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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

The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Firm in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case says stolen data was deleted after hack
Berkeley Research Group LLC on April 29 filed a notice of data security incident in the case.
Matthew Schlegel is standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
Child testifies at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial: ‘He would always touch us’
Prosecutors, meanwhile, dropped 26 out of the 55 charges against Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, who’s standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.
David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
Man sentenced in shootings of 2 Baltimore County Police officers
David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in 2024 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
3 days of terror: How the manhunt for David Linthicum in Baltimore, Harford counties unfolded
Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court on four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
Severna Park Elementary School teacher accused of sexually abusing 8 students to stand trial
Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is charged in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. He maintains his innocence.
What we know about 36 in-custody deaths auditors say should have been ruled homicides
The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.
Their loved ones’ deaths at the hands of police may have been wrongfully classified. Now what?
The massive audit called for classifying at least 36 in-custody police deaths as homicides, re-opening old wounds and raising new questions in Maryland.
Dr. Jeff Kukucka, center, joined by Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown at a press conference at the State House in Annapolis to announce the release a wide-ranging independent audit of nearly 90 in-custody deaths spanning 2003 to 2019.
Here’s what you need to know about Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths
The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.
Maryland lawmakers passed a bill this year that automatically exempts people from experiencing a driver’s license suspension over unpaid child support if they make at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines.
Maryland lawmakers scale back driver’s license suspensions for unpaid child support
The measure exempts Marylanders making at or 250% below the federal poverty guidelines.
The Anne Arundel County Courthouse is located on Church Circle in Annapolis. It is home to the Circuit Court, the Clerk of the Court, the State Attorney's Office and other agencies.
Prosecutors can’t introduce other bad acts at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial
Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Pamela K. Alban ruled that there could be scenarios at the trial of Matthew Schlegel in which the door is opened to that testimony.
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.
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