Criminal Justice

    Charges dropped against 3 Baltimore County Police officers accused of failing to intervene
    In a statement, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said his office was “truly saddened that we could not secure justice in this case.”
    A Baltimore County sign hangs in a hallway of the Old Courthouse on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024 in Towson, MD.
    Jury deliberations start in attempted first-degree murder trial of David Linthicum
    Both sides are expected on Wednesday to deliver their closing arguments in the trial after Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, elected to not testify in his own defense.
    A SWAT team investigates a house on Warren Rd near Loch Raven Reservoir during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
    Resentencing for Lee Malvo postponed in Maryland after Virginia says he can’t attend in person
    Malvo, who was 17 years old at the time of the shootings, was convicted of multiple counts of murder in Virginia and Maryland and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He has been serving his sentence in Virginia.
    Sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo Montgomery County homicide
    Woman sentenced to 18 years in neo-Nazi power grid attack plot
    Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested in February 2023 after corresponding for months with a government source to plot the attack.
    Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested by federal authorities on charges that she plotted to destroy energy facilities in the Baltimore area.
    Gavin Knupp’s mother reaches agreement with prosecutors on foundation embezzlement charges
    Tiffany Knupp will serve a year of unsupervised probation, pay $6,500 restitution and resign from the foundation.
    Gavin Knupp's mother, Tiffany Knupp, fixes and adds things to his memorial on the side of the service road where the hit-and-run took place last summer.
    Harford County school employees charged with failure to report rape allegation
    Two Harford County school employees were arrested and charged with failing to report a rape allegation after a student told school staff they were assaulted, the Aberdeen Police Department said.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    FBI agents board boat managed by company overseeing the cargo ship that collapsed Key Bridge
    In statements Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland confirmed authorities have boarded the Maersk Saltoro.
    A boat passes by the Dali, which is now docked at the Port of Baltimore, on May 24, 2024.
    Joppatowne High School cancels classes in honor of student killed in shooting
    The funeral was just days after the suspect in the shooting, a 16-year-old classmate, was indicted by a grand jury.
    Law enforcement and emergency personnel gather near Joppatowne High School in Harford County, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. An on-campus fight led to one person being injured, officials said.
    New state prison watchdog is ‘full steam ahead’ after governor appoints agency head
    Gov. Wes Moore appointed Yvonne Briley-Wilson as the head of the new state agency that will examine prison conditions.
    A satellite image of Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup in Anne Arundel County.
    Georgia man arrested at BWI on felony child molestation charges
    Daniel Coronado, 54, of Alpharetta, Georgia, was arrested at BWI after arriving on a flight from Cancun, Mexico, CBP officials said.
    A Customs and Border Patrol agent in an airport.
    Officer recounts shooting during David Linthicum’s trial: ‘It was a bad nightmare’
    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.
    Baltimore County Officer Jonathan Chih testified for almost three hours on Thursday during the trial of David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, who’s standing trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court on five counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.
    Baltimore County Police corporal acquitted on assault, use of force charges
    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.
    6/16/22—Exterior of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Baltimore County Police officers testify they wanted to help. Then David Linthicum opened fire.
    Baltimore County Police officers testified about what happened when they responded to a call for a man with a gun threatening to kill himself.
    Exterior of the Cockeysville home on February 9, 2023.
    Dali ‘jury-rigged’ and unseaworthy when it slammed into Key Bridge, feds say
    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.
    The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
    Child fatally struck by truck in parking lot was tragic accident, Annapolis Police say
    A 2-year-old boy was fatally struck Tuesday afternoon in an Eastport apartment complex parking lot.
    An Annapolis Police cruiser is seen on West St. during the Annapolis Pride Parade and Festival on June 1, 2024.
    Jurors see videos of 2 Baltimore County officers shot as David Linthicum trial begins
    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.
    A Maryland State Police trooper directs traffic as the SWAT team conducts their search of a house on Warren Rd. during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
    Leaders of cult formed in Maryland convicted of forcing children to work 16-hour payless days
    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 U.S. Justice Department flag flies outside the department's main headquarters in Washington, D.C.
    Gang hit man gets 45 years in killings of 3 innocent victims, 10 other shootings
    The Black Guerrilla Family hit man had been involved in the killings of not one, not two, but three people.
    Samantha Boyd Lide displays tattoo remembering sister Chanette Neal
    Maryland among elections offices targeted by suspicious packages
    The U.S. Postal Service intercepted a suspicious package intended for the Maryland State Board of Elections office, according to officials.
    "I Voted" stickers are lined up for voters after they cast their ballots at the early voting location at White Oak Community Recreation Center.
    Community rallies around hospitalized Rodgers Forge man after shooting, attempted robbery
    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 man was shot and wounded Friday morning in the 400 block of Dunkirk Road in Rodgers Forge.
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