Criminal Justice

A civil trial in the Key Bridge disaster is set to begin Monday in Baltimore’s federal courthouse. A judge will determine whether Synergy Marine Group and Grace Ocean Private can cap their liability in the bridge collapse at about $44 million, roughly the value of the container ship Dali and its cargo.

Two people were arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder on Thursday in connection with the February killing of Ricardo Lee Vance in Oxon Hill.

A jury convicted a 38-year-old Davidsonville man on seven counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University found that Baltimore’s flagship violence intervention program, Safe Streets, was associated with a decrease in youth violence.

Police responded around 3:17 p.m. to reports of a shooting at a home in the 3600 block of Noble Street, where the teen was found with apparent gunshot wounds to his body.

The lawyer for a North Bethesda woman charged with attempted murder this month said his client stabbed the man to save her life.

An 11-year-old was shot while playing on a playground in West Baltimore Wednesday night during an apparent drive-by shooting targeting a man who was also struck by gunfire, officials said.

James Dodson Jr., 39, of Emmitsburg, faces a maximum sentence of 1 1/2 to five years in prison.

Terrance Brainell Williams was arrested Wednesday in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month outside the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, according to Montgomery County Police.

A 22-year-old man was jailed and held without bond after Baltimore County Police said he told them voices in his head prompted him to kill his brother’s friend.

A Baltimore County judge is weighing a “complicated” and “unprecedented” request to appoint a special prosecutor.

Prosecutors will not charge a Baltimore SWAT sniper who in March fatally shot a man who fired at officers, hitting one, while holding women hostage in Northwest Baltimore.

Xavier Dove, a member of the Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Company in Randallstown, was arrested and charged with four sex crimes Friday.

The man Secret Service officers shot and killed Saturday near the White House was a Baltimore County resident who struggled with mental health and had shut out those closest to him in recent months, according to friends and court records.

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Detectives from the Woodlawn Precinct have arrested and charged 26-year-old Xavier Dove in connection with an ongoing sexual assault investigation.

After Alexandra MacMeekin Ryan sought a protective order against her husband following allegations of domestic violence, authorities say her father, prominent Timonium attorney Robert MacMeekin, was fatally shot while trying to protect his daughter and grandchildren.

Emmetson Zeah, 19, of Columbia, was found guilty in Howard County Circuit Court of two counts of first-degree murder in the shootings of Michael Robertson and Blake McCray on Feb. 22, 2025.

Baltimore Police on Friday released body camera footage from last week’s fatal police shooting. The video showed a man running toward and shooting at officers before police returned fire.

Charles Joseph Ali, of Rockville, was arrested for allegedly throwing a keg through Georgetown Cupcake’s front window earlier this week, D.C. police said on Thursday.