Criminal Justice

Retired Baltimore Circuit Judge Wanda Keyes Heard wrote that a reading of the trial transcript shows the verdict in the case was “supported by substantial direct and circumstantial evidence.”

Baltimore Circuit Judge Kendra Y. Ausby convicted Officer Christopher Nguyen earlier this year in a two-day bench trial.

The suit alleges the state police disciplines officers of color more harshly than white officers.

First Amendment cases — especially against public officials afforded immunities — are among the most difficult to win, lawyers say.

A report by attorneys for the ACLU suing the state over jail conditions found major issues at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, including how the facility housed people with disabilities, just weeks before Javarick Gantt was murdered there.

A Baltimore County grand jury has indicted Michael J. Browning, the longtime manager of Gunpowder Falls State Park, with raping and sexually assaulting two women, both former park employees.

Assistant Attorney General Carrie Williams filed a 57-page response on Tuesday in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

For three decades, Michael J. Browning wielded so much power at Gunpowder Falls State Park that it was called "The Kingdom." Now, as Browning faces charges that he raped a former employee at the park, more than a dozen former employees are describing a reign marked by bullying, intimidation, harassment and favoritism.

Timothy Reynolds, 48, of Hampden, died after being shot on July 7 at the intersection of Light and Conway streets.

According to Baltimore City Police, there were 506 reported thefts of catalytic converters in the city between January 1, 2022 and this October 8, when my car started rumbling. But the problem is also a national one.

Leslie Vass was awarded under the same act that will allow Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the podcast “Serial,” to seek about $2 million for the more than 20 years that he spent in prison.

The city’s two-term top prosecutor is charged with two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements.

The police department — unable to procure analytical reagent, the compound used to cause a chemical reaction or test if one occurs — has borrowed as much as six months’ supply from other departments as payment to the vendor remains pending.

Agency did not forward 30,150 accounts that had balances before 2008 and owed a total of $7.6 million to the state for collections.

An exchange between Councilman Mark Conway and Shantay Jackson, director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, escalated, and the hearing was recessed.

Trial for wire fraud, theft and falsifying a document was supposed to start on Monday

Dr. David Fowler served as Maryland’s chief medical examiner from 2002-2019 and testified for former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Charles H. Dorsey III on Wednesday scheduled the hearing for Nov. 17.

Javarick Gantt was “found unresponsive” at 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 9, then pronounced dead by medical staff 20 minutes later, according to Maryland corrections officials.

University of Baltimore president says campus police arrested an individual on a handgun charge, and there was not an ”ongoing threat” to the university community.