Criminal justice

A road rage incident ended in Taneytown with a fatal shooting that left a 36-year-old Westminster man dead and left three others injured.

Federal Hill turned to private security after high-profile crimes in the neighborhood left people feeling unsafe.

Distrust in police and increased scrutiny on the profession are among the reasons many are turning away from the job. Departments around the state are trying to come up with creative ways to reverse the trend.

Helen Williams, 43, of Baltimore, is at least the fourth person to die in 2024 in the custody of the city’s jail system.

Dundalk resident Anthony Edward Connolly, 19, and Westminster residents Evan Michael Barnette, 19, and Jonathan Daniel Colon, 19, are facing misdemeanor charges for second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and other counts related to property destruction and possession of a replica gun.

Charlene Bowie’s Bible has a bullet lodged in Jeremiah, right between chapters 29 and 30.

Hoau-Yan Wang is accused of fabricating aspects of his research on a drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease when applying for federal grants, including making false or misleading statements to “enrich himself.”

The alleged victim told police that Johnson, 40, overheard her on the phone talking about a boy and became enraged, assaulting her throughout the night, including punching her, strangling her until she lost consciousness and raping her.

Anne Arundel County Police chief Amal Awad and U.S. Park Police Chief Jessica Taylor said during a press conference that the chase started at about 12:15 p.m. in southern Anne Arundel County when officers spotted a white BMW suspected of being involved in more than 40 armed robberies in the region this year.

The state is requiring new training as companies increasingly turn to use of private security guards to fight crime as fewer people become police officers.

Maryland District Court Judge Marsha Russell declined to release Laury, who will await trial in the Baltimore County Detention Center. Russell deemed Laury a threat to the public based on the charges and the alleged sexual contact with a minor.

Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 23, is charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping. He’s being held without bail in the Harford County Detention Center.

Police said they believe the shooting was accidental, and they do not believe that anyone outside of the home was involved nor did they find “any indications of foul play.”

Anthony Jacob Fritz, 38, was arrested on Friday, June 28. He was released that same day on a $10,000 bond, according to court records.

Wesley Lyons, 35, was taken into custody after he was located hiding out in an Anne Arundel County hotel room.

Baltimore City school teacher Lewis M. Laury Jr., 24, was arrested in connection with the case of a 12-year-old Pikesville girl who went missing for a week.

The circumstances surrounding the deaths of Parkville’s Maxine Redfern and Arnel Redfern were considered by the attorney general for intentional use of excessive force, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter.

In 1999, Jones was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder — a crime he maintains that he did not commit — and sentenced to life in prison. But an administrative law judge later ruled that he ineligible for compensation and benefits because the crime was a misdemeanor, not a felony, at the time in Maryland.

Police said a 15-year-old boy who was shot in East Baltimore on Sunday afternoon was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening wounds.

Authorities say Anthony Jacob Fritz, 38, faces two charges after he allegedly threatened to blow up an MVA building where he worked in Hagerstown. The state fire marshal's office says it found 26 guns and dozens of boxes of ammo during a search of his home.