Criminal Justice

Baltimore Police are investigating a shooting early Wednesday that left two people dead in North Baltimore.

Baltimore County follows Maryland regulations when hiring police officers, which stipulate that departments can disqualify applicants with criminal histories from becoming police officers. But Maryland law does not allow police departments to make employment decisions about applicants based on expunged records.

A Baltimore judge has opted not to sentence a local man to prison for illegally certifying that hundreds of homes in Maryland were free of lead paint.

Davis, 31, now of Parkland, Florida, is on probation for a hit-and-run in 2020 in Baltimore that injured four people, including a pregnant woman.

The Baltimore Police Department is rolling out a new “citywide traffic team” focused on reducing fatal crashes and dangerous driving behaviors across the city.

A provision included in one of the budget bills in 2025 requires counties to now pay half of any compensation — even though state’s attorneys are independent elected officials.

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Edward Jackson was removed from his job as chief of the Annapolis Police Department on Monday, city officials said.

Nearly two dozen Maryland residents were scammed out of funds, cryptocurrency and gold bars, said Montgomery County officials and agents from the FBI Baltimore field office.

The driver of a blue Porsche that allegedly struck a police vehicle was arrested and charged over the weekend, Anne Arundel County Police said.

A former assistant state’s attorney disagreed that the operations of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement was putting prosecutions at risk.

Baltimore County detectives are investigating a police-involved shooting this weekend in Towson.

Emmetson Zeah, 19, was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of two teenagers near The Mall in Columbia in February 2025.

A 48-year-old woman marched toward officers and threatened them with a large knife, prompting one to open fire and strike her twice in the leg, body camera footage released by the Baltimore Police Department shows.

Lisa Lea, 57, of Ednor Gardens-Lakeside, pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to six counts of negligent vehicular manslaughter.

Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge ruled Friday.

Since 2021, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General has reviewed 86 cases in which someone was killed by police — and 20 of those cases involved mental health crises, according to a report released Thursday.

Anne Arundel County Police identified the married couple who were found shot in a Harwood home last week.

Montgomery County Police are investigating the death of pedestrian Vipa Sankanung, who was struck by a vehicle in Rockville in November.

A man falsely claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said.