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Criminal justice

    3 days of terror: How the manhunt for David Linthicum in Baltimore, Harford counties unfolded
    Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court on four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
    Severna Park Elementary School teacher accused of sexually abusing 8 students to stand trial
    Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is charged in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. He maintains his innocence.
    What we know about 36 in-custody deaths auditors say should have been ruled homicides
    The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.
    Baltimore County Police shoot man armed with knife in Essex
    Detectives are investigating after a Baltimore County Police officer on Thursday shot a man in Essex who was armed with a knife, authorities said in a news release.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Federal prosecutors will seek death penalty in Maryland gang case, reversing course
    The case, which involves two murders and four attempted murders, has been pending since 2022.
    Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz United States Federal Courthouse in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
    Anne Arundel County rolling out 10 red light cameras to boost road safety
    Two red light cameras are up and running in Anne Arundel County with eight more expected as officials’ enhance efforts to reduce dangerous driving.
    Anne Arundel County is expanding red-light cameras to 10 locations. Two are already operational.
    Toddler survives fall from high-rise apartment balcony in Silver Spring, police say
    Montgomery County Police are investigating an incident in which a 2-year-old boy reportedly fell from the 15th floor of an apartment building in Silver Spring and survived.
    A Montgomery County Police vehicle is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
    Their loved ones’ deaths at the hands of police may have been wrongfully classified. Now what?
    The massive audit called for classifying at least 36 in-custody police deaths as homicides, re-opening old wounds and raising new questions in Maryland.
    Dr. David Fowler was a well-respected medical examiner, until he wasn’t
    Dr. David Fowler was a well-regarded former chief medical examiner before he consulted on a high-profile case that brought fresh scrutiny to his work in Maryland.
    In this image from video, Dr. David Fowler, a retired forensic pathologist and former chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd.
    After a yearslong vigil, supporters of Tyrone West gain a remarkable reversal
    Independent pathologists commissioned by the state concluded that Tyrone West’s case should be reclassified as a homicide.
    Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, speaks out on police brutality at a rally for Tyre Nichols on the corner of North Avenue and North Charles Street on January 28, 2023.
    Here’s what you need to know about Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths
    The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.
    Dr. Jeff Kukucka, center, joined by Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown at a press conference at the State House in Annapolis to announce the release a wide-ranging independent audit of nearly 90 in-custody deaths spanning 2003 to 2019.
    Forensic failures: 36 police-custody deaths should have been ruled a homicide, audit finds
    The yearslong audit cited racial and pro-police bias in the work of the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
    In this Jan. 28, 2019, photo, pictures of Anton Black decorate a collage in his family's home in Greensboro, Md. Black, 19, died after a struggle with three officers and a civilian outside the home in September 2018.
    After Trump directive, Maryland federal cases get new death penalty review
    The state of Maryland has banned the death penalty since 2013, but it has remained in effect on the federal level and applied sparingly.
    President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington.
    Deportation suspended for two women held in ‘inhumane’ Baltimore holding room
    Both women were sent by ICE to detention facilities in New Jersey and Colorado over the weekend.
    The George H. Fallon Federal Building at 31 Hopkins Plaza in downtown Baltimore, where ICE continues to hold detained immigrants.
    Baltimore County’s Police Accountability Board is having an identity crisis
    The county established the Police Accountability Board three years ago after the General Assembly passed the Police Accountability Act in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis Police in 2021.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Maryland lawmakers scale back driver’s license suspensions for unpaid child support
    The measure exempts Marylanders making at or 250% below the federal poverty guidelines.
    Maryland lawmakers passed a bill this year that automatically exempts people from experiencing a driver’s license suspension over unpaid child support if they make at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines.
    Prosecutors can’t introduce other bad acts at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial
    Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Pamela K. Alban ruled that there could be scenarios at the trial of Matthew Schlegel in which the door is opened to that testimony.
    The Anne Arundel County Courthouse is located on Church Circle in Annapolis. It is home to the Circuit Court, the Clerk of the Court, the State Attorney's Office and other agencies.
    Baltimore Police fatally shoot man who fired at officers, authorities say
    Police officials said Commissioner Richard Worley was on the scene of a police-involved shooting in the 4600 block of York Road in Baltimore.
    Baltimore Police at the site of an officer-involved shooting at the 4600 block of York Road on Monday, May 12, 2025.
    Woman, 69, dies after collision with stolen vehicle in Jessup, police say
    Four youths hopped out of the Sonata after the crash and fled the scene, police said. One of them was injured in the collision.
    Howard County police said a woman died in a crash caused by youths driving a stolen car Saturday afternoon.
    7 indicted for series of armed robberies targeting bank customers across 5 Maryland counties
    Seven people were indicted Friday for a series of armed robberies that targeted bank customers across multiple Maryland counties, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown. 
    Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced Friday the indictment of seven people who allegedly targeted bank customers in a series of armed robberies that spanned five counties.
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