Criminal Justice

An Owings Mills day care owner who was arrested and charged with shooting her husband at a Washington, D.C. hotel appeared in court Friday morning.

Hanna was to appear beside Bates Friday morning to announce that she was dropping out of the Nov. 8 general election.

Baltimore Circuit Court Jennifer B. Schiffer said Baltimore Detective Andre Pringle showed an impressive amount of restraint on April 19, 2020.

The sentence was half of what federal prosecutors had asked for, arguing Hankard had “perverted the course of justice on not one but four occasions.”

Shellenberger remains on track to secure the Democratic nomination for chief prosecutor after Wednesday’s ballot canvass extended his margin over Leonard.

Customers, employees and friends of the Weemses said this week they were surprised by the charges, but that some had questioned James Weems’ behavior at the daycare center.

Two people were being treated for injuries after an explosion inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood, fire officials said Wednesday.

Challenger Sam Cogen has a 2,473 vote lead over incumbent John W. Anderson in the Baltimore sheriff's race. Cogen continues to maintain a strong lead in write-in ballots, making it likely that he will best Anderson, who has served as sheriff since 1989.

More motorists are complaining about being scammed by squeegee workers for hundreds, or thousands, of dollars using smartphone payment apps. City officials are coming up with a plan, but the legal recourse for victims is unclear.

James S. Weems Jr., 57, a former Baltimore Police officer who left the force in 2008, faces 13 counts related to three victims

Bates, 53, of Locust Point, spoke on Monday to reporters at his campaign headquarters in Woodmere.

Tony DeWitt’s life sentence was overturned in 2015 and he sued the detectives three years later.

The number of new applications for wear and carry permits has skyrocketed in the state.

The Democratic primary race is getting closer between Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger and challenger Robbie Leonard, attorney and Maryland Democratic Party secretary. Results of other county races also shaping up.

D.C. Metropolitan police said on Friday that 50-year-old Randallstown resident Shanteari Weems has been charged with assault with intent to kill after shooting her husband.

Mosby concedes and vows a 'smooth and orderly transition.' Former prosecutor Thiru Vignarajah is in second.

The race for Baltimore sheriff remains in a dead heat with just several hundred votes separating incumbent Sheriff John W. Anderson and challenger Sam Cogen. The final results will not be known until all mail-in ballots have been counted, which could take weeks.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are still being investigated, authorities say.

Former officer Ethan Glover is accused of stealing close to $10,000 from a drug bust in 2016, as well as taking $1,000 returned by an informant two years later.

Cogen putting up a formidable challenge to former boss.