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Dylan Segelbaum

Dylan

Dylan Segelbaum is the courts reporter at The Baltimore Banner. He previously worked for 7 1/2 years at the York Daily Record/Sunday News, where he covered courts and issues in the criminal justice system. That’s in addition to completing internships at the Philadelphia Daily News and CBS-3 (KYW-TV) in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Keystone Media Awards have recognized his work in investigative, enterprise and beat reporting. His reporting about a former Boy Scout scoutmaster in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, who testified before a grand jury and admitted that he had abused 16-18 people, was a finalist in the 2020 Livingston Awards for Local Reporting. He earned his bachelor’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism in 2015 from Syracuse University, where he spent 3 1/2 years as a reporter for the independent student newspaper, The Daily Orange. He now lives in Baltimore.

The latest from Dylan Segelbaum

A Taco Bell location on Reisterstown Road in Baltimore on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. O'Brian Lynch of Frederick recently filed a lawsuit in Baltimore Circuit Court against Taco Bell. An employee, Dayquan Harding, 29, of Southwest Baltimore, pleaded guilty in 2023 to first-degree assault and related crimes for pulling a gun on him at the location on Reisterstown Road on Aug. 8, 2022, and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Taco Bell messed up his order of chicken tacos. Then an employee pulled a gun on him.
O’Brian Lynch recently filed a lawsuit in Baltimore Circuit Court against Taco Bell on two counts: negligent hiring and retention, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Frank Schindler of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) at a press conference at the Garmatz U.S. District Courthouse about the looming deadline for survivors to file lawsuits to preserve higher payouts in light of changes coming to the Child Victims Act of 2023.
Church abuse survivors must file lawsuits as Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case drags on
A judge recently issued an order allowing survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy to file lawsuits outside of the case.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Mother pleads guilty to murder for killing her 1-year-old daughter in Baltimore
Aurielle Montgomery, 23, of Pikesville, faces between 10 years and 22 years in prison at sentencing on July 16 in Baltimore Circuit Court on one count of second-degree depraved heart murder.
Matthew Schlegel, a third grade teacher at Severna Park Elementary School, is charged in Anne Anne Arundel County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. He’s accused of sexually abusing eight students.
Prosecutors want to introduce other bad acts at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial
Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is set to stand trial on May 19 in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
Former Coppin State University Police Cpl. Jamar Brockington, who was a 17-year veteran of the force, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to misconduct in office and fourth-degree sex offense.
Ex-Coppin State University Police officer pleads guilty to forcibly touching 16-year-old girl
Former Coppin State University Police Cpl. Jamar Brockington pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to misconduct in office and fourth-degree sex offense.
Law enforcement officers escort Victor Martinez-Hernadez from an airplane at Martin State Airport after his extradition from Oklahoma on June 20, 2024.
Sentencing set for man who raped and murdered Rachel Morin on Ma & Pa Heritage Trail
Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is set at to be sentenced on Aug. 11 on charges of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.
Thirty people were shot, two of them fatally, on July 2, 2023, during an annual event at Brooklyn Homes in Baltimore.
Fifth person sentenced for role in Brooklyn Day mass shooting: ‘A small chapter in his story’
Tristan Jackson, 20, of Hillen, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to conspiracy to commit first-degree assault, second-degree assault, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence and possession of a regulated firearm under 21.
Baltimore Police investigate a mass shooting at Brooklyn Homes on July 2, 2023.
Brooklyn Day mass shooting questions remain as prosecutions wind down: ‘Our work is not done’
The last remaining person arrested and charged in connection to a mass shooting that killed two and wounded 28 others at Brooklyn Homes in 2023 is set to learn his fate on Tuesday.
Eric Eiswert, the former principal of Pikesville High School, talks to his lawyers outside the Baltimore County Courts Building after Dazhon Darien, the man accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate him, took a plea deal.
‘Life would never be the same’: Ex-Pikesville principal speaks after man’s plea in AI case
Baltimore County Circuit Judge Jan Marshall Alexander sentenced Dazhon Darien, 32, the former athletic director of Pikesville High School who split his time between Baltimore and Houston, to serve four months in the Baltimore County Detention Center.
Dazhon Darien is set to appear in Baltimore County Circuit Court for jury selection.
Man accused of using AI to impersonate Pikesville High School principal heads to trial
Dazhon Darien is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with disturbing school operations, retaliating against a witness, stalking and related offenses.
Work at 1400 Aliceanna St., a major Chasen Cos. development, has been stopped for months.
Developer Chasen Cos. is unraveling — and leaving a mess across Baltimore
Developer Chasen Cos. is leaving a mess across Baltimore City.
Maryland lawmakers passed a bill that makes several changes to medical and geriatric parole.
Maryland overhauls process for releasing aging and sick prisoners: ‘It’s about mercy’
Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, this week signed a bill that make changes to medical and geriatric parole.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Nancy V. Alquist on Thursday granted a petition from creditors to force the construction arm of the Baltimore real estate development firm Chasen Cos. into Chapter 11 involuntary bankruptcy.
Judge forces construction arm of Baltimore real estate firm Chasen Cos. into bankruptcy
Neither Chasen Construction LLC nor its namesake founder, Brandon Chasen, responded to the legal action.
Detective who helped label Kilmar Abrego Garcia a gang member had trouble of his own
Former Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Ivan Mendez, who interviewed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and helped label him as a gang member, later pleaded guilty to misconduct.
Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, on Tuesday is set to sign a bill that his administration put forward called the Expungement Reform Act of 2025.
Moore set to expand ways for ex-offenders to clear their criminal records
In 2022, the Appellate Court of Maryland, the state’s mid-level level appeals court, ruled that people whose probation is unsatisfactorily closed after a violation cannot receive an expungement.
Chelsey Douglas with her attorney, David Ellin, outside the district courthouse in south Baltimore on Thursday, March 20, 2025.
Amazon driver gets 45 days in jail after running over woman in crosswalk, driving away
A judge rejected a plea agreement for Amazon driver Jerome Young Jr. that called for him to serve no jail time in the hit-and-run, which happened near the intersection of East Pratt and South Chester streets in Butchers Hill.
Garret Mooney, an assistant state’s attorney in the Baltimore State’s Attorney's Office’s Misdemeanor Jury Trial Unit, walks to the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse for a hearing.
As a prosecutor in Baltimore, Garret Mooney tries misdemeanor cases. He also happens to be blind.
Mooney, 31, of Madison Park, is an assistant state’s attorney in the Misdemeanor Jury Trial Unit.
Police officers gather outside the Wilkens Police Precinct in Catonsville after a shooting in the parking lot on March 13.
Teacher accused of shooting Baltimore County Police officer pleads not criminally responsible
Andrew Britt entered a plea of not criminally responsible in the shooting of Baltimore County police Officer Jordan Riddick on March 13 during a shift change.
The body of a woman found on a popular Maryland hiking trail has been formally identified as 37-year-old mother-of-five Rachel Morin.
‘Justice was served’: Jury delivers swift guilty verdict for man who murdered Rachel Morin
Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was killed on Aug. 5, 2023. Her death received national attention and became an issue in the 2024 presidential election.
James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, was found guilty in 2024 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and displaying obscene matter to a child. He worked as the van driver at his wife's business, Lil Kidz Kastle Daycare Center, in Owings Mills.
Man sentenced to life for sexually abusing 10-year-old girl at wife’s day care in Owings Mills
James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, was found guilty in 2024 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and displaying obscene matter to a child.
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