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Criminal Justice

    2 more teens charged in double shooting in vehicle in Somerset County
    Maryland State Police say two more teenagers have been arrested and charged in a vehicle shooting in January in Somerset County that left one man dead and another hospitalized.
    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.
    FBI probes Texas bar shooting that killed 2 and wounded 14 as possible terrorist act
    Three people were killed, including the alleged gunman, and 14 others were wounded in a shooting at a popular bar in the Texas capital of Austin, authorities said Sunday.
    The Austin Police Department and the FBI investigate a shooting at Buford's on 6th Street on Sunday, March 1, 2026, in Austin, Texas.
    Police fatally shoot resident of Columbia complex that supports adults with disabilities
    Howard County Police fatally shot a man Sunday morning outside a Columbia apartment building, according to a department release.
    Howard County Police shot a man outside a Columbia apartment building and he was declared dead shortly after, according to a department release.
    Peter Thomas of Bar One Baltimore and ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ is out of federal prison
    Between 2017 and 2023, Thomas failed to pay more than $2.5 million in employment taxes at several businesses, including Bar One Baltimore on Lancaster Street in Harbor East.
    Peter Thomas, a former reality TV star who appeared on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” and used to own Bar One Baltimore, is out of federal prison.
    Federal prosecutors won’t appeal death penalty ruling in Luigi Mangione case
    Federal prosecutors won’t appeal a ruling that bars them from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    FILE - Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Pool Photo via AP, File)
    He came to Baltimore for a better life. Police say he was shot and killed by a wanted man.
    Brian Burrows is charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the killing of Khaled Saleh Mohamed Alshariki on Feb. 13 at the Broadway Mart in East Baltimore.
    Khaled Saleh Mohamed Alshariki, 36, was fatally shot while working as a cashier at Broadway Mart in the 1000 block of N. Broadway on February 13.
    Prosecutor: Suspect planned for a month to kill assisted living resident
    A Montgomery County prosecutor said the suspect in a Valentine’s Day homicide planned the “cold-blooded killing of a defenseless 87-year-old man” for a month.
    Cogir Potomac Senior Living
    Man found not guilty in Edmondson Village Shopping Center mass shooting
    Daaon Spears, 19, of Edmondson Village, was acquitted in Baltimore Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related offenses.
    One person has died and four others were injured in a mass shooting at the Edmondson Village shopping center Wednesday morning.
    Youth charging reform bill clears key hurdle in Maryland Senate
    The bill -- a compromise that shortens the list of crimes that automatically result in adult charges -- passed out of the Maryland Senate’s Judicial Proceedings Committee on Friday.
    Sen. Will Smith, a Montgomery County Democrat, speaks during floor debate on crossover day at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. on Monday, March 17, 2025. Any bill not passed by either the House or Senate by midnight on crossover day is likely defeated for the 2025 session.
    Hutzell: Scanned by police, a Maryland driver gets vindication but no apology
    COLUMN | Welcome to the upside-down world of traffic court, where a random license plate scan shifts the burden of proof to the driver.
    Lanita Gosha came to Annapolis on Feb. 24 , 2026 in hopes of some resolution, but ended up leaving the District Court building before her case came up.
    Parents of 5-year-old who starved to death in Baltimore plead guilty to child abuse
    The parents of Zona Byrd, who weighed just 17.5 pounds when she died nearly two years ago, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of child abuse resulting in death.
    Zona Byrd
    Prosecutor calls delayed charges against Kilmar Ábrego García ‘extraordinary’ but justified
    Kilmar Ábrego García’s mistaken deportation has galvanized both sides of the immigration debate.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, center, and his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura, behind left, arrive at the federal courthouse Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
    Baltimore County paramedic charged in masturbation case gets trial date
    A Baltimore County paramedic charged with 23 crimes related to ejaculating and urinating on his coworkers’ food and personal items is scheduled for trial in October.
    Exterior of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in Towson, Md. on Monday, May 19, 2025.
    Professional organizer arrested in theft from Bethesda home
    Montgomery County Police arrested Aissa Mahdi Ould Brahim, a 27-year-old Gaithersburg man, for allegedly stealing items from a Bethesda home where he was working as a professional organizer.
    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.
    State police search for person they say shot at trooper during Baltimore traffic stop
    Maryland State Police are searching for a suspect they say shot at a trooper during a traffic stop early Tuesday in Baltimore.
    February 24, 2026 - Maryland State Police is searching for a suspect who shot at a trooper while conducting a traffic stop early Tuesday morning.
    Police identify Silver Spring man, 80, struck and killed by SUV
    Montgomery County Police on Tuesday identified an 80-year-old pedestrian who died more than a week after he was struck by an SUV this month.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on 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.
    Student charged with placing camera in women’s bathroom at Anne Arundel Community College
    An Anne Arundel Community College student has been arrested after police say he installed a camera on a toilet in a women’s bathroom at the Arnold campus and recorded at least eight females.
    Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Md.
    Hutzell: Fleeing from police on Maryland roadways often has deadly consequences
    COLUMN | The teenage driver killed last month in a fiery Howard County crash was at least the 31st person in Maryland to die in a police-related accident in the past five years. Almost all were killed when a driver fled from flashing lights.
    The Maryland Attorney General's office on Tuesday released body camera footage from the Jan. 17 police involved fatal single-vehicle crash involving a juvenile driver in Columbia.
    Columbia man charged with fatally stabbing roommate with a sword
    A 23-year-old Columbia man has been arrested and charged after Howard County Police accused him of fatally stabbing his roommate with a sword, charging documents show.
    Howard County Police arrested Donavan Townsend, 23, for allegedly stabbing and killing Jaelon Minor, 25, with a sword in their Columbia apartment.
    Prosecutors drop assault case against Baltimore Del. Caylin Young
    Caylin Young, 38, a Democrat from Baltimore, has maintained his innocence.
    Del. Caylin Young was charged with second-degree assault after a woman alleged to a district court commissioner that he punched her on New Year’s Day. A specially assigned prosecutor dropped the criminal case on Monday.
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