Criminal justice

After three people were shot and two were stabbed at a chaotic Cinco de Mayo celebration in Laurel late Tuesday, police said they had charged a man with the stabbing and were searching for another man in the shooting.

Dwight Rust Jr. who is accused of killing his wife, Michelle Rust, in a 24-year-old Baltimore County cold case, can be released on home detention while he is awaiting trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.

A 37-year-old man driving a dirt bike died after crashing with an SUV near Hanlon Park in West Baltimore on Tuesday evening.

A Baltimore County judge sentenced the teenage getaway driver in the Rodgers Forge shooting that severely injured a beloved youth soccer coach to 25 years in prison.

Baltimore’s spending board Wednesday approved a no-bid, $153 million contract for AI-enabled body cameras, Tasers and data management software for the police department.

Yalanda Ward, of Southwest Baltimore, entered an Alford plea in Baltimore County Circuit Court to conspiracy to commit theft for her role in the Loving Care Pet Cremations scam.

A man and a teen are facing charges in connection with an armed carjacking in the parking lot of the Towson Town Center, Baltimore County Police said Tuesday.

A Pasadena woman is charged with embezzling nearly $250,000 from a youth sports club she served as treasurer, allegedly using the money for personal expenses including bills, shopping and Disney tickets.

Melachi Brown, 23, of Gwynn Oak, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to driving with a revoked license and admitted to violating his probation.

A Gaithersburg man pleaded guilty to selling a 15-year-old girl the fentanyl she later overdosed on, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

Charging documents say that Mark Thomas Ryan was angry after his wife obtained a temporary protective order against him.

Baltimore County Police on Sunday charged a 41-year-old man after the fatal shooting of his father-in-law in his quiet neighborhood in Phoenix, officers said.

Two Baltimore residents were arrested at Washington’s Dulles International Airport last month when federal officers say they tried to board a London-bound flight with more than 50 pounds of marijuana packed in their luggage.

Police said Friday they have identified a body found inside a van pulled from the Inner Harbor last summer.

A 34-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abducting a Cockeysville Middle School student Thursday morning before dropping her off at school, police said.

Federal prosecutors accuse Matthew Bathula, a longtime pharmacist at the University of Maryland hospital in downtown Baltimore, of hacking hospital computers to spy on doctors, nurses and medical students.

A teen arrested in connection with a Wednesday shooting at James Hubert Blake High School aimed a handgun at a school security officer who had commanded him to drop the weapon, according to court records.

After raising alarms last week, Towson roommates Devin Kaestner and Chloe White say one of the “Peeping Toms” returned Monday night, captured on Ring cameras. Baltimore County Police have not made an arrest.

Brady Ebert, 33, of Silver Spring, is accused of intentionally hitting William Yates, the father of Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates, with a 2001 Buick LeSabre on March 29.

The four homicides recorded in April represent the fewest killings in a month in the city since 1970, when police began tracking monthly crime statistics.