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Criminal Justice

    Rivalry on tap: Fans pack Australian brewery for US win over the Socceroos in World Cup
    M8 Beer in South Baltimore drew a crowd for the U.S. vs. Australia World Cup match on Friday.
    Australia fan Matt Ellis shows off his flag at M8 Beer in South Baltimore as the Socceroos play the U.S. in the group stage of the 2026 World Cup.
    Fatal hit-and-run suspect arrested trying to catch flight to Honduras
    Josue David Carranza Castellon was arrested attempting to board a flight to Honduras after fleeing a fatal hit-and-run in Gaithersburg earlier this week, Montgomery County Police said on Friday.
    Capitol Heights man arrested in connection with $500K robbery of armored truck
    Jerronta Bryant was arrested and charged in connection with a robbery of $500,000 from an armored truck in 2025, Prince George's County Police said on Friday.
    Jerronta Bryant was arrested and charged in connection with a robbery of $500,000 from an armored truck in 2025, Prince George's County Police said on Friday.
    Luigi Mangione’s lawyers reverse course, say they won’t pursue a psychiatric defense
    In a stunning reversal, Luigi Mangione ‘s lawyers told a judge Thursday that he will no longer be asserting a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
    ‘Don’t you know how to use a turn signal?’ Court docs detail exchange between alleged fake cop and real cop.
    After posing as a police officer and pulling over a Montgomery County cop in an unmarked cruiser, Melvin Andrew Pinkney Jr. was seen wearing a duty belt that carried a baton, a gun and handcuffs, according to court records obtained by The Banner.
    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.
    Dali engineer appears in court on felony charge; prosecution deferred
    The chief engineer of the Dali container ship said little during a hearing three days after federal prosecutors charged him with one felony count of violating the Ports and Waterways Safety Act.
    Karthikeyan Deenadayalan, center, the chief engineer of the Dali container ship, leaves the federal courthouse after Thursday’s hearing.
    Towson shooting suspect ID’d by police, described as ‘armed and dangerous’
    Police are looking for a 33-year-old man wanted in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Towson University student earlier this month.
    Baltimore County Police officers investigate a June 5 shooting that occurred at the traffic circle along York Road in Towson on Friday afternoon.
    Baltimore County Police officer released from hospital after being shot by armed flasher
    An officer who was shot during an encounter with an armed flasher has been released from the hospital.
    Baltimore County Police respond to the shooting at Villa Nova Park in Pikesville on June 7.
    Baltimore County detective suspended after warrantless search of murder suspect’s phone
    Detective Storm Sheckells correctly guessed the passcode of the suspect’s iPhone. He’s suspended with pay pending an internal investigation.
    Baltimore County police at the intersection of Middle River Road and Bird River Road after a suspicious package was reported at Freedom Church Middle River on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
    Case dismissed against great-aunt who hid missing Baltimore child Tristan King
    Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said he considered Denise Day’s humanity in the decision.
    Denise Day, the great-aunt of 9-year-old Tristan King, had been the only person facing accountability for Tristan’s case.
    Silver Spring man charged with multiple sex offenses
    Melesse Semegne is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in May at the Silver Spring business that lists him at its president and CEO.
    Mangione will assert psychiatric defense in murder case in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
    Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday.
    Luigi Mangione appears for a pre-trial hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
    Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in Gaithersburg
    A man was killed while crossing the street in Gaithersburg on Wednesday morning, according to Montgomery County Police.
    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.
    ‘Enough is enough’: Dali crew members ask court to let them go home
    The operator of the container ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge demanded its crew members be allowed to return home after more than two years “marooned” in the United States.
    A crew member who was aboard the Dali cargo ship and his attorney Owen Duffy leave the court in Baltimore on Tuesday.
    Fake cop pulled over actual cop working in unmarked cruiser, police say
    Melvin Andrew Pinkney Jr. was arrested for posing as a police officer after conducting a traffic stop on a Montgomery County Police officer who was working in an unmarked cruiser.
    Melvin Andrew Pinkney Jr., of California, Maryland, was driving a Ford Taurus when he was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly posing as an officer after he pulled over a Montgomery County Police officer.
    Luigi Mangione hearing delayed after DA failed to tell jail he’s needed in court
    A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case in the killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was postponed until Wednesday after prosecutors failed to inform his jailors that he was needed in court.
    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)
    Dali’s chief engineer becomes latest to face criminal charges in Key Bridge disaster
    Federal prosecutors have filed additional criminal charges in the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster, adding as a defendant the chief engineer of the Dali container ship.
    The site of the collapsed Key Bridge and the container ship that toppled it, The Dali, are seen from a debris retrieval vessel, The Reynolds, on April 4, 2024.
    Search for swimmer who went missing in Potomac River will continue Tuesday
    The search for a man who disappeared from a group of swimmers in the Potomac River on Sunday will continue on Tuesday, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
    Authorities on Monday continue their search for a swimmer who is presumed to have drowned in the Potomac River near Great Falls on Sunday.
    Police arrest a Silver Spring father and daughter in stabbing incident
    The father and daughter stabbed the victim inside their shared home in Burtonsville on June 4, according to court documents.
    Who will be the next Baltimore County sheriff: A union leader, deputy or Facebook campaigner?
    Three men — Clyde Boatwright, William Merrill III and Adam Schuster — are vying to become the Democratic nominee to replace Baltimore County Sheriff R. Jay Fisher, who is retiring after 24 years.
    The Baltimore County Courts building in Towson, where the sheriff's office is housed.
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