Criminal Justice

Two Marylanders, Darriann Lynnelle Randle and Cedric Antoine Britten, are charged in the death of a 3-year-old girl who they initially said was kidnapped.

Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, took the witness stand Thursday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court in his own defense.

Three Baltimore Police officers who shot and killed a teenager last year will not face charges, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General said Wednesday.

Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Pamela K. Alban, over objections from Matthew Schlegel’s attorneys, has allowed dogs to sit in the witness stand with children who are testifying in the case.

Authorities on Wednesday identified a Howard County Police officer and the Columbia man he shot during a fatal encounter involving a spear this week.

For years, the state corrections department refused to explain the circumstances leading up to Javarick Gantt’s murder.

Police said they believe the man, who they have not identified, stabbed his 26-year-old brother inside a residence in the area of Carters Lane and Oakland Mills Road.

Gov. Wes Moore’s office announced Monday they’d appointment his replacement, Betsy Fox Tolentino, as acting secretary

Steven Heggie Sr., 61, of Northwest Baltimore, faces between four to six years in prison at sentencing.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Lynn Stewart Mays said the case highlights the unimaginable danger that comes with keeping a gun at home.

Federal immigration authorities are meeting behind closed doors with Howard County’s top elected leaders to discuss a dispute over detaining people in the county jail who are suspected of entering the country illegally.

U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Justin Riggs, 35, of Smithsburg, on three counts, including bribery.

A recent order from a federal district court judge in Baltimore may slow President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda in Maryland.

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty in both cases. No trial dates have been set.

Mall management and law enforcement say The Mall in Columbia is safe. Howard County Police logged fewer calls for service for shoplifting, theft and assault in 2024 than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last month, a judge threw Leitess off the case for withholding evidence favorable to the defense.

Ziyon Thompson was sentenced for taking part in a fatal kidnapping-for-ransom in 2022, when he was 21 years old.

A Maryland woman is facing charges after police in Florida said she hit a child who made fun of her weight on a flight from Orlando. 

Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, a physical education teacher at Deep Creek Middle School in Essex, is charged with third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.

Jonah Michael Poole and Kylee Alyssa Dakes, both 18, have both been charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and arson.