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    Man who escaped police custody while in hospital is captured days later walking down street
    Brian Meyers, who escaped Baltimore Police after being taken into custody for possessing a firearm last week, has been apprehended, authorities announced on Wednesday.
    Shayla Colon
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    2 more men charged in Towson Peeping Tom case
    Baltimore County Police detectives said Wednesday that two more men have been charged in connection with an ongoing Peeping Tom investigation in Towson.
    Céilí Doyle
    Last week, Baltimore County Police arrested a 55-year-old man after observing him using a step stool to peek into a window at an apartment complex.
    Man pleads guilty to murder in shooting at senior living community in Baltimore
    Norman Waker, 67, of Pleasant View Gardens, previously stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court but a jury could not reach a unanimous verdict.
    Dylan Segelbaum
    Police presence outside Pleasant View Gardens on Thursday, February 20, 2025, as they investigate a shooting inside the senior living facility.
    Family of Owings Mills man killed by Michigan police demands release of unedited video
    A news conference led by Isaiah Kirby’s family after the Owings Mills man was fatally shot by East Lansing Police Department officers in Michigan reveals the rift between the community and police.
    Darreonna Davis
    Isaiah Kirby, a 21-year-old Owings Mills native who was studying at Michigan State University, was fatally shot by East Lansing Police Department on April 20. His family, including his mother, Karyn Kirby, right, are calling for justice.
    Immigrant shot by ICE cannot be deported during his appeal, court rules
    A federal appeals court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to deport a Portuguese immigrant who was shot and critically wounded by ICE agents in Maryland on Christmas Eve.
    Alex Mann
    Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, a Portuguese immigrant who was shot by federal immigration agents in Glen Burnie on Dec. 24, in an undated photo released in court documents.
    Bus driver involved in fatal collision with 11-year-old girl heads to trial in July
    Ivan Rivas, the school bus driver who was cited in the crash that killed an 11-year-old girl in Rockville last year, is scheduled to go to trial on July 30.
    Antonio Planas
    Items left at a Rockville intersection to honor Summer Lim, an 11-year-old girl killed in a collision with a school bus there last week.
    Federal prosecutors charge ship operator, employee in Key Bridge collapse
    Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Dali operator Synergy Marine Group and one of its employees in the Key Bridge collapse.
    Justin Fenton, Hayes Gardner and Madeleine O’Neill
    Kelly O. Hayes, Attorney for the District of Maryland, is joined by the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division for a press conference on the NS Savannah to provide an update about the investigation into the Dali collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
    Maryland settled Key Bridge case against Dali companies for $2.25 billion
    The companies that own and operate the container ship that destroyed the Key Bridge will pay $2.25 billion to settle with Maryland ahead of trial in federal court.
    Madeleine O'Neill and Justin Fenton
    A portion of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was struck by a large container ship early Tuesday morning, March 26, 2024, sending several vehicles and people into the frigid water below.
    Woman charged after alleged carjacking leads to police shooting in Severn
    Jasmin Cooper, of Crownsville, allegedly stole a family member’s car before police shot her.
    Cody Boteler
    Two officers who shot at Jasmin Cooper were placed on administrative leave pending a review of the incident, police said.
    DC sniper exhibit showcases Chevy Caprice, semiautomatic rifle used in 2002 attacks
    Artifacts from the 2002 sniper attacks that terrorized the Capital region are on display at a new exhibit at the National Law Enforcement Museum.
    Antonio Planas
    The 1990 Chevrolet Caprice used in the 2002 D.C. sniper attacks is displayed in the exhibition, “Without Warning: Ending the Terror of the D.C. Snipers.”
    Trial begins for man charged in Morgan State shooting that wounded 5 during homecoming
    Marquis Brown, 20, of Washington, D.C., is standing in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including conspiracy to commit murder.
    Dylan Segelbaum
    Baltimore police and fire department respond to the scene at Morgan State where at least four people were shot.
    ‘Nobody was safe’: As DC sniper exhibit opens, law enforcement officials remember terrifying time
    The National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C., unveiled a D.C. sniper exhibit last week, which spurred memories for longtime investigators of a deadly and frightening three weeks in the DMV.
    Antonio Planas
    From left, Maryland Governor Paris Glendening, Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose, Washington, D.C. Mayor Tony Williams and Prince George's County Police Chief Gerald Wilson speak to the media
    Suspect in Towson Peeping Tom case to be released on home detention
    Police have recently intensified patrols in Towson following multiple Peeping Tom complaints at apartment complexes.
    Sapna Bansil
    A still from Ring camera footage shows a man looking into the Chloe White's apartment in March.
    Bethesda man killed in weekend crash identified
    Montgomery County Police on Monday identified the driver killed this weekend near Glenbrook Road and Audubon Road in Bethesda.
    Antonio Planas
    Police identify teen fatally stabbed in Hillcrest Heights
    Prince George’s County Police have identified a 17-year-old who was fatally stabbed over the weekend as Amari Clarke of Suitland.
    Shayla Colon
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape sits unused on a police vehicle at 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.
    Her co-worker seemed harmless. The feds say he spied on her for years.
    Women at the Baltimore teaching hospital say pharmacist Matthew Bathula secretly accessed intimate photos, emails and camera feeds from their online accounts.
    Tim Prudente
    One of the women whose intimate photos were allegedly stolen by a University of Maryland hospital pharmacist. The FBI recovered hundreds of private photos of doctors, nurses and pharmacists who worked at the Baltimore hospital.
    Woman grabs knife, fights off intruder who climbed into her Bolton Hill bed
    A Bolton Hill woman woke up to a stranger standing over her bed early Friday morning and fought him off until he ran away.
    Shayla Colon
    Rachel Cooper used a decorative knife that was hanging on the wall of her Bolton Hill home to fight off an intruder early Friday, May 8. Cooper holds the knife in her kitchen as she describes the attack on Sunday, May 10.
    4-vehicle crash at intersection near BWI Airport leaves one dead
    A four-vehicle crash involving a Maryland Transit Administration bus early Sunday in Anne Arundel County left a 33-year-old woman dead and two injured.
    Lillian Reed
    The Maryland State Police logo emblazoned on a lectern in front a police vehicle from a separate agency before a press conference, pictured outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
    Dundalk man bought fake money on dark web, used it at Giant and Weis stores
    Jason Christian Evans, 51, used fake currency and Federal Reserve notes to buy items from at least five Weis Market and Giant Food Stores.
    Shayla Colon
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    18-year-old woman shot and killed in West Baltimore, police say
    An 18-year-old woman was shot and killed Friday afternoon in West Baltimore, according to Baltimore Police.
    Eileen Holliday
    Northwest District officers responded shortly after 4 p.m. to a home in the 3100 block of Baker Street for a reported shooting, police said.
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