Criminal Justice

    Second prisoner death at Western Maryland facility this month under investigation
    State police are investigating the second prisoner death at the North Branch Correctional Institution this month.
    North Branch Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers concerned after he’s moved to Pennsylvania detention facility
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in the national fight over immigration enforcement, was moved from a Virginia detention center to one in rural Pennsylvania.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been transferred from a detention center in Virginia to one in Philipsburg, Pa., after his lawyers said they had difficulty accessing their client.
    Baltimore Police investigate 2 unrelated deaths, stabbing that left man dead
    Baltimore Police are investigating the deaths of two unidentified males found in different neighborhoods Thursday and a stabbing that left a man dead.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Baltimore County Police solve 44-year-old Lochearn murder
    Baltimore County Police have identified 75-year-old Alan Bass as the man who killed 59-year-old Samuel Allen in his Lochlearn home more than four decades ago.
    A poster of Lochlearn resident Samuel Allen, who was murdered in 1981.
    Baltimore man was exonerated after 20 years behind bars. But did he fool prosecutors?
    Exonerated of the crime, Melvin Thomas, now 45, collected $1.6 million in wrongful conviction compensation from the state in 2021. But he wanted the city to pay, too, and filed a lawsuit against the police department and officers involved with the case.
    Baltimore man found not guilty of rape in case initially upended by delays
    Derwin Cox, of Upper Fells Point, was found not guilty on Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court of second-degree rape, third- and fourth-degree sex offense, home invasion and related offenses.
    Derwin Cox, 51, of Upper Fells Point, was found not guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of second-degree rape, third- and fourth-degree sex offense, home invasion and related offenses at the end of two-day trial.
    Police respond to man who barricaded himself at Comfort Inn in Towson
    Baltimore County police responded early Wednesday afternoon to a man who had barricaded himself inside a room at the Comfort Inn in Towson to avoid being arrested.
    Baltimore County Police warned the community Wednesday afternoon that their presence was heavy on the 8800 block of Loch Raven Boulevard, in response to a barricade situation at the Towson Comfort Inn.
    Ex-Randallstown High School teacher gets 20 years for sexually abusing student
    Former Randallstown High School teacher Carlos Arroyo was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of sexual abuse of a minor and related crimes.
    The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
    Judge scolds Justice Department over public statements in Luigi Mangione murder case
    At least two senior Justice Department officials likely broke court rules governing the conduct of prosecutors by reposting comments President Donald Trump made about Luigi Mangione, the man accused of assassinating the CEO at UnitedHealthcare.
    Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan state court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)
    Shooter dead after killing at least 1, injuring others at a Dallas ICE facility
    Three people have been shot at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency’s director said.
    Law enforcement gather at a staging area close to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office after a reported shooting, in Dallas on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
    Trump pressured Virginia’s top federal prosecutor to resign. Could Maryland’s be next?
    Maryland U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes is facing Trump pressure as his allies push prosecutions of political foes. Will she be next to face the test?
    U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes.
    Baltimore officers who killed 26-year-old in May shootout will not be charged, AG says
    Baltimore Police officers who shot a 26-year-old man and killed him May 12 will not be charged, the Maryland Attorney General’s Office said Monday.
    A still image from Detective Enger Jimenez's body cam footage released on Thursday, May 22, 2025, by the Baltimore Police Department, showing officers chased a 26-year-old man down the 4600 block of York Road earlier this month.
    Teenager accused in Rodgers Forge shooting to be tried as an adult, judge rules
    The teenager accused of shooting a Towson man during an armed robbery in an alley of Rodgers Forge last year will have his case tried in adult court, a judge ruled Friday.
    An alley is seen behind the 400-block of Dunkirk Road in Rodgers Forge. Two teens are being charged as adults for attempted first-degree murder, assault and related gun charges in an attack on neighborhood resident Mark McKenzie.
    Luigi Mangione’s lawyers want death penalty off the table in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case
    Luigi Mangione’s lawyers urged a judge to bar federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO.
    Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan state court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)
    Federal jury convicts Baltimore MS-13 gang members in killings
    They and other gang members took part in a grisly string of violence over three months in 2020 that left two young women dead.
    A federal jury returned racketeering and murder convictions against three members of the MS-13 gang in Baltimore.
    Howard County police detain person after fatal stabbing in Ellicott City
    Howard County police on Thursday detained a person following the fatal stabbing of a woman in Ellicott City
    A Howard County Police Department patch seen on an officer’s uniform during a Federal Workers Career Fair hosted at Howard Community College in Columbia, Md. on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
    Prisoner charged with stabbing 2 correctional officers had earlier killed cellmate
    More than two years ago, Daniel Myers, who was behind bars on an assault conviction, stabbed to death 27-year-old Nicholas Delfosse after warning a prison official that he would kill anyone they put in his cell at Jessup Correctional Institution.
    North Branch Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland.
    Confidential settlement reached in civil case among Rachel Morin’s family members
    The family of Rachel Morin, the Bel Air mother of five whose murder drew national attention, saw a lawsuit over fundraiser money dismissed Thursday.
    The body of a woman found on a popular Maryland hiking trail has been formally identified as 37-year-old mother-of-five Rachel Morin.
    Harvard grad living in Maryland charged in $4M Ponzi scheme targeting fellow alums
    A Harvard Business School graduate was arrested on fraud charges alleging he swindled fellow alumni out of over $4 million in a Ponzi scheme, even assuring one investor they would soon “brag” about their “crazy gains” at the school’s reunion.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Prosecutor says stalking suspect ambushed Pennsylvania police officers, killing 3
    The man who fatally shot three Pennsylvania officers and injured two before he was killed by police has been identified as 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth.
    A memorial for police officers killed in a shooting is shown outside the Northern York County Regional Police Department, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 in York, Pa. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
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