Criminal Justice

The Baltimore Police Department has fired a police officer who was captured in a viral video driving directly at a man and striking him following his convictions this week for assault and related crimes.

Federal immigration authorities sought an arrest warrant under seal for 18-year-old Jimy Samuel Godoy Alfaro for a charge of assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding or interfering with a federal officer.

The 18-year-old wanted in the fatal shooting of a teen in West Baltimore last month died by suicide Thursday night, police said.

Christopher M. Carroll was charged with 23 counts related to masturbating and urinating on food and personal items.

A Howard County Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that Alexander Stephenson, an Ellicott City resident accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife, can stand trial.

Officer Robert Parks, 32, a more than six-year veteran, stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of attempted second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless driving.

Police are searching for an 18-year-old man in the fatal shooting of Jada Sellers, a 17-year-old student at Milford Mills Academy who died two weeks after she was shot in West Baltimore.

A Howard County judge has barred Food Network host Eric Adjepong from being alone with his daughter in a ruling the “Top Chef” alumnus linked to a longstanding custody battle with his ex-wife.

Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut and package cocaine for a drug ring that was run out of two off-campus frat houses, authorities said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recovered approximately $50,000 worth of khat from the baggage claim area at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.

Noah Settles, the D.C. rapper who goes by the name No Savage, is facing robbery and assault charges in Prince George’s County. He and three others allegedly walked into a convenience store in Fort Washington and stole cigarettes, vapes and candy.

Experts who spoke to The Banner said it’s unclear what, if any, charges seven youths could face following the Aug. 4 crash in Germantown that killed a Virginia man.

Baltimore Police Officer Robert Parks was captured in a viral video chasing Antrell Smith and striking him with his patrol vehicle in Northwest Baltimore on Oct. 28, 2025.

Federal immigration officials who repeatedly locked up a Baltimore man contrary to a judge’s orders could now be held in contempt of court at a hearing scheduled for this week.

A North Carolina man who was accused of urinating on a family, including an 8-year-old girl, at a Morgan Wallen concert in Baltimore last month has been extradited to Maryland, online court records show.

A woman was killed, and her child was injured after being struck by a vehicle in Rockville on Monday night, authorities said.

Criminals used construction equipment to smash through a Wells Fargo Bank near a busy intersection in Northeast Baltimore. 

A 22-year-old was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of two 19-year-olds on Aug. 10 in Essex, according to Baltimore County Police.

Ronald Neverdon, 79, of Woodstock, who worked at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School from 1973 to 2013, was charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with child abuse, perverted practice and sex offenses.

Opening statements have begun at the Las Vegas trial of a man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur. A prosecutor told jurors Monday that while few have been willing to speak about the 1996 shooting, Duane “Keffe D” Davis is the “one person who has a hard time being silent.”