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6/28/22—The exterior of the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse., Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse, Courthouse East
Grandmother pleads guilty after 10-year-old girl fatally shoots herself in Baltimore
Baltimore Circuit Judge Lynn Stewart Mays said the case highlights the unimaginable danger that comes with keeping a gun at home.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia and one of his children in an undated photo provided by CASA, an immigrant advocacy organization, in April 2025.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to US to face charges after improper deportation
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been charged in the United States with transporting undocumented immigrants into the country, nearly three months after the Trump administration mistakenly deported him to his native El Salvador.
A federal judge sentenced former Maryland State Police Cpl. Justin Riggs to six years in prison.
Ex-Maryland trooper who used Facebook to sell informant’s identity to drug dealer for $1,500 learns fate
U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Justin Riggs, 35, of Smithsburg, on three counts, including bribery.
6/28/22—The exterior of the Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse., Courthouse East.
Baltimore judge puts child sex abuse lawsuits on hold, citing ‘unprecedented influx of cases’
The order does not prevent the filing of new lawsuits under the Child Victims Act of 2023.
Domenic Iamele, Deel Creek Middle School physical education teacher Roger Myers’ attorney, talks to reporters on Monday outside the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County in Towson after a bail review hearing on Monday, June 2, 2025.
Baltimore County gym teacher charged with sex offenses is released from jail
Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, a physical education teacher at Deep Creek Middle School in Essex, is charged with third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
Baltimore real estate development firm Chasen Cos. had planned to convert a five-story building it dubbed "The Anne on Aliceanna" at 1400 Aliceanna St. into about 100 apartments and retail space.
Chasen Cos. property on Aliceanna Street in Fells Point heads to auction
Chasen Cos. had planned to convert the five-story building it dubbed "The Anne on Aliceanna" at 1400 Aliceanna St. into about 100 apartments and retail space.
The Baltimore County Public School Board logo as seen during a board meeting on 12/6/22.
Baltimore County physical education teacher accused of sex offenses against 2 students
Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, is charged in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County with third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Firm in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case says stolen data was deleted after hack
Berkeley Research Group LLC on April 29 filed a notice of data security incident in the case.
Matthew Schlegel is standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.
Child testifies at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial: ‘He would always touch us’
Prosecutors, meanwhile, dropped 26 out of the 55 charges against Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, who’s standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.
David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
Man sentenced in shootings of 2 Baltimore County Police officers
David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in 2024 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
3 days of terror: How the manhunt for David Linthicum in Baltimore, Harford counties unfolded
Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court on four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.
Severna Park Elementary School teacher accused of sexually abusing 8 students to stand trial
Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is charged in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. He maintains his innocence.
What we know about 36 in-custody deaths auditors say should have been ruled homicides
The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.
Their loved ones’ deaths at the hands of police may have been wrongfully classified. Now what?
The massive audit called for classifying at least 36 in-custody police deaths as homicides, re-opening old wounds and raising new questions in Maryland.
Dr. Jeff Kukucka, center, joined by Gov. Wes Moore and Attorney General Anthony Brown at a press conference at the State House in Annapolis to announce the release a wide-ranging independent audit of nearly 90 in-custody deaths spanning 2003 to 2019.
Here’s what you need to know about Maryland’s sweeping audit of police-custody deaths
The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.
Maryland lawmakers passed a bill this year that automatically exempts people from experiencing a driver’s license suspension over unpaid child support if they make at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines.
Maryland lawmakers scale back driver’s license suspensions for unpaid child support
The measure exempts Marylanders making at or 250% below the federal poverty guidelines.
The Anne Arundel County Courthouse is located on Church Circle in Annapolis. It is home to the Circuit Court, the Clerk of the Court, the State Attorney's Office and other agencies.
Prosecutors can’t introduce other bad acts at Severna Park Elementary teacher’s sex abuse trial
Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Pamela K. Alban ruled that there could be scenarios at the trial of Matthew Schlegel in which the door is opened to that testimony.
A Taco Bell location on Reisterstown Road in Baltimore on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. O'Brian Lynch of Frederick recently filed a lawsuit in Baltimore Circuit Court against Taco Bell. An employee, Dayquan Harding, 29, of Southwest Baltimore, pleaded guilty in 2023 to first-degree assault and related crimes for pulling a gun on him at the location on Reisterstown Road on Aug. 8, 2022, and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Taco Bell messed up his order of chicken tacos. Then an employee pulled a gun on him.
O’Brian Lynch recently filed a lawsuit in Baltimore Circuit Court against Taco Bell on two counts: negligent hiring and retention, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Frank Schindler of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) at a press conference at the Garmatz U.S. District Courthouse about the looming deadline for survivors to file lawsuits to preserve higher payouts in light of changes coming to the Child Victims Act of 2023.
Church abuse survivors must file lawsuits as Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case drags on
A judge recently issued an order allowing survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy to file lawsuits outside of the case.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Mother pleads guilty to murder for killing her 1-year-old daughter in Baltimore
Aurielle Montgomery, 23, of Pikesville, faces between 10 years and 22 years in prison at sentencing on July 16 in Baltimore Circuit Court on one count of second-degree depraved heart murder.
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