Criminal Justice

Xavier Dove, a member of the Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Company in Randallstown, was arrested and charged with four sex crimes Friday.

The man Secret Service officers shot and killed Saturday near the White House was a Baltimore County resident who struggled with mental health and had shut out those closest to him in recent months, according to friends and court records.

COLUMN | Harry Dunn says he didn’t sue to block Donald Trump’s Anti-Weaponization Fund to help his campaign for Congress. In a district hurt hard by the president’s audacity of greed, it sure should.

Detectives from the Woodlawn Precinct have arrested and charged 26-year-old Xavier Dove in connection with an ongoing sexual assault investigation.

After Alexandra MacMeekin Ryan sought a protective order against her husband following allegations of domestic violence, authorities say her father, prominent Timonium attorney Robert MacMeekin, was fatally shot while trying to protect his daughter and grandchildren.

Emmetson Zeah, 19, of Columbia, was found guilty in Howard County Circuit Court of two counts of first-degree murder in the shootings of Michael Robertson and Blake McCray on Feb. 22, 2025.

Baltimore Police on Friday released body camera footage from last week’s fatal police shooting. The video showed a man running toward and shooting at officers before police returned fire.

Charles Joseph Ali, of Rockville, was arrested for allegedly throwing a keg through Georgetown Cupcake’s front window earlier this week, D.C. police said on Thursday.

A Navy veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor on Thursday after she approached Baltimore Police officers with a knife before they shot her during a mental crisis in January.

The U.S. Department of Justice this week announced the creation of a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund," and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche did not rule out that those who attacked police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, would be eligible for compensation.

Baltimore County Police said Thursday that Sean Vanlandingham, 22, died Sunday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police believe he shot and killed 21-year-old Kaylie Logston two days earlier.

Colin Wolf, 32, was found unresponsive in his cell at Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday.

An Annapolis man who owns a Stevensville cheerleading academy has been charged with rape and child sex abuse after Maryland State Police say he sexually abused a 9-year-old girl at the gym he owned.

A 12-year-old boy was arrested in connection with the assault on a 13-year-old girl, police said.

Baltimore County Police have arrested and charged three juveniles in the attack on another minor in Owings Mills on Monday.

The joint trial for “Real Housewives of Potomac” stars Eddie and Wendy Osefo will take place Jan. 25-29, 2027, in Carroll County.

A federal judge said he would not delay the civil case against the companies that own and operate the container ship that toppled the Francis Scott Key Bridge, finding Wednesday that new criminal charges don’t justify halting a long-awaited June 1 trial.

The Maryland correctional officers union is criticizing plans to deal with staffing shortages by giving incarcerated people unsupervised recreation time, saying the move would place both prisoners and officers in danger.

An Annapolis man was charged with animal cruelty, reckless endangerment and other related charges after police say he shot a leashed dog in the head.

Dennis Jutras, a longtime city schools employee, allegedly tried to meet up with an officer posing as a high schooler.