Criminal justice

Maria Luisa Alvarez, 20, of Lanham, pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle in November. Boris Josue Bonilla of Rockville, 30, Alvarez’s front-seat passenger, died on the Inner Loop of the Beltway in 2024.

Montgomery County pPolice Tuesday afternoon identified the pedestrian struck and killed on a Fairland roadway Monday evening as Florence L. Chumbow, 73, of Silver Spring.

Wisdom Da-Silva Baptista, 16, of Gaithersburg, and Kevin Jesus Perez Fierro, 20, of Montgomery Village, have been charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery in the death of Taeyon Malachi Prather, 18, according to Montgomery County police.

Baltimore Police on Monday released body camera and private video footage of three nonfatal shootings by officers.

A former congressional staffer from Glen Burnie has been federally indicted on allegations that he stole and sold 240 government cellphones.

Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a red 2025 Chevy Equinox that officials believe was involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Sunday. Investigators think the vehicle’s front and passenger side are damaged.

The Catonsville community rallied around small businesses after a rare string of break-ins early Sunday.

On Nov. 20, 2025, Darryl Nichols swiped a package that contained a stainless steel bowl worth $20 from the house of Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.

Sari Kurland, a former Rockville bankruptcy lawyer, pleaded guilty Friday to orchestrating three schemes that victimized 21 people between May 2022 and September 2024, and totaled more than $4.2 million, authorities said.

Homicides in Montgomery County rose 20% in 2025, but were down from a 10-year high in 2021.

Baltimore City has achieved a stunning turnaround in violent crime despite a rift between State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and Mayor Brandon Scott.

A federal judge on Monday said she will hold a short hearing on procedures that police said allowed them to seize and look through Luigi Mangione’s backpack when he was arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Maryland State Police have launched an investigation following a reported killing at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.

A 59-year-old man was shot and killed in Northwest Baltimore Sunday morning.

Baltimore County Police are investigating after a string of burglaries at Catonsville businesses early Sunday morning.

The Baltimore County Police Department arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a shooting on Friday.

More than $11,000 worth of stolen Ulta Beauty merchandise was recovered after a theft at the Sykesville store, leading to felony organized retail theft charges against two women.

The Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office filed to drop criminal charges that were brought against Anne Arundel County law enforcement officers at a Hagerstown softball tailgate, court records show.

A student at The Mount Washington School was taken into police custody on Thursday after they were caught with a handgun, the principal said.

Little more than a week into 2026, the deaths of Nikitha Godishala, Venkata Asha Appana and Krishna Kishore Kotikalapudi have stunned Howard County’s growing Indian community.