of Javarick Gantt at Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center in 2022.
    What caused a 33% drop in gun violence in West Baltimore last year? We analyzed it
    A Banner analysis of a revived Group Violence Reduction Strategy in the Western District suggests remarkable impacts.
    Photo collage showing silhouette of gun within the Western District map on the left side. On the right side, a mess of scribbles sits above a close-up of a young man’s eyes.
    Nine charts that help explain last year’s sudden drop in shootings in West Baltimore
    Collage showing Western District of Baltimore map cut-out, layered with scribbles.
    Marilyn Mosby’s entire defense team asks to withdraw from perjury case
    The move comes two days after a judge said she was moving to hold Mosby’s lead defense attorney, A. Scott Bolden, in criminal contempt
    Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby arrives in court flanked by her attorney, A. Scott Bolden, left, and husband, City Council President Nick Mosby.
    Perspective: Another year of high crime in Baltimore. When will it stop?
    Because we are so accustomed to hearing that Baltimore is on pace to match or break the previous year’s homicide record, we become rather unfazed as the number rises.
    Crime scene tape across a street.
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