Criminal Justice

Baltimore police and the FBI addressed an influx of reported rideshare carjackings and robberies in recent weeks.

Police say the emphasis on warrant arrests came over the summer as part of the department’s deployment plan and initiatives with law enforcement partners.

Baltimore police aren’t seeing an uptick in reports, but a Pride Center of Maryland survey found a rising concern in the LGBTQ community about being drugged in a drink at gay bars.

Critics of the Catholic Church said the concessions don't go far enough to make things right for victims pursuing restitution

Federal prosectors say the Baltimore rapper is behind a slew of shootings, including the killing of the mother and sister of a man who had accused him of cooperating with law enforcement.

The records reveal for the first time the scope of a recent spate of shootings involving armed security guards and offer a window into how the state police monitor the incidents.

Since his release in 2017, he’s become the general manager and litigation specialist at Bates & Garcia, P.C., and specializes in state and federal appellate and post-conviction work.

A jury delivers justice in the case of a midshipman’s mother killed by a stray bullet, but answers to the problem of gun violence in Annapolis remain out of reach.

“It is usually about five to six suspects. They rob a rideshare driver, and they take their app and start answering calls," Deputy Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.

A rift has been growing between the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement and Roca Maryland.

Stepped-up police interactions related to minor crime would help preempt violent crime and drug dealing in Baltimore, an attorney practicing in the city says. Such an approach can and must be carried out within constitutional bounds and without unjustly targeting people of color, he says.

Animal welfare experts in Baltimore say the link between these cases and other forms of violence is real and should not be ignored.

Zachariah Sattler is charged with four counts, including entering and remaining in a restricted building and disorderly conduct.

The Maryland Defenders Union formed in 2020 and represents more than 600 employees across the state.

A 31-year-old man was convicted Tuesday of murdering the mother of a Naval Academy midshipman who was hit by a stray bullet last summer as she celebrated her son’s achievement.

Donald Gresham, Kushan Ratnayake and Joan Floyd on Dec. 7 voluntarily moved in Baltimore Circuit Court to dismiss the case asking to prevent the Baltimore Police Department from signing an agreement with Hopkins necessary to develop the private, armed police force.

Steve Kelly, an attorney representing Young Lee, Hae Min Lee’s brother, alleges that his client’s rights as a victim of crime in Maryland were violated.

Police believe Jalil George, 24, was driving a car that was similar to a car used in a different shooting that occurred earlier in the neighborhood.

Police believe a juvenile in North Carolina was also involved in the series of threats that have rattled the community.

Adam Chaudry pleaded guilty to two felony counts on Friday afternoon, and faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.