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Criminal Justice

    Man impersonating an FBI agent tried to get Luigi Mangione out of jail, authorities say
    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.
    Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court for an evidence hearing, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in New York. (Angela Weiss/Pool Photo via AP)
    Federal oversight expected to diminish after Baltimore stabilizes police staffing
    The Baltimore Police Department got a preliminary green light from the judge overseeing its federally mandated reforms, confirming that it’s on track to shed mandates for recruitment, hiring and technology.
    Baltimore Police officers follow a crowd of a few hundred demonstrators during a march through downtown Baltimore to protest ICE earlier this month.
    Security guard at Northrop Grumman fatally shot co-worker during performance review, police say
    The alleged shooter, identified as a 26-year-old from Pasadena, faces charges of first- and second-degree murder.
    Anne Arundel County Police charged a security worker at Northrop Grumman in Linthicum with first-degree murder and other charges related to the shooting death of one of his co-workers.
    Canton’s helicopter boom rattles nearby neighborhoods
    Helicopter traffic over Southeast Baltimore has irked residents as the city grows the police footprint at a Canton heliport.
    A MyFlight helicopter lands at the Pier 7 Heliport at 1800 S Clinton Street on Monday, June 9, 2025.
    Baltimore boxing champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis arrested after 2-week search
    The Miami Gardens Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force on Wednesday arrested Davis on charges including battery, false imprisonment and attempted kidnapping.
    Gervonta Davis arrives at the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse for a probation violation hearing Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
    Dispute between security workers at Northrop Grumman ends in fatal shooting, police say
    Anne Arundel County Police arrested a security worker involved in a fatal shooting at Northrop Grumman's Linthicum facility on Wednesday.
    Anne Arundel County Police are investigating a fatal shooting at the Linthicum facility of Northrop Grumman.
    Baltimore Police investigate ‘suspicious death’ downtown
    Baltimore Police are investigating a “suspicious death” after authorities responded to a report of an unresponsive man in downtown Baltimore.
    There have been 9 homicides in Baltimore in January, according to the police.
    Baltimore County Police arrest driver in fatal hit-and-run in Dundalk
    Baltimore County Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Dundalk on Tuesday morning.
    Maryland Senate committee advances ICE mask ban bill
    Though the passage came as little surprise — leadership in both chambers have made curbing ICE a top priority — an amendment to the law took some teeth out of it.
    Federal immigration officers deploy pepper spray at protesters after a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis.
    Two teens charged in double shooting in Somerset County that left 1 dead
    Two teenagers are accused of shooting two people in Princess Anne, leaving one dead and the other injured, Maryland State Police said in a news release Tuesday.
    The Maryland State Police logo.
    Man charged in Edgewater homicide sought victim’s $300K life insurance payout, police say
    A man who police allege fatally shot another man at an Airbnb in Edgewater and then dumped his body in Baltimore had been made the beneficiary of the victim’s $300,000 life insurance policy two weeks earlier, court records indicate.
    Anne Arundel County police arrested Bryan Alberto Cazares on Friday in St. Mary’s County.
    ‘Completely unacceptable’: Moore’s office chides Trump over Baltimore ICE facility video
    Gov. Wes Moore’s office slammed the Trump administration for the conditions depicted in a widely circulated video showing an overcrowded holding cell at the downtown Baltimore field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
    Gov. Wes Moore’s office called out the Trump administration on Tuesday.
    Third Maryland prisoner is killed this month after record year
    A prisoner was killed inside the Jessup Correctional Institution on Monday, representing the third prison homicide this month, state officials said.
    Barbed wire is seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
    Ex-juvenile detention center employee charged with sexually abusing 4 more children
    Ex-Charles H. Hickey Jr. School employee Ronald Neverdon, 79, of Woodstock, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with 95 counts related to 10 children.
    Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, run by the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.
    Hutzell: Masked federal agents shot dead another protester. Maryland must ban the mask.
    Column: America has always been a place of division. Haves, have-nots. Black, white, brown. Left and right. Up or down. Now here’s one more. Are you on the side of the phone video or the side of the mask?
    A person is tackled by a federal agent amid protests following a shooting on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Federal agents shot and killed a protestor amid a scuffle to arrest him. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region.
    Ex-St. John’s Parish Day School employee sentenced for possession of child sexual abuse materials
    Ellicott City resident Jackie Wang, 18, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor count in October after police found an external hard drive hidden under his mattress that contained child sexual abuse material.
    Exterior of the Circuit Court for Howard County is seen on January 30, 2024.
    18-year-old charged in Briggs Chaney Road homicide
    Montgomery County police arrested an 18-year-old in connection with the Jan. 8 shooting death of Gavin St. Aubyn Boothe in Silver Spring.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Investigators identify BPD officers and the man they fatally shot near Eastwood
    The man, Jamarl Muse of Baltimore, was shot by Sergeant Carlos Arias, a 15-year police veteran and Officer Edwin Ruiz, a 3-year police veteran, according to a press release from the Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division.
    Officers responded to reports of an armed person near 6800 Bank Street about 9:14 p.m.. Police found the man on a bike in the 6500 block of Eastern Avenue, near the Interstate 95 ramps.
    Ivan Bates’ break-up with mayor’s public safety office finds legal support
    Bates said his office would continue to prosecute cases brought by Baltimore Police through MONSE, as required by law.
    Bates said his office would continue to prosecute cases brought by Baltimore Police through MONSE, as required by law.
    Anne Arundel County Police investigating fatal double shooting in Harwood home
    Anne Arundel County Police are investigating a fatal double shooting in Harwood on Thursday, officials said.
    Anne Arundel County Police said they found two adults dead inside a residence in the 100 block of Harwood Road.
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