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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.
Peter Thomas in 2023.
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.
Justice Brynja M. Booth wrote for the majority that prosecutors had failed to prove the case against former officer Nguyen beyond a reasonable doubt.
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.”
Baltimore real estate developer Brandon Chasen agreed this week to enter bankruptcy.
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 still from body camera footage shows Baltimore County Police officers arresting Jackie Conway last year.
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.
A federal judge reprimanded several attorneys for citing cases that were made up by the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tyrone Jones is photographed after dropping off his son at a therapy session in Parkville, Md. on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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.
Michelle Hines, mother of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter speaks with media after the Peace and Remembrance Day, in Baltimore, Thursday, May 25, 2023.
‘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.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
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.
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.
Gervonta Davis arrested in Florida, charged with battery against ex-girlfriend
Baltimore boxing champion Gervonta Davis, 30, is accused of slapping his ex-girlfriend multiple times during an altercation on Father's Day.
Gervonta Davis arrives at the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse for a probation violation hearing in March.
A Dundalk man died in a Baltimore jail. His family hasn’t received any answers.
Jeffrey Kluver, 35, of Dundalk, died on Sunday while in custody at the Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center.
Jeffrey Kluver, 35, of Dundalk, died on Sunday while in custody at the Baltimore Central Booking & Intake Center.
After ICE arrest, Baltimore courts tighten checks on law enforcement
The change comes less than a week after the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office reported that a pretrial services employee invited agents into the courthouse.
6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
Maryland approves $2.75M to man wrongfully convicted of murder in Baltimore
James Langhorne, 51, of Baltimore, was released in February after serving almost 30 years in prison for a murder that he did not commit.
James Langhorne, who was exonerated after being convicted of a murder he did not commit, speaks at the Maryland Board of Public Works meeting at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Langhorne received compensation from the state under the Walter Lomax Act.
Prosecutors won’t retry Severna Park Elementary teacher in sex abuse case
Prosecutors in the case against Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, concluded there was “not a path forward at a second trial.”
Prosecutors concluded after a thorough review that there was “not a path forward at a second trial” for Matthew Schlegel.
Maryland law schools double down on efforts to exonerate the innocent
The Maryland Office of the Public Defender, in partnership with the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, has launched a second Innocence Project Clinic.
From left, Maryland Assistant Public Defender Erica Suter, Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue, and Rachel Bennett, who most recently worked as a senior attorney at the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, who is taking over for Suter as director of the Innocence Project Clinic at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
Marilyn Mosby says Ivan Bates filed a professional complaint against her over the Adnan Syed case
Mosby disclosed the complaint with the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland during a recent appearance on “Native Land Pod.”
When she was in office, Marilyn Mosby moved to throw out Adnan Syed’s conviction and then dropped the charges against him. But her successor, Ivan Bates, reversed course.
Man who attacked 2 protesters outside Planned Parenthood in Baltimore stands trial again
Patrick Brice, 28, of West Baltimore, previously was found guilty of two counts of second-degree assault in the attack, which happened on May 26, 2023.
Patrick Brice, 28, of West Baltimore, arrives at the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse in Baltimore in February.
Man receives life sentence for killing 12-year-old girl in Baltimore: ‘He deserves much worse’
Omar Passmore, 29, of Windsor Mill, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to first-degree murder and use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence.
Gifts left on the stoop of Breaunna Cormley’s home, where the 12-year-old was killed last year.
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