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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

Baltimore County Police on Wednesday arrested Ronald Neverdon, 78, of Woodstock, a former staff member at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, on 38 counts related to child sexual abuse.
Ex-Maryland juvenile detention center employee charged with sexually abusing 6 boys
Ronald Neverdon, 78, of Woodstock, reported that he held various positions at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School on Old Harford Road including youth supervisor and group life supervisor starting in 1973.
A cross over the entrance to St. Agnes School in Baltimore.
Ex-Catholic priest accused of child sex abuse eligible for home detention, judge rules
Baltimore County District Judge Krystin Richardson on Tuesday made the ruling at a bail review hearing for William “Bill” Mannion Jr., 62, of Sparrows Point.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
Maryland Supreme Court takes up report on sex abuse within Archdiocese of Baltimore
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. in 2023 ruled that the names of 43 of 46 people redacted in the 456-page report could be released.
LAS VEGAS, NV - NOVEMBER 25: Blake Bozeman #22 of the Morgan State Bears passes against the Cal Poly Mustangs during the third round of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational at the Orleans Arena November 25, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cal Poly won 62-61. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Police arrest 2 in fatal shooting of former Morgan State basketball player at DC nightclub
The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on Friday arrested Cotey Wynn, 44, of Northeast DC, and Antwan Shelton, 41, of Southeast DC, on a charge of first-degree murder while armed in the killing of Blake Bozeman.
Ex-College Park mayor Patrick Wojahn during a city council meeting on Sept. 6, 2022.
Ex-College Park mayor who possessed child sex abuse material agrees to be disbarred in Maryland
Patrick Wojahn, 49, a Democrat who served as mayor from 2015 to 2023, pleaded guilty in Prince George's County Circuit Court to 140 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography and was sentenced to 30 years in prison — plus five years' probation.
Andrew Britt, 27, of Windsor Hills, is charged with attempted first-degree murder and related offenses in the shooting of Baltimore County Police Officer Jordan Riddick on March 13 in the parking lot of the Wilkens Precinct.
Teacher accused of shooting Baltimore County police officer had mental health crisis, attorney says
Andrew Britt, 27, of Windsor Hills, a teacher at Liberty Elementary School, is charged with attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.
Patrick Brice, 28, of West Baltimore, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of two counts of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment for attacking two anti-abortion protesters outside the Planned Parenthood Baltimore Health Center on North Howard Street on May 26, 2023.
Prosecutors to retry man who assaulted 2 anti-abortion protesters in Baltimore
Patrick Brice, 28, of West Baltimore, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of two counts of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in the attack, which happened outside the Planned Parenthood Baltimore Health Center on May 26, 2023.
Creditors are seeking involuntary bankruptcy for a construction arm of the company, after a private jet transfer.
A Baltimore developer’s private jet transfer has infuriated its creditors
A construction arm of Chasen Cos. now faces petition for forced bankruptcy
At left, Marine Lance Corporal Jeffrey Kopszywa in Iraq in 2003. At right, fake pagers sent to Hakeim Abu Khdeir in 2024.
Palestinian American store owner ‘moving forward’ after Marine vet sent him IDF shirt, toy pagers
Jeffrey Kopszywa, 42, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on Feb. 11 in Baltimore Circuit Court to use of an item to threaten or intimidate for a sentence of three years in prison, suspending all but time served, plus five years’ probation.
In 2024, police outside the location where Alan Geslicki was accused of stabbing and killing Seron O'Neal at their home on the 2000 block of Deering Avenue.
Baltimore man who fatally stabbed a 6-year-old boy was sentenced for ‘heinous’ crime
A Baltimore Circuit judge sentenced Alan Geslicki, 33, of Morrell Park, to serve life in prison, suspending all but 60 years, for child abuse of a minor under 13 resulting in death.
Two people were killed and 28 others were injured on July 2, 2023, in a mass shooting at the Brooklyn Homes housing project in Baltimore.
Fifth person pleads guilty for role in Brooklyn Day mass shooting
Tristan Jackson, 19, of Hillen, faces between five and 12 years in prison when he's sentenced on April 29 in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.
Adnan Syed, the subject of the podcast "Serial," arrives at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse in Baltimore for a hearing on his motion for reduction of sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
Adnan Syed will remain free: Subject of podcast ‘Serial’ resentenced to no additional prison time
“I hope Mr. Syed, and I trust, that this will be the last time we see each other,” Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer said during the brief hearing over Zoom.
A development project that Chasen Cos. named The Anne on Aliceanna, on the border of Fells Point and Harbor East.
Chasen Cos. entity files for bankruptcy ahead of auction for Fells Point building
The entity, CC 1400 Aliceanna Street LLC, filed for bankruptcy Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland.
David Philpot, who was fatally assaulted in Fells Point, was a regular sight in the neighborhood even to those who did not know him.
Man who fatally assaulted Vietnam War vet in Fells Point is sentenced in ‘heartless attack’
David Philpot was attacked on Eastern Avenue near South Broadway in Fells Point on Aug. 17, 2024, and died the next day at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 74.
World Boxing Association lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis arrives on Wednesday at the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse in Baltimore for a probation violation hearing.
Baltimore judge spares boxing champ Gervonta Davis jail time for probation violation: ‘You need to wake up’
Davis, 30, now of Parkland, Florida, admitted that he left that state without approval from his probation agent to travel.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Man sentenced to life in murder of would-be Facebook Marketplace buyer in Baltimore
Marques Harris, 19, of Mount Winans, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related crimes in the fatal shooting of Carlos Carrazana Ricardo, 18, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, run by the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services.
Former Maryland juvenile detention center employee sexually abused 69 boys, lawsuit claims
Ronald Neverdon held various titles at the at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, including unit manager and housing supervisor from about the mid-1960s to mid-1990s. He has not been charged with a crime.
Adnan Syed leaves court in Baltimore last month following a hearing on a motion for reduction of his sentence.
Adnan Syed, subject of ‘Serial’ podcast, will not have to return to prison, judge rules
In a 14-page opinion, Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer wrote that Syed is “not a danger to the public” and “interests of justice will be better served by a reduced sentence.”
The Jewish Museum of Maryland, at Loyd St. and Watson St. on March 2, 2023.
Man pleads guilty to setting fire outside Jewish Museum of Maryland: ‘I was out of my mind’
Assadollah Hashemi, 66, of Reservoir Hill, entered mental health court after pleading guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to second-degree arson and destruction of a religious structure.
Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates, right, holds a news conference after a hearing on a motion to reduce Adnan Syed's sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
Ivan Bates once vowed to drop the charges against Adnan Syed. So what changed?
Bates, a Democrat who took office in 2023, said on "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" that he would bring the case today based on the evidence that exists.
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