Criminal Justice

Authorities in Pennsylvania arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a 62-year-old man in Dundalk this week, the Baltimore County Police Department said.

Bryan Cherry, 38, of Middle River, pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Iona Sellers, 75, and Autumn Harvey, 29, in their home on July 6, 2024.

Sydnie Haywood, 34, of Pikesville, pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to nine counts of fourth-degree sexual offense.

Shayan Solimani Damabi, who was wanted in a Rockville homicide, was arrested after leaving a Gaithersburg motel on Thursday, Montgomery County Police said.

Investigators believe the mass shooting in Baltimore Wednesday night is connected to an ongoing gang dispute, law enforcement sources told The Banner.

Prosecutors on Friday dropped all charges against a Baltimore Police officer who had been accused of pulling a shotgun on a woman at his home during a night of drinking.

An armed robbery inside a bathroom at Northwest High School led to the arrest of three teens on Thursday, Montgomery County Police said.

Baltimore Police were searching Thursday for the shooters who opened fire at a busy East Baltimore intersection and injured seven people, including a 3-year-old boy.

Rideshare driver Abdoulaye Dia, of Lanham, was arrested Wednesday in an alleged rape and kidnapping of a teen girl, Montgomery County Police said.

Silver Spring resident Jesica Argueta was sentenced to a year in prison for crashing her sports car at twice the speed limit into an SUV in a 2025 collision that killed an 85-year-old woman.

U.S. Magistrate Judge J. Mark Coulson ordered George Robinson, whom prosecutors allege led a $25 million drug-trafficking conspiracy, to remain detained pending trial.

An Upper Marlboro man was ordered to serve eight years in federal prison and pay more than $20 million in restitution for his role in a money laundering scheme, officials said.

Montgomery County Police on Wednesday identified Solimani Damabi of Gaithersburg as the man who allegedly fatally shot another man early Sunday outside a Rockville restaurant after they had a confrontation inside the business.

An Anne Arundel County judge ordered Cedric Dion Callaway, 51, to serve 40 years in prison for killing his wife.

The Banner obtained audio of Layne Lundeen’s first court hearing after he was charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct following an American Airlines flight diversion to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Lundeen told a district court commissioner that he had no recollection of the alleged assault.

A woman escaped an attempted kidnapping on July 4 by jumping from a moving vehicle in Rockville, Montgomery County Police said on Tuesday while they released a composite sketch of the suspect.

Baltimore County Police responded to the 8700 block of Mylander Lane around 11:10 a.m., where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.

Nicholas Njuki, of Gaithersburg, was fatally shot after an argument with an unknown male suspect early Sunday morning at Quincy’s Potomac Bar and Grille in Rockville, Montgomery County Police said.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Ralph Sapia at a bench trial convicted Oluwajomiloju “JJ” Sekiteri, 21, of Owings Mills, of criminally negligent manslaughter by vehicle and related crimes.