Criminal Justice

“Because it’s only food stamps,” theft victim feels pushed to the side in DHS and police caseloads amid nationwide benefits fraud scheme.

Mosby’s legal team will face off with federal prosecutors over ground rules for her trial scheduled for later this month.

James Weems Jr., 57, of Randallstown, is a former Baltimore Police officer who left the department in 2008.

Bates defeated the two-term incumbent, Marilyn Mosby, in the Democratic primary in July.

The victim was identified Saturday as 17-year-old Jeremiah Brogden, a Mervo student and athlete. Police said a 17-year-old has been formally charged with first-degree murder and was being held without bail.

The Baltimore County prosecutors’ office and police department have agreed to settle a 2018 lawsuit over allegations they violated the First Amendment rights of a woman they tried to stop from filing criminal charges against the men she said sexually assaulted her.

One was laid to rest on a Ravens pillow. One fixed plates for the homeless. One cared for animals. Another smiled a lot but talked little.

City's progress has been slowed by a prolonged fight in Annapolis that left many criminal justice advocates dissatisfied.

Police say initial reports from the set appear inaccurate and overblown.

The money hasn’t been touched for four years running, due to a bureaucratic standstill between the governor’s office and city prosecutors.

Joshua Pruitt was one of the few Capitol rioters to come face-to-face with a member of Congress during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, according to federal prosecutors.

Jerome Faulkner, 39, of Belair-Edison, was sentenced to five years in prison.

A 66-year-old man suffered an “apparent gunshot wound to the leg," police say.

City leaders roll out changes they said they’ve been making to address the report, which outlined ways that victims are mistreated by the criminal justice system.

Drug dealers urged the 'Lady in the Lake' cast and crew to clear the set near Lexington Market and threatened to shoot someone if they did not comply, a spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Department said.

There were 383 carjackings reported to the Baltimore Police Department by the end of July. That’s compared to 261 carjackings across the city last year.

Officer Edmond Leamon, a more than 15-year veteran, entered Alford pleas to second-degree assault and misconduct in office.

Attorneys for the family say “city officials can’t stand by and allow this illegal activity to continue anymore."

In Maryland, public employees such as police officers do not lose their pensions if they are convicted of a crime.

Wen says threats “are part of a disturbing pattern of intimidation and harassment against public health officials that have escalated during COVID-19."