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The latest from Dylan Segelbaum
Baltimore County gym teacher accused of sexually abusing 2 students receives separate trials
Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with 22 counts, including sexual abuse of a minor.
2 plead guilty to kidnapping man from Baltimore County driveway, demanding $25,000 ransom
Darron Finley Jr., 41, of Pikesville, and Gary Fayall, 32, of Dundalk, were sentenced to 45 years in prison, with 25 years suspended, and five years’ supervised probation.
Federal appeals court won’t rehear Marilyn Mosby’s appeal in perjury and mortgage fraud case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in 2025 overturned Mosby’s conviction for making a false statement on a loan application, but rejected her attempts to challenge the guilty verdicts for perjury.
He kept a body in his refrigerator in Baltimore. Now he’s going to prison.
Damerum Burroughs, 47, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder in exchange for a sentence of 10 years in prison.
Keith Davis Jr. sues former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, police officers
Davis, 34, stood trial four times in for a deadly shooting that he always maintained that he did not commit.
Woman pleads guilty to hit-and-run of police officer during 2025 Baltimore Running Festival
Lakia Stevenson pleaded guilty to failing to immediately stop at the scene of an accident involving bodily injury and related crimes in the hit-and-run that injured Baltimore Police Officer Jordan Brandner.
Maryland AG pushes for change to system allowing anyone to file for criminal charges
In Maryland, anyone can seek criminal charges on their own without input from police or prosecutors by going before a district court commissioner, a judicial officer who is not required to have a law degree.
Baltimore Del. Caylin Young resigns from city job following assault charge
Del. Caylin Young is not resigning from his elected post in the state legislature representing East and Northeast Baltimore.
Even Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley is not immune to porch pirates
On Nov. 20, 2025, Darryl Nichols swiped a package that contained a stainless steel bowl worth $20 from the house of Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.
A Baltimore homebuying dream collides with a ‘heartbreaking’ rental scam
On Oct. 21, Jalen Absolum, 18, of Philadelphia, closed on a home on Riggs Avenue in Mosher in cash. A family was living in the house and claimed they had a lease.
Baltimore Police officer pleads guilty to unlawful sexual contact with 16-year-old girl
Baltimore Police Officer Curlon Edwards, who had been suspended without pay, was terminated after his sentencing on Friday.
She was shot at a Towson University party. Maryland’s Supreme Court will decide if she can sue.
Catherine Torney filed a lawsuit in 2023 against Towson University in Baltimore County Circuit Court that alleged negligence.
Baltimore approves $14M settlement for man wrongfully convicted in 1986 killing
Members of the Baltimore Board of Estimates voted to resolve a civil rights lawsuit that Gary Washington filed in 2019.
Archdiocese of Baltimore, survivors’ group signal progress in bankruptcy case
The Archdiocese of Baltimore recently agreed not to use a blanket legal defense to avoid paying survivors of sexual abuse whose claims aren’t covered by insurance.
Man sentenced for conspiring with ex-Baltimore Police officer to murder her estranged husband
Keon Wilson-Hawkins, 22, of Baltimore, was found guilty in Frederick County Circuit Court of first-degree murder and related crimes in the killing of Brice Boots, 65, of Pikesville.
Murders, child deaths and sex abuse cases: Maryland trials to watch in 2026
The Banner will continue to report on these court cases and others in Baltimore and the surrounding counties.
Baltimore to vote on $14M settlement for man wrongfully convicted in 1986 killing
The Baltimore Board of Estimates is set to vote on Jan. 7 on whether to approve the settlement for Gary Washington, who spent 31 years in prison in the deadly shooting of Faheem “Bobo” Ali, 17, on Dec. 27, 1986.
Baltimore jury issues $1.5B verdict against Johnson & Johnson in baby powder case
A jury returned a $1.5 billion verdict in favor of Cherie Craft, 54, of Atlanta, on Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court. Craft was diagnosed in 2024 with an incurable form of cancer.
Maryland lets anyone file for criminal charges — and innocent people pay the price
Maryland’s district court commissioner system allows people to file criminal charges with little oversight, a Banner investigation found. The process can be abused and upend lives.
5 Marylanders caught in a system where you could be ‘locked up on a person’s word’
In Maryland, people can be arrested, thrown in jail and forced to defend themselves against criminal charges without input from police or prosecutors.
