Criminal justice

The Maryland state prosecutor, Charlton T. Howard III, alleges that Anne Arundel County Register of Wills Erica Griswold cashed a $6,645 check intended for her office and hasn't repaid the state. She could not be reached for comment.

Christopher Michael Wright, a 43-year-old father of three, was fatally beaten after refusing a request to produce his teenaged son to continue a school fight earlier in the day, according to police. The uncle of the other boy involved in the school fight pleaded guilty to manslaughter and fighting in public in Wright’s death.

A Howard County private school employee who was charged with sexual abuse of a minor now faces similar charges in Baltimore County related to incidents that were first investigated in 2021, court records show.

Marilyn Mosby, who served two terms as Baltimore state’s attorney from 2015-2023, is standing trial in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on two counts of making a false statement on a loan application.

Brian Delen is accused of shooting Meghan Lewis in December.

Homicide detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department arrested the man accused of fatally stabbing a logistics center employee last week.

Alan Geslicki, 32, has been charged with first-degree murder.

Mosby’s now ex-husband, Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, a Democrat who’s running for reelection this year, had arrived earlier on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt. He’s on the list of potential witnesses.

Police said the boy was stabbed by his mother’s boyfriend.

Mayor Brandon Scott said he was “devastated” by the killing.

Assistant U.S Attorney Sean Delaney said the government could soon rest its case against Mosby, 44, a Democrat who served as Baltimore state’s attorney from 2015-2023.

A three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals found Anne Arundel County could require gun dealers to distribute suicide prevention and conflict resolution literature. A gun rights group intends to appeal.

Supervisors at all levels failed to enforce overtime policies, according to a state audit.

In her opening statement, Assistant Federal Public Defender Sedira Banan, one of Mosby’s attorneys, said her client relied upon loved ones and professionals, acted in good faith and committed no crime.

Emergency responders were on scene Monday morning to pull a person out of the water near Pier IV.

Members of the Glenelg High School community in Western Howard County are remembering the warmth and kindness of Braiden and Hailey Zanski, who police say were fatally shot on Jan. 14 by their father, who killed himself.

Police say a 64-year-old woman died after being struck by a vehicle in the predawn hours Sunday in the 3500 block of Reisterstown Road in Northwest Baltimore. The driver fled the scene, authorities say.

Police said a woman was using the pedestrian crosswalk near Baltimore National Pike and Ridge Road when she was struck by a Nissan Altima that continued on.

A blaze Saturday morning in the 4700 block of Old York Road in Baltimore City left two people dead, including a victim who had jumped from a second-floor window to escape the fire.

No arrests were immediately made in either shooting, and police said the investigations were ongoing.