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Criminal Justice

    Attorney for Timothy Reynolds family says evidence shows squeegee worker shot him in the back
    A Baltimore judge will decide Thursday whether to accept a plea agreement between the teen’s defense attorneys and prosecutors that would send the case to juvenile court on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
    Thiru Vignarajah, who is representing the family of Timothy Reynolds, speaks at a press conference Tuesday morning. Vignarajah shared images from the CCTV video of the fatal shooting of Reynolds, as well as the family’s version of the timeline that day.
    ABC Capital files for bankruptcy, under fire from foreign investors over distressed Baltimore properties
    Frustrated investors have filed lawsuits accusing the company of running a fraudulent Ponzi scheme.
    Jaime Sepulveda Rodriguez, from Chile, purchased a property that was supposed to be fixed up and rented but never was.
    Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office to offer plea deal of reduced charges in case of squeegee worker accused of killing driver
    Timothy Reynolds, 48, of Hampden, was shot and killed on July 7 at the intersection of Light and Conway streets.
    Thiru Vignarajah, an attorney for the family of Timothy Reynolds, is pictured on Monday at a news conference behind the War Memorial in Baltimore. Reynolds’ wife, Shannon, is seen behind him. The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office and defense attorneys for a 15-year-old who’s accused of shooting and killing Reynolds on July 7 at the intersection of Light and Conway streets near the Inner Harbor have reached a verbal agreement on a plea offer that would call for the case to be handled in juvenile court — over the objections of his loved ones.
    U.Va. shooting suspect charged with murder of three football players
    The suspect in the Sunday night shooting was identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. Two others were wounded in the shooting, which happened on a bus of students who were returning from an off-campus trip.
    Charlottesville police secure a crime scene of an overnight shooting at the University of Virginia, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Charlottesville. Va.
    Controversial assistant manager at Gunpowder Falls State Park is ‘no longer employed with DNR’
    The agency confirms that Dean Hughes’ former boss, park manager Michael Browning, who is in jail awaiting trial on rape charges, is on leave without pay.
    Dean Hughes, shown at a 2016 event, began working in the park system in 2009 and became assistant park manager at Gunpowder Falls State Park in 2015. He recently left the agency amid questions about his conduct.
    Cellmate charged in killing of deaf detainee at Baltimore city jail
    Gordon Staron Jr. is charged in the killings of 63-year-old Keith Bell at an East Baltimore bus stop and Javarick Gantt, 34, who was found ”unresponsive” at the jail on Oct. 9.
    Gordon Staron, middle, is under investigation for the killing in Baltimore's Central Booking of Javarick Gantt, left. Staron was already being detained for the fatal stabbing of Keith Bell, right.
    New weapon security system eyed for Baltimore city high schools, but some concerned about effects
    The new system could be used to scan high school students as they walk through the school doors, replacing metal detectors that were put in place last spring after a gun was found inside Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School.
    Students walk through the hall inside Hampstead Hill Academy on 8/29/22. Monday was the first day back to school for Baltimore City students.
    Hogan, officials highlight recently-launched initiatives to address violent crime
    Local, state and federal leaders talked about the initiatives during a Thursday news conference outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie barrack.
    Gov. Larry Hogan announced new crime initiatives at a press conference outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
    Wife hit with more prison time than Navy engineer husband in plot to sell secrets
    Diana Toebbe was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months. Her husband’s sentence is 19 years and four months.
    FILE - These booking photos released Oct. 9, 2021, by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority show Diana Toebbe, left, and Jonathan Toebbe. A judge cited the “great danger” that the Navy engineer and his wife placed on the United States in sentencing them to lengthy prison terms Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, for a plot to sell secrets about nuclear-submarines to what they thought was a foreign government.
    Husband of day care owner in Baltimore County indicted on additional sex abuse charges
    James Weems Jr., 57, of Randallstown, is being held without bail in the Baltimore County Detention Center.
    6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
    A man died in Central Booking on Monday. The next morning, four detainees suffered ‘possible overdoses’
    Cortez Johnson, 21, was found unresponsive in his cell on Monday with “no obvious signs of trauma or foul play,” officials said.
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    Scott Shellenberger holds big lead as he seeks 5th term as Baltimore County state’s attorney
    Shellenberger, 63, of Towson, first took office in 2007.
    Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger is pictured in this portrait in his office on Oct. 25, 2022. He took office in 2007.
    Ivan Bates is elected as the next Baltimore state’s attorney
    Bates, 54, defeated incumbent Marilyn Mosby in the Democratic primary and did not face a challenger in the general election.
    A June 22, 2022 photo of Ivan Bates, who will be the next Baltimore state’s attorney.
    Highlandtown community demands ‘justice’ for soccer coach shot dead by security guard at bar
    Shooting of Kevin Torres centers on an accusation by the security guard, who told police Torres threw a brick at him, causing him to fire his weapon.
    A photo of Kevin Torres hangs on a fence at a makeshift memorial at the ChrisT bar on the northern edge of Highlandtown. Torres was fatally shot by a security guard at the bar early Monday morning.
    Baltimore Ceasefire 365 changes name to Baltimore Peace Movement
    “Our new philosophy is that we are a peace movement and not an anti-violence movement,” co-organizer Letrice Gant said.
    BMORE Ceasefire 365 held a press conference to alert the community that they will be rebranding to include more positive and uplifting imagery in their logo on corner of Allendale Street and Edmondson Avenue on November 4. 2022.
    Baltimore Police release body camera footage of officer shooting ‘No Shoot Zone’ activist
    The Baltimore Police Department identified the officer who shot and killed Tyree Moorehead as Zachary Rutherford, who has been with the department since March of this year.
    On Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore Police Commissioner Harrison released the body-worn footage from this past Sunday’s fatal shooting of Tyree Moorehead. He and Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau walked through the footage with members of the press and answered a few questions Tuesday afternoon.
    13-year-old girl in ‘grave condition’ after being shot in the head in East Baltimore, police say
    The shot was intended for someone in a vehicle in the parking lot of a liquor store, but instead hit a young person standing outside, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said.
    Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison leads a press conference about a 13-year-old girl shot in the head while standing outside a liquor store on . She was not believed to be the intended target.
    Questions follow after anguished, anti-violence activist in Baltimore shot and killed by police
    As footage of his death at the hands of the Baltimore Police Department circulates on social media, questions are intensifying about the final moments before Tyree Moorehead was shot.
    A memorial is set up honoring Tyree Moorehead near where he was shot at the intersection of N. Fulton and W. Lafayette Avenues. Moorehead was the founder of the "No Shoot Zone" activist group that called for an end to violence in Baltimore. He was shot and killed by police after a confrontation on Sunday afternoon.
    Security guard shoots man dead in Baltimore Highlands area
    This marks at least the third shooting by an armed private security guard in the city in the last 17 days. Two of the victims have died.
    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.
    Baltimore city officer fatally shoots man who police say was attacking woman on street corner
    Police Commissioner Michael Harrison declined to comment on the number of shots fired, though 13 shots can be heard on a cell phone video, apparently of the incident, that was posted to social media.
    Baltimore police investigate a shooting by an officer at West Lanvale and North Fulton on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 6, 2022.
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