Criminal Justice

For almost three hours on Thursday, Baltimore County Police Officer Jonathan Chih recalled what unfolded on Warren Road the night of Feb. 9, 2023. At times, he choked up on the witness stand.

Circuit Judge Paul E. Alpert issued his decision at the end of a seven-day bench trial for Cpl. Zachary Small, a 20-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department.

Baltimore County Police officers testified about what happened when they responded to a call for a man with a gun threatening to kill himself.

The U.S. Justice Department accused the operators of Dali, the container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, of negligence and mismanagement.

A 2-year-old boy was fatally struck Tuesday afternoon in an Eastport apartment complex parking lot.

Prosecutors argue that Linthicum tried to kill the very people who were there to help him. But his defense attorneys contend that he was experiencing a mental health crisis — and police botched the response.

Jenkins, who grew up in Eastern Maryland died in 2021, had been a member of the Nation of Islam until 1978, when he founded the separate United Nation of Islam.

The Black Guerrilla Family hit man had been involved in the killings of not one, not two, but three people.

The U.S. Postal Service intercepted a suspicious package intended for the Maryland State Board of Elections office, according to officials.

Since a Rodgers Forge man was shot outside his home during an attempted robbery Friday, an online fundraising campaign has raised more than $95,000.

A request to close the border by two moms — whose daughters were killed by immigrants, according to authorities — perpetuates a harmful myth of “migrant crime waves,” says one immigration lawyer.

One unidentified male is dead after being shot multiple times in South Baltimore, police said Monday night.

David Linthicum, of Cockeysville, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with five counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.

A man was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 700 block of Aliceanna Street.

Investigators were called to a parking lot about a man suffering from a gunshot wound.

Cpl. Zachary Small testified at his trial in Baltimore Circuit Court that he neither harbored any hatred toward Justin Russell nor intended to hurt him.

During a second bail hearing for Matthew Schlegel, prosecutors played video interviews with each of the eight students who accused the former teacher of abuse.

Over 150 NAACP Maryland members signed a letter asking for the suspension of four members of the Maryland State Conference alleging financial concerns, bullying.

Frederick Douglass Moorefield, Jr. admitted to operating under the kennel name “Geehad Kennels” and used his home in Arnold for dogfighting for over 20 years.

A video posted on social media showed Isabella Giordano, 20, of Towson, using red spray paint to write “Gaza” on a fountain in front of Union Station.