Criminal Justice

Baltimore police officers shot and killed a man following a pursuit in the Upton neighborhood Wednesday night, the department said.

A federal investigation has led to the takedown of 17 people allegedly involved in a nationwide marijuana trafficking organization that laundered its proceeds through China.

The court deferred to a decision made by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in January. That decision stated that the county law was in-bounds and required the shop owners to continue handing out pamphlets.

Tensions had escalated between neighbors in the Oliver community and the bikers who rode in to the old brick warehouse.

One of Maryland’s biggest unions has been sounding the alarm on state-run prisons. Is anyone listening?

Baltimore County detectives arrested a 15-year-old on Wednesday in the nonfatal shooting of a 50-year-old Rodgers Forge man on Sept. 13.

The incident has triggered the latest discussion of the state’s youth legal system, a seemingly perpetual cycle of frustration and finger pointing.

Authorities allege that a group of 14 men ran a street-level drug ring out of the Obery Court townhouse complex in Annapolis, less than a mile from the Maryland State House.

The two men are accused of carrying out a string of contract shootings and killings across Baltimore over a bloody eight-month period.

Following the string of shootings during homecoming celebrations in recent years, campus police departments are implementing additional security measures and protocols.

Gov. Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services will cancel millions of unpaid parole debts for more than 6,700 people.

“We do not believe this was a random act,” Jackson said. “We are confident we’ve got the right person.”

Harford County Circuit Judge Yolanda L. Curtin on Friday granted a request from Victor Martinez-Hernandez’s attorneys to postpone his trial until April 1, 2025. Martinez-Hernandez is charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.

Baltimore County Police obtained an arrest warrant for the teen accused of shooting the Rodgers Forge resident Sept. 13.

Jewel Crowder, 41, of Baltimore, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of voluntary manslaughter, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence and reckless endangerment.

In Baltimore County, people who show signs of mental illness are being criminally charged for repeatedly calling 911 and crisis hotlines.

The increase follows a Baltimore Banner investigation published July 8 that found hazmat truckers have illegally been using the city’s tunnels after the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The agency will also rework testing requirements following a two-year investigation by the federal government into hiring practices.

Howard County Police said in a news release that the department is partnering with the U.S. Marshals Service to look for a 17-year-old male suspect in a fatal shooting at Columbia's mall in July. The suspect has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of another 17-year-old.

Earl Lee, 28, of Mid-Govans, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related crimes. “I know I did not kill that man,” he told Circuit Judge Kendra Y. Ausby at his sentencing.