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Alex Mann

Alex

Alex Mann covers Anne Arundel County for The Baltimore Banner. Before joining The Banner, Alex was a reporter at The Baltimore Sun for more than four years, most recently covering criminal justice. He was a 2023 finalist for the Livingston Awards in local reporting. Earlier in his career, Alex wrote about cops and courts for The Capital in Annapolis and local government for The Carroll County Times. He is a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.

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Anne Arundel man accused of pulling gun on 12-year-old Christmas carolers
An Anne Arundel County man is charged with pointing a gun at three 12-year-old Christmas carolers who knocked on his front door.
A Baltimore County police vehicleโ€™s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Dig out or else: Anne Arundel considers increased fines for not clearing snow from sidewalks
A bill before the Anne Arundel County Council would increase fines for residents and businesses who fail to clear snow from the sidewalks in front of their properties.
James Lamb shovels the sidewalk of his block in the Remington neighborhood of Baltimore, MD on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Employee charged with stabbing manager at Edgewater burrito restaurant
An employee at the recently opened Bubbakooโ€™s Burritos in Edgewater is charged with stabbing his manager at the restaurant on Saturday.
A Baltimore County police vehicleโ€™s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Woman made pleading call to 911 before Pasadena-area double homicide
A Lake Shore womanโ€™s 911 call has become pivotal evidence for Anne Arundel County homicide detectives, who swiftly arrested a man in the shooting deaths of her and her husband Sunday.
The District Court in Annapolis.
Anne Arundel rolls out school zone speed cameras in South County
Anne Arundel County Police on Monday are activating speed cameras near several schools in South County.
Both speed cameras in the 2300 block of West Patapsco Ave. were stolen on Aug. 26. City police have charged a suspect and say he may be responsible for more than a dozen such thefts.
Christine Davenport, educator and civic force who inspired many in Anne Arundel, dies at 75
Christine Davenport, a career educator and behind-the-scenes civic force in Anne Arundel County, died Monday of a heart attack. She was 75.
Christine Davenport.
Anne Arundel apartment buildings can now face fines for failing air conditioning
A new law in Anne Arundel County holds apartment building landlords accountable for faltering air conditioning systems.
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman, seated center, Councilwoman Julie Hummer, seated left, and Councilwoman Allison Pickard, seated right, after signing bill 79-25 into law on Thursday, November 13, 2025.
Naval Academy midshipman died by suicide last month, medical examiner rules
Kyle Philbert James, a 20-year-old Naval Academy midshipman who died in October took his own life, the medical examinerโ€™s office has determined.
FILE - An entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., is seen Jan. 9, 2014. Reported sexual assaults at the U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students surveyed said they experienced unwanted sexual contact, the Associated Press has learned.
Marylandโ€™s plan to turn train lots into housing starts with Odenton
Maryland on Monday marked a milestone in its mission to develop parking lots along the MARC Penn Line.
A preliminary rendering of the transit-oriented development project at the Odenton MARC station. Officials have selected two local builders, Homes for America and Questar Properties, to construct the multi-use development.
Ethics hearings expose Anne Arundel Orphansโ€™ Court dysfunction: โ€˜Are they real judges?โ€™
Hearings over the last several months before the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities revealed a dysfunctional Anne Arundel County Orphans' Court.
Diptych of Vickie Gipson, chief judge of the Orphans' Court of Anne Arundel County and Marc Knapp, Orphan's Court judge in Anne Arundel County.
Why rent is up more in Anne Arundel than anywhere in Maryland
The cost of rent in Anne Arundel County has increased more over the last decade than in any other jurisdiction in Maryland, a Banner analysis of recently released U.S. Census Bureau data found. Learn why.
Rent is soaring in Anne Arundel County more than elsewhere in Maryland, due in part to the difficulty of new development, such as this subdivision in a Glen Burnie neighborhood.
Paddling against breast cancer: Annapolis Dragon Boat Club offers survivors a safe place
The Annapolis Dragon Boat Club is a safe place for those who have or had breast cancer to work on their health.
The Annapolis Dragon Boat Club practices in the Annapolis Harbor.
Anne Arundel council passes bill to allow funding for public campaign financing
The Anne Arundel County Council unanimously passed legislation to allow it and the county executive to add money to the nascent public campaign financing fund.
Early voters head into Anne Arundel County Board of Elections building to cast their vote, in Glen Burnie, Tuesday, October 29, 2024.
The hidden cost of saving the Chesapeake Bay: Millions for private waterfronts
Virtually all of the Chesapeake Bayโ€™s shoreline is privately owned, which means taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties with limited public access.
A rock wall that protects the shoreline from erosion at Cape St. Claire near Annapolis. The suburb has capitalized on more than $1 million of government grants, including $275,000 from the General Assembly, to restore two eroded beaches.
Anne Arundel reopens popular south county boat ramp after backlash over closure
Anne Arundel County officials announced they were reopening the Discovery Village Boat Ramp, having negotiated a new lease with the property owner. Its closure spurred public backlash.
Friday, July 18, 2025 โ€” Discovery Village in Shady Side is on the market after Anne Arundel County withdrew from its lease.
Top Maryland prosecutors who investigated police-involved deaths will leave posts
Allison Green, chief of the Maryland attorney generalโ€™s officeโ€™s Independent Investigations Division, and her deputy, Renee Joy, have resigned, office spokesperson Jennifer Donelan said in a statement. Both will leave the office after this week.
Sources said last week that Allison Green had left as chief of the Maryland Attorney Generalโ€™s Officeโ€™s Independent Investigations Division.
Trees down, roads flooded in Ocean City from powerful norโ€™easter
Ocean City and other coastal areas of Marylandโ€™s Eastern Shore faced strong winds and angry seas on Sunday, as a norโ€™easter sweeps up the coast.
Ocean City is expecting rain and wind gusts up to 50 mph on Sunday.
Naval Academy midshipmanโ€™s death under investigation
A 20-year-old U.S. Naval Academy midshipman from New Jersey has died, the military service academy in Annapolis said.
A Naval Academy spokesperson did not say when or where James was discovered dead.
Annapolis teen who cut neighborโ€™s lawn arrested 36 years later in her rape, killing
Annapolis police have arrested a man for the 1989 fatal shooting of Garnet Elizabeth Griffith, a killing that had stumped investigators for more than three decades.
Annapolis police have arrested a man for a 1989 fatal shooting.
Anne Arundel Police need help finding pair who kidnapped woman, threw her over bridge
Anne Arundel County Police need help finding a pair of suspects who they say attacked a woman in Glen Burnie two years ago, stuffed her in the trunk of her car and threw her off the Curtis Creek Drawbridge.
MILLERSVILLE, MD - THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2025 - The Anne Arundel County Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division in Millersville.
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