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Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested by federal authorities on charges that she plotted to destroy energy facilities in the Baltimore area.
Baltimore County woman pleads guilty to conspiring with neo-Nazi leader to attack energy grid
Sarah Beth Clendaniel told a confidential FBI source that the attack would be “legendary” and “probably permanently completely lay this city to waste.”
Two people were killed and 28 others were injured during a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes community on July 2, 2023.
3 plead guilty for their roles in Brooklyn Day mass shooting
Three people accepted responsibility on Monday for their roles in a mass shooting that killed two and wounded 28 others in the Brooklyn Homes community in Baltimore, where hundreds had gathered for an annual celebration the weekend before the Fourth of July.
A screenshot from body camera footage by the Maryland Natural Resources Police of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse site on the Patapsco River in the early morning hours. The screenshot indicates the video was taken at just past 5 a.m. on March 26, 2024.
Body camera video reveals shock, disbelief after Key Bridge collapse
The Baltimore Banner obtained the body camera video Friday from the Maryland Natural Resources Police through a Maryland Public Information Act request.
Baltimore County Detention Center located in Towson, MD.
People with severe mental illness are languishing in jail. Now the state has to pay
A crush of court orders and the lack of psychiatric hospital bed space have led to a record-high waitlist for jail transfers.
Jeremiah Brogden was shot and killed as classes at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School let out for Labor Day weekend in 2022.
Man sentenced for deadly shooting of Mervo student
Jeremiah Brogden, a junior at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School and a running back on the Mustangs varsity football team, was shot and killed as classes let out for Labor Day weekend in 2022. He was 17.
Prosecutors recommended that former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby be sentenced to 20 months in prison. Mosby’s attorneys are asking a judge to sentence her to probation.
Prison or probation? Attorneys make conflicting recommendations for Marilyn Mosby’s sentence
Mosby’s attorneys, Federal Public Defender James Wyda and Assistant Federal Public Defenders Maggie Grace and Sedira Banan, said, “Jail is not justice for Marilyn Mosby.”
The NAACP and more than a dozen organizations on Tuesday sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to pardon former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who's scheduled to be sentenced on two counts of perjury and one count of making a false statement on a loan application.
NAACP calls on President Biden to pardon former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby
“The only thing Marilyn Mosby is guilty of is the desire to provide her family with a better life," NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
Governor Wes Moore signs the Child Victims Act into law on April 11, 2023.
Maryland Supreme Court agrees to take up constitutionality of Child Victims Act of 2023
The Child Victims Act of 2023 took effect on Oct. 1, 2023, and eliminated the statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits and allowed more people to sue institutions that enabled their victimization.
Matthew Biegel, a former agriculture educator at Reginald F. Lewis High School, is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder and related offenses.
Baltimore teacher in ‘inappropriate relationship’ helped teen shoot ex-boyfriend, police allege
Matthew Biegel, 38, of Northeast Baltimore, previously worked as an agriculture educator at the Reginald F. Lewis High School of Business, Law, and Agriculture.
6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
Baltimore County judge postpones trial of man accused of shooting 2 police officers
David Linthicum, 25, of Cockeysville, had been scheduled to stand trial on May 20 in Baltimore County Circuit Court on five counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.
Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby appeared on Wednesday on "The ReidOut" with Joy Reid on MSNBC and declared her innocence on perjury and mortgage fraud charges.
Ex-Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby on MSNBC: ‘I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong’
Mosby, 44, is set to be sentenced on May 23 in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on two counts of perjury as well as one count of making a false statement on a loan application. She maintains her innocence.
A row of two story brick buildings stands in the background. In the foreground is police tape. A U-Haul truck and police vehicles are visible.
Baltimore state’s attorney extends plea offers to 5 charged in Brooklyn Day mass shooting
“We are actively negotiating some of those pleas,” said Michael Dunty, chief of the homicide division in the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office, to Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland. “We are asking the court to allow us about one more month to hammer out the details.”
Gov. Wes Moore listens during a meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
Gov. Wes Moore apologizes to man who spent decades in prison in 1986 killing
Gary Washington, now 63, of Baltimore, spent more than 31 years incarcerated on charges of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence in the deadly shooting of Faheem “Bobo” Ali, which happened on Barclay Street between East 23rd and East 24th streets in Barclay, on Dec. 27, 1986.
Dazhon Leslie Darien
Suspect in Pikesville AI case set off red flags before racist recording spread
Before he arrived at Pikesville High School last year, Dazhon Darien appear to have held jobs in at least five states.
Pikesville High School photographed on March 4, 2024.
Pikesville High School allegations show how AI can be misused. Is the law ready?
“AI and its easy availability is relatively new,” Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger said in an interview. “And it usually doesn’t take very long for the bad guys to come up with ideas.”
A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
Maryland to set vote on $2.98 million in compensation for man who spent decades in prison
Gary Washington, now 63, of Baltimore, served more than 31 years on charges of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence in the deadly shooting of Faheem “Bobo” Ali, which happened in Baltimore on Dec. 27, 1986. Washington has always maintained his innocence.
Anthony Hall, now 61, was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder and served more than 25 years in prison. While incarcerated, Hall earned his GED diploma and trained a service dog, according to a lawsuit he filed in U.S. District Court in Baltimore against those including the Baltimore Police Department.
Baltimore Police had evidence of his innocence. He went to prison anyway.
Speaking of Anthony Hall, who was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder and served more than 25 years in prison, Gov. Wes Moore said "there is no amount of money, nor apologies, nor acknowledgment to truly be adequate to right the wrongs that happened to this gentleman’s life."
The Dali and the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge as seen from a Maryland Department of Natural Resources boat on the Patapsco River in Baltimore on April 10, 2024.
Baltimore fights effort to cap Dali’s liability in Key Bridge collapse
The city’s attorneys alleged in court documents that Grace Ocean Private and Synergy Marine Group, the owner and manager of the container ship Dali, respectively, “saw fit to put a clearly unseaworthy vessel into the water.” The companies declined immediate comment, citing the ongoing investigations.
Balimore resident Frederick Williams on 4/17/2024 in Baltimore, MD.
Baltimore forgot to cash his check. Then it sold his home at tax sale.
In 2021, Frederick Williams wrote the city of Baltimore a check for more than $13,000 to pay off outstanding property taxes as part of his purchase of a home. What he got was an almost three-year legal odyssey that nearly cost him the house.
At a recent news conference, Ivan Bates said his office would look to hold parents and guardians accountable who do not prevent or report delinquencies.
‘Parental accountability’: Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates’ plan has potential pitfalls
At recent news conference, Bates, a Democrat, said, “From here on out, if you are found to be contributing to the delinquency of a minor child, my office will look to charge you to hold you accountable.”
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