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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

Exterior of the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
Man who shot and killed 2 strangers in Baltimore receives consecutive life sentences
On Sept. 12, 2020, Dandre Woods-Bethel, of Belair-Edison, fatally shot Julie Rice and Michelle Green on the porch of a home on Clifton Park Terrace and then called Baltimore Police to surrender.
Real estate developer Brandon Chasen in 2024.
Baltimore real estate developer Brandon Chasen reports owing more than $71M
Chasen, 39, of Guilford, agreed on July 30 to voluntarily proceed with Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy.
Polymer80 80% frames for Glock Inc. pistols for sale at Hiram's Guns / Firearms Unknown store in El Cajon, California, U.S., on Monday, April 26, 2021.
Baltimore seeks at least $30M from store accused of profiting off ghost guns
The city filed the lawsuit in 2022 and previously reached a settlement with Polymer80, one of the largest manufacturers of ghost gun parts.
World Boxing Association lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis in Baltimore in March.
Florida prosecutors decline to file formal charges against Gervonta Davis in battery case
The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday made the announcement at what was scheduled to be his arraignment.
Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, was killed while out for a run on Aug. 7, 2023, on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.
Man sentenced to life without parole for rape and murder of Rachel Morin: ‘She deserved to live’
A Harford County judge on Monday sentenced the man who raped and murdered Rachel Morin on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
In 2023, Charles Taylor held up a 71-year-old woman at gunpoint in Leakin Park and then kidnapped and assaulted her.
Man who kidnapped and assaulted 71-year-old woman in Leakin Park is sentenced to 20 years
The woman forgave Charles Taylor, 48, of Walbrook, at his sentencing on Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of kidnapping, first-degree assault and third-degree sex offense.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Yvette M. Bryant spared Patrick Brice, 28, of Harford County, incarceration for beating up two anti-abortion protesters in 2023.
‘I just snapped’: Man sentenced for attacking 2 protesters outside Planned Parenthood
Patrick Brice, 28, now of Harford County, attacked Richard Schaefer and Mark Crosby outside the Planned Parenthood Baltimore Health Center on North Howard Street on May 26, 2023.
Thomas Pinkerton, who now lives in Georgia, was extradited to Maryland on Wednesday.
Former Baltimore County youth pastor arrested on sex abuse charges
Thomas Pinkerton, Jr., 52, was working at Central Christian Church in Rossville at the time of the alleged abuse, according to charging documents.
Five people were shot in 2023 during homecoming at Morgan State University.
Prosecutors drop — then refile — case against man charged in shooting that wounded 5 at Morgan State University
Marquis Brown, 19, of Washington, D.C., is charged in Baltimore Circuit Court with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses.
Peter Thomas in 2023.
Peter Thomas of Bar One Baltimore and ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ reports to federal prison
Thomas, 64, now of Miami, pleaded guilty in 2024 in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina, to one count of failure to pay over trust fund taxes.
Justice Brynja M. Booth wrote for the majority that prosecutors had failed to prove the case against former officer Nguyen beyond a reasonable doubt.
Ex-Baltimore Police officer who failed to prevent assault has conviction overturned
The Maryland Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a former Baltimore Police officer who failed to prevent a suspect in an assault from attacking a man lying on the ground.
Baltimore real estate developer Brandon Chasen agreed this week to enter bankruptcy.
Baltimore developer Brandon Chasen enters bankruptcy after ‘painful and profound’ chapter
In a statement, Adam Freiman, Brandon Chasen’s attorney, said his client “remains focused on seeing this process through with dignity and honesty.”
A still from body camera footage shows Baltimore County Police officers arresting Jackie Conway last year.
Bodycam video shows arrest of retired sheriff’s captain who reported sex crime
Four body camera videos were recently filed as exhibits in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, where Jackie Conway, 61, of Baltimore, has a pending civil rights lawsuit.
A federal judge reprimanded several attorneys for citing cases that were made up by the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT.
Lawyers defending Baltimore jail conditions receive public reprimand for AI-generated citations
In a 51-page order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco referred Matthew Reeves and William Lunsford, both partners at Butler Snow LLP, to the Alabama State Bar and other licensing authorities.
The Baltimore City Sheriff's Office reported that a sheriff’s deputy and correctional officer used pepper spray to restore order Tuesday after three men attacked Joseph Walker, 50, as he stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including first-degree murder.
Murder trial resumes after family members attack defendant in Baltimore courtroom
The Baltimore City Sheriff's Office arrested three men on charges including second-degree assault in a melee that broke out in the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse during the trial of Joseph Walker.
Dr. Ron Elfenbein, right, appeared with then-Gov. Larry Hogan, middle, at a ribbon-cutting event for the COVID testing operation at BWI airport on Aug. 24, 2021.
Judge’s unusual acquittal reversed in Maryland doctor’s $15M Medicare fraud case
U.S. Senior District Judge James K. Bredar threw out the jury's verdict in the trial of Dr. Ron Elfenbein.
Tyrone Jones is photographed after dropping off his son at a therapy session in Parkville, Md. on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
Free for 15 years, Tyrone Jones finally compensated for wrongful conviction in Baltimore
Tyrone Jones was initially denied compensation under the Walter Lomax Act because at the time in Maryland, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder had been considered a misdemeanor instead of a felony.
Michelle Hines, mother of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter speaks with media after the Peace and Remembrance Day, in Baltimore, Thursday, May 25, 2023.
Man enters plea to murder of Patterson High School student in Baltimore
Roger Alvarado-Mendoza, 25, of Dundalk, entered an Alford plea Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court to first-degree murder in the shooting of Izaiah Carter on March 6, 2023. Carter was 16.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
‘She was defenseless’: Mom learns fate for murdering 1-year-old daughter in Baltimore
As part of a plea agreement, Aurielle Montgomery, 24, of Pikesville, faced a sentence between between 10 and 22 years in prison.
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby addresses a crowd in Greenbelt in 2024, after she was sentenced her to three years of supervised release.
Federal appeals court overturns Marilyn Mosby’s mortgage fraud conviction, upholds perjury verdicts
Mosby, 45, served two terms as the city’s top prosecutor from 2015 to 2023.
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