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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.

The latest from Alex Mann

Anne Arundel cops charged in assault at Hagerstown softball tailgate to be cleared
The Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office filed to drop criminal charges that were brought against Anne Arundel County law enforcement officers at a Hagerstown softball tailgate, court records show.
Still from security camera footage as part of legal discovery captures an altercation during a softball tailgate at the center of back and forth criminal charges between a woman and her sister and a group of off-duty police officers.
ICE changes story on Christmas Eve shooting by agents in Glen Burnie
Federal officials changed their account of the Christmas Eve shooting by ICE agents in Glen Burnie.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 - Two people were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after an federal immigration agent shot someone on the 500 Block of West Court in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said.
With townhomes on the way, a community remembers Severna Park Golf Center
Neighbors reflected on what the community staple that is the Severna Park Golf Center, which appears poised for sale and development into townhomes.
The Severna Park Golf Center along Ritchie Highway has been a staple in the Severna Park community for decades. Its owner is selling the facility, with the buyer interested in transforming the property into a townhouse development.
Police dispute ICE’s account of Glen Burnie shooting, as Minneapolis raises more questions
A deadly shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis on Wednesday renewed scrutiny of a violent Christmas Eve incident involving ICE agents in Glen Burnie, with Anne Arundel County police for the first time publicly disputing the federal agency’s account.
Federal officials said two people in the country illegally were in a work van when immigration agents approached them in a residential court in Glen Burnie.
High school sweethearts to be tried together in Edgewater homicide, burning
Court papers connected to a legal argument in the case of two teens accused of kidnapping, burning and killing an Edgewater business owner revealed new details about the case.
Edward Stephen Koza, 67, was found bound and dead in the back of his burning pickup truck outside of his Edgewater koi pond business in May.
Longtime Anne Arundel prosecutor Carolynn Grammas resigns to run for state’s attorney
Carolynn Grammas, a longtime prosecutor in Anne Arundel County, resigned from her post in October to challenge State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess in the upcoming election.
Carolynn Grammas, who worked as a prosecutor in Anne Arundel County for more than two decades, resigned in October and is now running for state's attorney.
11-year-old girl struck by car, killed in Harford County, police say
An 11-year-old girl died after being struck by an SUV in Harford County near Belcamp on Sunday, Maryland State Police said.
State Trooper Police Car from the Maryland State Police on parking lot.
ICE shooting in Glen Burnie leaves 2 people hospitalized, officials say
Two people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after federal immigration officials opened fire on a vehicle in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 - Two people were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after an federal immigration agent shot someone on the 500 Block of West Court in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said.
Attorney questions account of Glen Burnie ICE shooting as new details emerge
Questions surround the violent confrontation on Christmas Eve in a neighborhood court in Glen Burnie.
Two people were taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after a federal immigration agent shot someone in Glen Burnie, officials said.
2 more police officers charged for alleged assault at Hagerstown softball tailgate
A woman in Western Maryland has obtained criminal charges against two more police officers, an Anne Arundel County police sergeant and a Maryland State Police trooper.
MILLERSVILLE, MD - THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2025 - The Anne Arundel County Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division in Millersville.
Breast cancer complication kept Annapolis Dragon Boat paddler in hospital for nearly a year
A member of the Annapolis Dragon Boat Club was discharged Tuesday after 10 months at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was treated for heart-related complications stemming from chemotherapy drugs.
Chandra Jackson in her hospital room at Johns Hopkins Hospital shortly before being discharged this week.
More than 100 children’s criminal cases stalled as Baltimore struggles to find defense lawyers
Many children in Baltimore have waited in youth detention, pretrial monitoring or in the community this year as the Maryland Office of the Public Defender struggled to find them private attorneys.
Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center at 300 N. Gay St. opened it’s doors in October 2003
Anne Arundel Police corporal charged with assault at softball tailgate in Hagerstown
An Anne Arundel County Police officer has been charged with assault almost eight months after a woman alleges the officer and a relative physically attacked her at a softball tailgate in Hagerstown.
Cpl. Kara Parks, a four year Anne Arundel County Police veteran, receiving an "Officer of the Quarter" award in August from the Anne Arundel County Police Department.
Anne Arundel council approves watered-down transportation bill
The Anne Arundel County Council on Monday narrowly passed a watered-down transportation bill that was a hallmark of County Executive Steuart Pittman’s administration.
The Anne Arundel County Council passed a bill updating requirements for transportation infrastructure for new developments, like the large new development planned near a Glen Burnie neighborhood.
Once-transformative Anne Arundel transportation bill heads to a vote
The water-down version of once transformative transportation bill that would've held bicycle, pedestrian and public transit to the same standard as car traffic is slated for a vote Monday night.
An aerial view of the Glen Burnie neighborhood where a new development is being planned.
Marley Station Mall has a $400,000 problem. Will it pay its debt or head to auction?
An Anne Arundel County judge has ordered the owners of Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie to pay more than $400,000 to settle a breach-of-lease lawsuit brought by one of its tenants, Gold’s Gym.
Caption: A judge ordered the owners of Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie to pay more than $400,000 to settle a breach-of-lease lawsuit brought by one of their tenants, Gold’s Gym. The mall now faces the prospect of being sold at auction.
Anne Arundel council increases fines for failing to clear snow from sidewalks
The Anne Arundel County Council passed a bill Monday night that increases fines for residents and business owners who fail to clear snow from the sidewalks in front of their properties.
Charles Ross sweeps the snow from his front walkway at his home in the Ashburton neighborhood.
Anne Arundel County executive violated ethics rules in weekly newsletter
The Anne Arundel County Ethics Commission found that County Executive Steuart Pittman, a Democrat, violated local ethics law by getting political in his weekly newsletter to residents.
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman, shown earlier this year, violated county ethics law with political commentary in a county newsletter, the county’s Ethics Commission found.
Annapolis sailor launches campaign for 2027 race across the Atlantic
Annapolis solo offshore sailor Peter Gibbons-Neff Jr. has launched a campaign for the 2027 Mini Transat, a grueling race across the Atlantic Ocean that begins in France and ends in Guadeloupe.
Annapolis sailor Peter Gibbons-Neff Jr. has launched a campaign for a race across the Atlantic Ocean in 2027, four years after he lost a rudder 2,300 miles from the finish line and ended up fighting not to place last.
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 vehicle’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.
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