Last June, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced that his office was launching a court docket to handle citations for quality-of-life crimes. The Baltimore Banner analyzed 227 citations from July through December.

Officer Eric Payton, 46, of Parkville, a more than seven-year veteran, stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of theft and misconduct in office.

When Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, a Democrat, ran for office, he promised to rescind a policy from his predecessor, Marilyn Mosby, against prosecuting low-level, nonviolent offenses including including trespassing, loitering and disorderly conduct.

Andre Bailey, 27, of Madison-Eastend, pleaded guilty on Friday in Baltimore Circuit Court to second-degree murder, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence and illegal possession of a regulated firearm for a sentence of 60 years in prison with two decades suspended. D’Asia Garrison was the first person killed in 2023 in Baltimore.

Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded in the shooting, which happened at the Brooklyn Homes housing project on July 2, 2023.

U.S. District Chief Judge James K. Bredar called Correy Cawthorn, a/k/a “Fat Correy,” 25, of Baltimore, "profoundly dangerous" when sentencing him on Thursday on a charge of racketeering conspiracy.

The FBI on Oct. 26 raided the Safe Streets outpost in Belair-Edison. The full extent of the investigation, and how much it involves the city’s flagship anti-gun violence program, remains unclear.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Judith C. Ensor said Quantze Davis, 29, of Baltimore, “forever changed the course of the lives” of the three young women on Feb. 2, 2023.

Tripp, 37, of Baltimore County, recently spoke with The Baltimore Banner while on tour with Angel Du$t, which on Sept. 8 released its fifth album, "Brand New Soul."

Joseph Black, 37, faces retrial on assault and weapons charges.

Keith Luckey, 40, of Baltimore County, stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including second-degree murder in the killing of Kevin Torres, which happened outside ChrisT bar, on East Lombard Street near South Haven Street in Highlandtown, on Nov. 7, 2022. He was 35.

The Revenue Sharing Definitions Committee of Major League Baseball met at the offices of Williams & Connolly LLP in Washington, D.C., from July 25-26 to hear the dispute between the teams.

Michael Tates, a security guard at ChrisT, a club on East Lombard Street near South Haven Street in Highlandtown, testified on Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court about what led up to the deadly shooting of Kevin Torres on Nov. 7, 2022.

Keith Luckey faces charges of second-degree murder, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and related offenses in the deadly shooting of Kevin Torres on Nov. 7, 2022.

The National Public Defender Workload Study was released on Sept. 12 and is a collaboration between the RAND Corp., National Center for State Courts, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense and Law Office of Stephen Hanlon in St. Louis.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Jeannie J. Hong described the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of 4-year-old Malachi Lawson as “unfathomable.”

Two people were killed and 28 others were wounded on July 2 in the mass shooting, which happened after 12:30 a.m. at the Brooklyn Homes housing project in Baltimore.

Maryland should be allowed to enact “common-sense gun laws,” Attorney General Anthony Brown said.

The rulings settle parts of a monthslong dispute in the case, though the judge did not hold the state’s attorneys office in contempt of court following delays and excuses for not sharing evidence that the defense requested.

David Caldwell, a supervisor at the Safe Streets outpost in Belair-Edison, is charged with illegally possessing ammunition.