Criminal Justice

This year, before his arrest, the wide receiver and his mother, Shonda Cromer, shared details of their past with The Banner in a series of interviews.

State investigators have released body-worn camera footage from a fatal police shooting in Fort Washington Park last month.

On Friday, a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge sentenced 73-year-old Janey Sears to 15 years in prison for defrauding a Silver Spring man of more than $400,000.

Baltimore Police on Friday released body camera footage of an officer shooting and critically wounding a man after the man struck the officer with his car.

Authorities have arrested a 26-year-old man in a retaliatory shooting on Maryland’s Eastern Shore that left a 5-year-old girl dead.

A Baltimore Police officer has been charged in Harford County with raping a woman involved in a domestic violence incident whom he had driven home, officials confirmed.

An international search for a 27-year-old man wanted in Howard County for fatally stabbing an Ellicott City woman has ended after authorities apprehended him in India.

A Baltimore youth correctional officer admitted Thursday to slamming a child to the ground at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center in 2025 and then lying about it.

Thieves are using electronic devices available at a modest cost to clone car key fobs or swipe signals.

Hot spots for car theft include Silver Spring, Wheaton and Gaithersburg.

Police in Pennsylvania have identified a man who had been missing from Baltimore for 20 years, thanks to genetic investigative work done by the nonprofit organization DNA Doe Project.

Prince George's County Police said a suspect who fled a traffic stop in Bowie on Wednesday struck another vehicle, killing its driver.

Baltimore Police are investigating a suspicious death and a fatal shooting, officials said Monday.

Justin Reeves, 29, of Remington, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to malicious destruction of property by fire. He was implicated in three fires in the Hampden community.

Yaakov Reichman, 32, turned himself in to police on Monday. He is charged with involuntary manslaughter and neglect of a minor, according to court documents.

A 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and a 32-year-old woman was taken to the hospital.

Sgt. Mark Rutkowski, 51, of Canton, who’d been with the department for more than 25 years, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to theft and misconduct in office.

Keisha Hudson said she was unfairly punished by the Department of Corrections after reporting her supervisor’s discrimination against her.

Baltimore Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting at a Royal Farms gas station on August 12.

Moesha Gardener, 28, created an AI image that seemed to show a man on the couch in her North Bethesda apartment.