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Jury deliberates in trial of man charged in killing of Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley
Elliot Knox, 34, also stood trial in the killing of Justin Johnson, whom prosecutors allege he shot the same night in December 2021.
Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley was shot while on duty on Dec. 16, 2021, and died one week later on Dec. 23.
Judge sets trial for man charged in killing of Pava LaPere, attack of 2 people in West Baltimore
Jason Billingsley is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Pava LaPere, a 26-year-old tech entrepreneur, in 2023.
Family members and friends of Pava LaPere gathered to honor her memory at a vigil at the Washington Monument in Mount Vernon on Sept. 27, 2023.
Maryland to pay for home detention for people charged with crimes who can’t afford it
The program is expected to last through June 30, 2025.
Maryland’s courts on Monday will resume covering the cost of private home detention for people charged with crimes in the state who can’t afford the service — reviving a program just weeks after shutting it down when money ran out.
Were charges in fatal hit-and-run of Gavin Knupp filed correctly? Appeals court to decide
A panel of three judges — Rosalyn Tang, Michael W. Reed and James R. Eyler — listened and asked questions for about 25 minutes in the Appellate Court of Maryland. It’s unclear when the court will issue an opinion.
Tyler Mailloux, 23, leaves Worchester County Courthouse in Snow Hill, MD on August 18, 2023. Mailloux was charged with 17 counts in the deadly hit-and-run of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp, who was struck on a road outside Ocean City on July 11, 2022.
Man on trial in killing of Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley denies pulling trigger
Assistant State’s Attorney Kurt Bjorklund played the remainder of the interrogation of Elliot Knox, 34, of Mount Holly, to the jury on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court. He’s standing trial on two counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related offenses.
Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley, a two-year veteran, was fatally shot in her patrol car in Curtis Bay on Dec. 16, 2021. She was 39.
Prosecutor describes ‘two executions’ on day Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley was killed
Holley, a two-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department, was fatally shot inside her patrol car in Curtis Bay on Dec. 16, 2021. She was 39.
Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley was fatally shot inside her patrol car on Pennington Avenue near Hazel Street in Curtis Bay on Dec. 16, 2021. She was 39.
Jury selected in trial of 1 of 2 men charged in killing of Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley
Elliot Knox, 34, of Mount Holly, is also charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the killing of Justin Johnson on Dec. 16, 2021. Johnson was 38.
Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley was fatally shot in her patrol car in Curtis Bay on Dec. 16, 2021. She was 39.
Many crime victims are denied compensation in Maryland. A bill would overhaul the process.
The Victim Compensation Reform Act of 2024 would expand who’s eligible for compensation, increase the maximum awards for funeral expenses, mental health counseling and crime scene cleanup, and eliminate several requirements that advocates say make it impossible for many to receive help.
Deborah Haskins holds a framed picture of her late son, Joseph, whom family members called “JoJo,” left, and her late husband, Bruce, right, at her home on Feb. 18, 2024.
A program kept poor people charged with crimes out of jail in Maryland. Now it’s out of money.
Lawmakers grilled leaders from the Maryland Judiciary on Thursday during a Senate budget subcommittee hearing.
Construction on the Maryland State House in Annapolis began in 1772 and it's the oldest state capital building in the nation still in continuous legislative use. The building's dome is undergoing a rehabilitation project.
Why 2 Baltimore County Police officers are charged with failing to intervene in an assault
The Maryland Police Accountability Act of 2021 requires police officers to intervene to prevent or stop a use of force that’s beyond what’s authorized under the law.
Baltimore County Police Cpl. Zachary Small is charged with assaulting a man who was handcuffed and shackled in a patrol vehicle outside Johns Hopkins Hospital on Sept. 27, 2023. Baltimore County Police Officers Justin Graham-Moore and Jacob Roos are accused of failing to intervene.
He pleaded guilty to attempted murder in Baltimore. Then he was prosecuted for murder.
In 2012, Corey Jennings pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder and use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence in the shooting of Ryan Watson on June 14, 2011. Nine years to the day of the shooting, Watson died. He was 34.
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No charges for Baltimore Police officers who pursued car before fatal crash in Roland Park
Prosecutors from the Public Trust and Police Integrity Unit wrote that the two officers acted “reasonably and lawfully” and didn't cause the crash that killed Linda Moss, 74, in 2023.
6/22/22—Police investigate a crime scene where three men were shot in a Northeast Baltimore shopping center Wednesday morning.
I’ve covered courts for almost 10 years. Until this week, I’d never reported for jury duty.
My experience as a juror in Baltimore Circuit Court included courthouse employees paying me in three $10 bills and explaining how not to get run over on North Calvert Street as well as watching parts of the 2016 reboot of "Ghostbusters" and 2014 version of "Annie."
Baltimore Banner courts reporter Dylan Segelbaum‘s trial jury summons outside the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse on Feb. 12, 2024.
Judge declines to release man accused of shooting 2 Baltimore County police officers
Baltimore Circuit Judge Dennis M. Robinson Jr. wrote in a one-page order dated on Tuesday that there was “not a sufficient legal or factual basis” for him to reconsider his previous decision to hold David Linthicum, 25, of Cockeysville, without bail.
A SWAT team investigates a house on Warren Rd near Loch Raven Reservoir during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
Judge refuses to throw out mortgage fraud case against ex-Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby
U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby issued her ruling following a hearing on a motion for judgment of acquittal.
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby leaves U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on Friday after a hearing on a motion for judgment of acquittal in her mortgage fraud case. U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby denied the motion and ordered Mosby to surrender her passport.
Baltimore Police wrote just 37 citations that made it to court in 7 months
The Baltimore City Council Public Safety and Government Operations Committee on Wednesday held an oversight hearing about crime reduction and violence prevention and asked for an update about the citation docket.
Baltimore City Councilman Mark Conway listens during a hearing of the Baltimore City Council Public Safety and Government Operations Committee on Aug. 23, 2023.
Attorneys: Man accused of shooting Baltimore County police officers denied adequate medical care
In a separate motion, Deborah Katz Levi and James Dills, David Linthicum’s attorneys, allege that the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office misrepresented information about a use of force report in court.
A SWAT team unloads from a van to investigate a house on Warren Rd near Loch Raven Reservoir during a manhunt for 24-year-old Cockeysville resident David Emory Linthicum.
Baltimore Police officer who stole envelope containing cash gets probation, community service
Officer Eric Payton, 46, of Parkville, stole an envelope containing more than $100 from Soy Transportation Inc. on Belair Road near Southern Avenue in Northeast Baltimore on Sept. 20, 2023.
A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
What’s next after ex-Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was found guilty of mortgage fraud?
Mosby, 44, a Democrat who served as the city’s top prosecutor from 2015-2023, was found guilty on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt of one count of making a false statement on a loan application.
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, center, leaves U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on Tuesday after she was found guilty of one count of making a false statement on a loan application.
Security officer made ‘inappropriate, derogatory comments’ about Marilyn Mosby, letter reveals
The Baltimore Banner had moved to unseal the document.
Former Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby enters U.S. District Court in Greenbelt in October.
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