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    Baltimore Police arrest 5, including 3 boys, in armed carjacking of woman
    Baltimore City Police over the weekend arrested five people, including a 9-year-old boy, stemming from a carjacking in which a woman was dragged from her car at a stop sign, authorities said.
    Intersection of Meteor Court and Cloister Road, with Hillendale Recreation center directly across the street, on Dec. 23, 2024.
    Baltimore County man arrested for AK-47, ‘Glock switch,’ police say
    Baltimore County Police on Monday said they arrested a man in possession of what they described as an AK-47 rifle near the site of a recent shooting in Towson that has heightened vigilance by law enforcement officials.
    Adnan Syed and mother Shamim Syed  speak to the press after the Maryland Supreme Court hearing on Thursday to hear oral argument in the Adnan Syed case.
    While he fights to prove his innocence, Adnan Syed files motion to reduce sentence
    Syed, now 43, is awaiting a new hearing on a motion to throw out his conviction in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School.
    The ACLU is further scrutinizing records from the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center’s inpatient mental health unit, which became notorious in recent years for what the advocacy groups described as “extremely harsh living conditions.”
    Maryland must turn over contested Baltimore jail records, loses medical monitor fight
    Maryland has spent nearly half a million dollars on a private law firm to try and exit a decades-old lawsuit. So far, it has little to show for it.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 23:  Luigi Mangione arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. Mangione, 26, is set to appear for his arraignment on state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street on December 4.
    Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to state murder charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
    The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare has pleaded not guilty to murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution.

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    Luigi Nicholas Mangione arrives at the Blair County Courthouse, in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.
    Luigi Mangione update: What’s next for man charged in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
    Luigi Mangione is now in a federal jail in New York, facing charges that could bring the death penalty.
    Exterior of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.
    Ellicott City woman embezzled $1M, used funds for Taylor Swift tickets, luxury items
    An Ellicott City woman pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling more than $1 million from a real estate agency and using the funds to pay for vacations, Taylor Swift tickets and more, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.
    Baltimore City Central Booking and Intake Center.
    These doctors defended Alabama and Louisiana prisons. Maryland wants them in Baltimore.
    The plaintiffs challenging Baltimore jail health care, led by the ACLU’s National Prison Project, have nominated three of their own selections to become medical monitor.
    The 2023 shooting spurred outrage and reignited long–voiced concerns about the overall safety of the shopping center.
    Lawsuit filed in fatal Edmondson Village Shopping Center shooting
    Deanta Dorsey was an Edmondson-Westside High School sophomore when he was killed in the shooting.
    Carolyn Scruggs, secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, speaks during a meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
    Lawmakers demand answers from corrections secretary for halting sex offender check-ins
    The state’s probation agents have not conducted home visits, including with registered sex offenders, since May, after the corrections department secretary suspended the check-ins for safety reasons.

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    Luigi Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, arrives at a heliport with members of the NYPD on Thursday in New York City.
    Luigi Mangione in same NY prison as Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after new federal charges
    Luigi Mangione, who’s accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, waived extradition from Pennsylvania to New York to face charges including first-degree murder.
    Peter Thomas, 64, now of Miami, a restaurateur and former reality TV star who appeared on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina, to one count of failure to pay over trust fund taxes.
    Peter Thomas sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in tax case
    Peter Thomas, formerly of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Bar One in Baltimore, will serve 18 months in prison for failing to pay the government more than $2.5 million in employment taxes.
    Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates speaks to reporters after sentencing for Gordon Staron, who was convicted of killing a random homeless man in East Baltimore and then his deaf cell mate at Central Booking.
    Staron sentenced in killings of deaf cellmate at Baltimore jail, homeless man
    Gordon Staron, 35, of Abingdon in Harford County, was sentenced on Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court for the murders of Keith Bell and Javarick Gantt.
    People carry signs as they line up for a seat to get into the Blair County court house before Luigi Mangione’s appearance in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on December 19, 2024.
    Quaint Pennsylvania burg becomes stage for clash about politics, justice with Luigi Mangione case
    Law enforcement officials were bracing for crowds of reporters, protesters and onlookers ay Luigi Mangione's hearing Thursday in Hollidaysburg.
    Luigi Mangione in court with his lawyer, Thomas Dickey, during his preliminary hearing at the Blair County court house on Thursday, December 19, 2024.
    Luigi Mangione, charged in deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO, waives extradition to New York
    The procedural step cleared the way for the New York Police Department to take Mangione into custody.

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    The Pennsylvania State Police released this photo of Luigi Mangione. He’s charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder as a crime of terrorism and related offenses in the deadly shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown.
    Luigi Mangione faces new charges of murder as an act of terrorism
    ”This was a frightening, well-planned targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at a news conference on Tuesday announcing that a grand jury had indicted Mangione on 11 counts including first-degree murder.
    Stefanie Mavronis, director of the mayor’s office of neighborhood safety and engagement, said the city shouldn’t wait for tragedy to happen to think about how to keep young people out of violent situations.
    Baltimore’s promised school violence intervention program is finally here
    The program launched in four high schools that dealt with gun violence near their campuses or involving their students.
    A patch on the uniform of Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison as he speaks at a press conference outside Tench Tilghman Elementary/Middle School on 8/24/22.
    Baltimore Police inch closer toward federal reform goals amid uncertain backdrop
    The Baltimore Police Department’s achievements come amid an uncertain backdrop in the federal monitoring of local police departments.
    The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections says that there have been 153 entries of deposits into Luigi Mangione’s commissary account.
    Luigi Mangione is getting mail — and money — in prison
    Mangione, 26, who’s facing charges in New York City Criminal Court including second-degree murder, has become a cause célèbre among anti-capitalists and those frustrated with the U.S. health care system.
    BALTIMORE, MD - DECEMBER 11, 2024: Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga poses for a portrait in her home on December 11, 2024.
    ‘They ruined me’: Fired Baltimore health commissioner speaks out
    “I don’t think I understood the gravity,” Dr. Ihuoma Emenuga said about not resolving omissions on her ethics forms sooner.
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