Criminal Justice

Kenneth Goedeke has taught religion and worked in schools for over a decade.

Kymora Lee Sanders, 26, is charged with two misdemeanors related to abuse of a vulnerable adult and reckless endangerment after authorities say she went to lunch at Eggspectation, leaving behind a man in her care in a Toyota Sienna.

The Boyds man pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court to one count of grossly negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle and one count of homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.

William Vance Payne II, 58, the father of three young children and two adult daughters, worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg for nearly 30 years.

Eric Anderson, 81, who once led the Baltimore megachurch’s Bible college, was facing two counts of indecent assault and battery of a child for misconduct that allegedly happened nearly 50 years ago.

Anthony Lechner, 56, of Monkton, fatally stabbed his wife, Kimberly Lechner, inside their home on Maplehurst Lane on Sept. 29, 2025.

Dion Thompson, 27, of Gwynn Oak, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related crimes in the deadly shooting of Metropolitan Police Sgt. Tony Mason Jr. on Nov. 4, 2017.

Police said a 13-year-old boy was the driver of a reportedly stolen car carrying six other children that crashed into a second vehicle in Germantown, killing a man.

The state attorney general’s office released the names of a Maryland-National Capital Park Police officer and the man he shot in Fort Washington Park on July 31.

A 36-year-old motorcyclist died after being struck Monday night by a man who police say was driving while impaired.

The recent arrests of the two Baltimore academics by federal immigration enforcement officials have roiled two university systems in Maryland that have robust networks of international faculty, researchers and students.

The incident happened near University Boulevard West and Colesville Road and involved a vehicle that rolled into a tree, trapping two people.

A man who used artificial intelligence to impersonate the principal of Pikesville High School and damage his reputation admitted Tuesday to sexually exploiting five children and faces up to 30 years in federal prison.

The victims were found with gunshot wounds and transported to a hospital, where 14-year-old Kevin Warren died, according to Baltimore Police.

The 36-year-old Parkville man charged with second-degree murder for shoving a man into the Inner Harbor, where he drowned, had intervened as a “good Samaritan,” a defense attorney said Tuesday.

A 17-year-old suspected of shooting a 13-year-old in the leg at the Westfield Wheaton Mall on Friday was held without bond in court Monday and prosecutors said his gun jammed during the shooting.

A woman was fatally shot in Towson on Sunday, police said, as they continue investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting.

Police have arrested a person in connection with the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old outside a Baltimore church.

A 36-year-old Parkville man has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter for allegedly shoving a man into the Inner Harbor, where the victim drowned.

Baltimore officials are hoping that a deploying a new, state-of-the-art police tool to officers across the city will result in them reaching for their guns and shooting people less often.