Criminal justice

In social media posts in Spanish, the Montgomery County Police Department reminded the public how its officers can be identified as county police and that they also wear name tags.

As the first anniversary of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing looms this week, the man charged in his death will be in court fighting to prevent prosecutors from using evidence they say links him to the crime.

State prosecutors and corrections officials on Monday announced 10 criminal indictments stemming from three separate alleged smuggling operations at the Jessup Correctional Institution in Anne Arundel County.

Maryland’s secretary of human services, Rafael López, pleaded guilty on Monday to driving under the influence as part of a deal that could result in no jail time and an eventual dismissal of the case.

The daughter of Gregory Turnipseed, a 71-year-old Baltimore City employee, is speaking about the attack on the job that cost him his life.

Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, California, sheriff’s officials said Saturday.

A 49-year-old Northeast Baltimore woman has been arrested and charged with fatally beating a city traffic worker last month over a downtown parking dispute allegedly started by a 15-year-old passenger in her car.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal faces upgraded charges after President Donald Trump announced Thursday that one of the victims, Sarah Beckstrom, had died.

The 2003 autopsy for federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna has been unsealed after a Pennsylvania newspaper fought for its release.

An unidentified man and a 28-year-old woman died Wednesday morning after they were found with gunshot wound in a crashed vehicle in Baltimore, police said.

April Hurley and Jonte Gilmore filed a lawsuit against Eden’s Homes LLC, Property Pals LLC and Jason Billingsley, who attacked them in 2023 at a rooming house in West Baltimore.

In 1981, Gov. Harry Hughes appointed Mabel H. Hubbard to the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City. She then served as a judge of Baltimore Circuit Court from 1985 to 1999.

Authorities said they arrested nine people in connection with a drug trafficking network that transported a large amount of cocaine from Texas to Maryland, with drugs stashed in homes across the region.

Baltimore Police are investigating what they described as a “suspicious death” after a body was found Monday night following a fire in West Baltimore.

A federal judge dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

Ziz LaSota gave meandering answers at her initial appearance and arraignment in U.S. District Court related to a Western Maryland gun arrest, which ended what had been a cross-country search.

Monday was first time the three defendants appeared in court together since indictment last month.

Howard County police said a father and son face charges stemming from a months-long investigation into an alleged firearms trafficking operation.

Prosecutors say Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson should carry on despite Attorney General Pam Bondi's comment.

Ronal Ramos-Delcid placed into custody in downtown Baltimore after arrest captured on video.