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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.

Latest content by Dylan Segelbaum

6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
Man sentenced for raping trans woman at gunpoint in Baltimore County, filming sexual assault
Baltimore County Circuit Judge Nancy M. Purpura on Wednesday sentenced Jalen Green, 23, of Northwest Baltimore, to 10 years for first-degree rape and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.
Timothy Reynolds was fatally shot after confronting a group of squeegee workers with a baseball bat in 2022. Twishae Tyler, 25, of O’Donnell Heights, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to two counts of witness retaliation.
Woman admits to intimidating witness after deadly squeegee worker shooting
Twishae Tyler, 25, of O’Donnell Heights, impersonated a representative of Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland and sent a threatening text message.
Former Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie enters the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson before pleading no contest to theft between $1,500 and $25,000, a felony. He claims that he should not have been removed from office.
He pleaded no contest to theft. But ex-Harford County councilman says he should still be in office.
Dion Guthrie, 86, of Joppa, accepted responsibility last week in Baltimore County Circuit Court but maintained that he did not embezzle money from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1501.
Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie leaves the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson on Thursday after pleading no contest to one count of theft between $1,500 and $25,000. He served as president and business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1501 for almost 52 years.
Harford County councilman accepts responsibility for theft from electrical workers union
Guthrie, 86, of Joppa, served as president and business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1501 for almost 52 years.
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said his office will create a team to respond to any actions or policies from the federal government that could harm Marylanders.
Maryland is preparing to fight Trump. The attorney general wants money to do it.
Lawmakers in 2017 passed the Maryland Defense Act, which gives the attorney general the broad authority to file lawsuits against the federal government over actions or inactions that threaten the public interest and welfare of Marylanders.
One person has died and four others were injured in a mass shooting at the Edmondson Village shopping center Wednesday morning.
Baltimore state’s attorney to retry man in Edmondson Village Shopping Center shooting
Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates plans to retry the case of Daaon Spears, 18, of Edmondson Village, who is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with first-degree murder and related offenses. His first trial recently ended in a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict.
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In this photo from April 22, 2023, Gervonta “Tank” Davis enters the ring prior to his bout against Ryan Garcia at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Tough news for Gervonta Davis: Boxer faces foreclosure and judge rejects Japan birthday trip
Davis, 29, of Parkland, Florida, bought the penthouse condominium in 2023 for $3.4 million from Scott Plank, a real estate developer and the brother of Under Armour President and CEO Kevin Plank.
Malissa Ruffner and Liz Entwisle walk through a neighborhood while canvassing for Democrats in York, Pennsylvania, on October 20, 2024. Ruffner and Entwisle are volunteer canvassers with Allies from Democracy.
York County, just 35 miles from Baltimore, is a world away politically
For decades, York County, Pennsylvania, has been a place where Baltimore area government employees live. It's more conservative than the three counties that it touches in Maryland, and now plays a role in the presidential election.
James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, was found guilty on Friday in Baltimore County Circuit Court of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and displaying obscene matter to a child. He faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison without the possibility of parole.
Man found guilty of sexually abusing 10-year-old girl at wife’s day care in Owings Mills
James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, stood trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and displaying obscene matter to a child.
The exterior of Lil Kids Kastle daycare Center in Owings Mills.
Man testifies he watched porn in day care van, but denies sexually abusing a child
James Weems, Jr., 59, of Towson, testified in his own defense on Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court during his trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and related offenses.
James Weems Jr. enters the Baltimore County courthouse for jury selection prior to the start of his trial.
Trial set to begin for man charged with sexually abusing children at ex-wife’s day care
James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, is accused of sexually abusing four children at Lil Kidz Kastle Daycare Center. He's set to stand trial this week in Baltimore County Circuit Court.
Shanteari Weems
Shanteari Weems, who shot her ex-husband, testifies against him in day care sex abuse trial
The jury, though, neither heard about the shooting nor learned that she’s currently serving a four-year sentence.
A mistrial was declared in the case of Daaon Spears, who stood trial on charges including first-degree murder in a mass shooting that happened in the Edmondson Village Shopping Center.
Judge declares mistrial in Edmondson Village mass shooting case
A jury could not reach a unanimous verdict in the case of Daaon Spears, 18, of Edmondson Village, who stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including first-degree murder.
A still from a video posted on Instagram showing a fight between Ravens and Commanders fans earlier this month.
Man in viral Ravens-Commanders attack was on ‘cocaine and alcohol bender,’ attorney says
District Judge LaTina Burse Greene on Wednesday ordered Jack Callis to continue to be held without bail.

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