Criminal Justice

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.

The detention center in downtown Baltimore houses children who have been charged as adults and are awaiting criminal trials.

The proceedings in Luigi Mangione’s case started Monday and could extend to next week. Thursday marks the anniversary of last year’s killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.

Three delivery drivers have been carjacked in the Guilford neighborhood of North Baltimore over the past two weeks.

The death of a man shot in Silver Spring in June is now ruled a homicide.

Evan Laurence Morrison, 18, who was affiliated with the Wheaton Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Bethesda Fire Department since 2023, uploaded child sexual abuse materials to his Discord account.

A man was killed Wednesday in a targeted shooting at the food court at MGM National Harbor hotel and casino in Oxon Hill.

Criminal justice reform advocates say the long stretches of forced solitude in Maryland are known to cause mental health issues and equate the conditions to torture.

Montgomery County Sheriff Maxwell Uy has lost key endorsements in his reelection bid, including that of county State’s Attorney John McCarthy.

An 18-year-old man who works as a volunteer firefighter/EMT was charged with 10 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, Montgomery County police said Tuesday.

A Baltimore County Fire Department employee is under investigation for misconduct, officials say.

Gregory Turnipseed, a 14-year veteran of the city transportation department, died last week about a month after trying to intervene in an argument over a parking spot in downtown Baltimore.

The man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House pleaded not guilty Tuesday, appearing before a judge by video from a hospital bed.