Criminal Justice

Harrison Brandon, 28, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to misconduct in office and received two years of probation. He was also ordered to perform 120 hours of community service.

Two youths have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old in Essex, according to Baltimore County Police.

Harold Christopher Christner died Saturday in a crash between two vehicles near Damascus, Montgomery County Police said on Tuesday.

Baltimore County Police are investigating two shootings that left three people dead in Essex on Monday, officials said.

Howard County is sending $260,000 in emergency funding to keep Grassroots Crisis Intervention, the nonprofit that answers calls, chats and texts to the national 988 suicide and crisis hotline, afloat after losing its federal funding.

Mark Reginald Melton was arrested this month for allegedly stabbing a person in the bathroom of a Silver Spring restaurant on July 10.

Mahmood Chaudhry, 66, of Owings Mills, fatally struck Gerald Pettaway Sr. on Old Road Court Road near Bedford Avenue in Pikesville on Nov. 11, 2025.

A federal judge ruled Monday that construction may continue on a planned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Elkridge, dealing a blow to Howard County leaders who attempted to halt the controversial project.

A special prosecutor dismissed charges against Del. Gabriel Acevero and Montgomery County union leader Gino Renne stemming from a physical fight between the men days before the June primary.

The officer was indicted Friday in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of making a false entry into public records and misconduct in office.

While the city is experiencing historic declines in homicides and shootings, some residents say other low-level offenses persist at unacceptable levels and erode their quality of life.

Bodycam and dashcam footage released by state officials Friday shows a Montgomery County man’s roughly 20-minute interaction with police at a bus stop in Gaithersburg that turned fatal.

Baltimore Police this week said they had arrested a suspect in a fatal stabbing near Lexington Market, and were searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting in Pigtown.

DeAngelo McRoy was convicted of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, armed carjacking and armed robbery in October in connection with the death of Delondre Sawyer.

The driver, 41-year-old Charles Glenroy Smellie Jr. of Forestville, was the sole occupant of a white BWM 330i, according to a news release from the Maryland Department of State Police.

Human rights advocates are sounding alarms over the detainment of Baltimore resident Christina Pasion in the Philippines.

Body camera footage obtained by The Banner from the incident gives a small window into how the city’s officers respond to incidents involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and how little the Police Department can do.

A West Baltimore family says their 3-year-old Shiba Inu was stolen from their front yard in broad daylight Tuesday.

Two Baltimore Police officers who fatally shot an apparently suicidal man who opened fire on them in May will not face criminal charges, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced.

A 17-year-old driver died after driving his car off the roadway and hitting a tree in Randallstown on Wednesday night, police said.