Criminal Justice

A Columbia man is charged with stealing two pairs of designer shoes off women’s feet outside The Mall in Columbia, according to Howard County Police.

A 72-year-old Edgewater man was arrested yesterday and charged with killing his 76-year-old girlfriend, the Anne Arundel County Police Department said.

For years, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has declined to explain publicly the circumstances leading up to Javarick Gantt’s murder.

Maryland's Attorney General announced guilty pleas and a $100,000 fine against Skyline Tower Painting and its president, holding them accountable for a 2022 tower-washing project that showered Baltimore with hazardous lead paint.

A Baltimore County judge ruled that Jason Walsh, the former CEO of ABC Capital, must pay more than $5 million to foreign investors who say he defrauded them after they agreed to buy Baltimore rental properties.

A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing.

The state won’t prosecute a Baltimore County police officer who fatally shot a Dundalk man experiencing a mental health crisis in May, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General announced.

A 19-year-old was arrested in connection with an attempted kidnapping investigation in Baltimore County last week, police said.

Moments after Luigi Mangione was handcuffed at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear.

The state on Monday said it’s taking steps to resolve a heating issue at a youth detention center in Baltimore after the system malfunctioned. But advocates described it as a “delayed response.”

Ryan Hall, 51, of Woodbine, faces between 25 and 40 years in federal prison at sentencing on March 3, 2026.

Many of Montgomery County's immigrants live in fear of ICE. Many county residents want to support them, but may not know their own legal rights when they protest or videotape arrests.

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office identified an Essex man and the Baltimore County officers who fatally shot him during a domestic incident Wednesday night.

The Baltimore Police Department is asking residents to stay alert amid an uptick in robberies of North Face and other high-end coats, including Canada Goose and Moose Knuckles.

The state corrections department is planning to imminently transfer all detainees out of the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center.

Matthew McMahon, who advocated for his daughter and her half-siblings following the murder of their mother, Rachel Morin, was arrested at his Bel Air home Tuesday and charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials.

Jonathon Wagner, 39, of North Baltimore, pleaded guilty on Thursday to vandalizing Kitchen Design by Idan in Baltimore County with costume blood.

The Maryland Attorney General’s Office is investigating after Baltimore County Police officers shot and killed an armed man while responding to a stabbing in Essex on Wednesday evening.

Prince George’s County police arrested 22-year-old Benjamin Williams in connection to a fatal shooting at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in Oxon Hill.

Baltimore County Fire Chief Joseph Dixon told staff Wednesday that an employee under investigation for alleged misconduct has been removed from the workplace and the department will “hazmat clean” all stations and offices.