Criminal Justice

    16-year-old boy killed in Baltimore County shooting
    A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in Arbutus on Sunday, Baltimore County Police said.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    A decade after Freddie Gray’s death, Baltimore police still work to gain trust
    In the decade since Gray’s arrest, Baltimore insists there has been a transformation in policing, but some residents aren’t so sure.
    From left, officers Rashad Hamond, Terrell Taylor, and Steve Tandy on a "community walk" with community members in the Forest Park neighborhood.
    10 years after Palak Patel’s killing, her husband remains on FBI’s Most Wanted List
    Anne Arundel Police and FBI officials asked for the public's help in locating Bhadreshkumar Patel, charged with fatally stabbing his wife, Palak Patel, at the Dunkin' Donuts in Hanover where they worked in 2015.
    From left: Anne Arundel County Police Chief Amal E. Awad, William J. DelBagno, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Baltimore Field Office, FBI Special Agent Jonathan D. Shaffer and homicide detective Vincent Carbonaro. Law enforcement officials gathered Friday to discuss the 10-year search for the suspect in Palak Patel's killing in Hanover.
    Man accused of killing Rachel Morin left his DNA on her body, expert testifies
    The prosecution rested its case against Victor Martinez-Hernandez who’s standing trial on charges of first-degree murder and related offenses in the killing of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, on Aug. 5, 2023.
    Law enforcement agents escort Victor Martinez Hernadez from an airplane at Martin State Airport after his extradition from Oklahoma, June 20, 2024.
    State’s maximum-security psychiatric hospital gets failure warning
    Clifton T. Perkins, the state-run maximum security hospital for those charged with crimes, was warned to improve or risk losing its accreditation.
    The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Md. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
    Baltimore mayor sees a changed city 10 years after death of Freddie Gray
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott recalls the tragic, police-involved death of Freddie Gray nearly 10 years ago.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks with Dr. Benjamin Chavis, president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association/Black Press of America, during The Baltimore Uprising: 10 Years Later panel on Friday at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture.
    COMMENTARY: I left Baltimore after Freddie Gray. This is why I still have hope for the city.
    We owe Freddie Gray more than memorials. We owe him progress, Kwame Rose writes.
    Commentary: Freddie Gray’s tragic death exposed inequities, sparked change
    The senior center at Pastor Donté Hickman's church was set ablaze after Freddie Gray’s death, but he says the young man's lost life became a seed that started to germinate into a harvest.
    Man charged in 2020 cold case killing of pregnant woman and her baby in Columbia
    Nearly five years after Rabiah Ahmad was shot and killed in Howard County, police have arrested a suspect.
    How family members helped detectives capture man charged in Rachel Morin’s death
    Jose and Tania Hernandez, Victor Martinez-Hernandez’s cousins, testified against him as he continues to stand trial on charges, including first-degree murder in the killing of Rachel Morin, 37, a mother of five, on Aug. 5, 2023, on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.
    Law enforcement agents escort Victor Martinez-Hernandez into a Harford County Police car at Martin State Airport after his extradition from Oklahoma on June 20, 2024.
    From Wawa to the woods: Rachel Morin’s final hour traced through technology and witnesses
    Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was killed on Aug. 5, 2023.
    The loved ones of Rachel Morin taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail where she was found dead.
    Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
    Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
    A video captures Westminster woman arrested by ICE agents on her way to work.
    Ex-priest accused of sex abuse in Baltimore County indicted on 15 charges
    William Mannion Jr., known as “Father Bill,” now faces 15 felony counts.
    “Father Bill” is alleged to have abused a boy while he was in grades two through four in the early ’90s.
    Man who brought gun to Justice Kavanaugh’s Maryland home pleads guilty to attempted murder
    A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
    CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists with Our Rights DC march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Over the last couple months, abortion rights activists have staged protests against the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased federal protection to abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
    Howard County bus aide hit two nonverbal students, police say
    Albert William Rice Jr. was arrested and charged last week with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of fourth-degree sex offense.
    Albert William Rice Jr., a Laurel resident, has been charged with assaulting two students when he was a bus aide for the Linwood Center.
    Witnesses testify at murder trial about discovering Rachel Morin’s body: ‘She’s in the tunnel’
    Prosecutors continued presenting their case against Victor Martinez-Hernandez, who’s standing trial on charges of first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense, and kidnapping.
    Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was killed on Aug. 5, 2023, while exercising on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.
    Former student sues Baltimore Talmudical Academy, alleging rabbi sexually abused him
    A man who attended the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore is suing the school, alleging that he was sexually molested in the 1970s by a rabbi.
    Ex-detention center employee, charged with sexually abusing boys, eligible for home detention
    The former staff member at a state-run juvenile detention center accused of sexually abusing six boys was ruled eligible for home detention.
    Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, run by the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.
    Man arrested in connection to deadly shooting at Annapolis school bus stop
    Following the shooting, residents of the close-knit community raised concerns in a meeting with public officials.
    Annapolis Chief of Police Edward Jackson removes his cap during a listening session at First Baptist Church in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.
    Baltimore Beltway crash after traffic stop leaves three dead, police say
    A Baltimore County car crash left three people dead Saturday night.
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