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Frederick D. Moorefield Jr., who served as deputy chief information officer for command, control, and communications, for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, has been charged with facilitating a dog fighting ring.
Two Anne Arundel County men, including Pentagon official, charged with running illegal dogfighting ring
According to the complaint filed on Sept. 21, Frederick Douglass Moorefield Jr., 62, of Arnold, and Mario Damon Flythe, 49, of Glen Burnie, used encrypted messaging to discuss how to train the dogs, exchange videos about dogfighting, and arrange and coordinate fights.
Howard County sheriff’s deputy Ryan Demby.
Off-duty Howard County deputy fatally shot in Baltimore’s Federal Hill neighborhood; arrest made
A bargoer as well as an official briefed on the investigation said the incident started with an altercation inside of Wayward Bar & Kitchen, and that the participants were thrown out.
Baltimore acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley, U.S. Marshals Chief Deputy Mathew Silverman, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott, and Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan J. Bates host a press conference at police headquarters on the arrest of Jason Billingsley, the suspect in the killing of Pava LaPere, on Sept. 28, 2023. Billingsley was apprehended at a train station in Bowie late last night. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
Baltimore Police defend actions in hunt for suspect in Pava LaPere’s killing
Jason Dean Billingsley, 32, of Baltimore, was taken into custody late Wednesday after multiple law enforcement agencies tracked him to a train station in Bowie.
Mugshot of Jason Billingsley.
Suspect in LaPere killing was also accused of rape, setting pair on fire a week earlier
The circumstances of the killing resemble a “scenario single women worry about,” one woman said.
Pava LaPere. Credit: WJZ-TV
Convicted sex offender wanted in killing of rising tech star Pava LaPere
Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley said he was not aware of any connection between Jason Dean Billingsley and Pava LaPere.
The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law announced the launch of the Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law. From left are professor Larry Gibson, Dean Renée Hutchins, professor Taunya Lovell Banks, and professor Michael Pinard.
U. of Maryland law school launches Center for Race and the Law in Baltimore
“The Center is for Baltimore and of Baltimore,” newly named Director Michael Pinard wrote in an open letter.
The Domino Sugar plant has four new silos that have increased the capacity of refined sugar the plant is able to store.
Domino Sugar plant, survivor of Baltimore’s industrial past, doubles down on local production
Plant spokesman Peter O’Malley said the new silos, which each can store 3.5 million pounds of refined sugar, have quadrupled the plant’s total capacity.
Annapolis prepares for Tropical Storm Ophelia moving through Maryland on Saturday. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
Tropical Depression Ophelia brings heavy rain and wind to mid-Atlantic as it moves north
Baltimore and neighboring counties are under flood watch through Sunday morning
Crowds show up at the first night of Artscape after its four-year hiatus on September 22, 2023.
Artscape events canceled for Saturday as Tropical Storm Ophelia looms
Organizers decided to suspend events scheduled for Saturday over concerns about potentially dangerous wind.
Andre De Shields, dressed in a slim cut crimson suit, was in Baltimore Thursday as the 1800 block of Division Street in the Upton neighborhood where he grew up, was renamed in his honor.
Baltimore honors local treasure André De Shields with a street
Mayor Scott presided over ceremony to rename the 1800 block of Division Street in the Upton neighborhood after the beloved entertainer.
Police tape limits access to Roosevelt Park in Baltimore on Sept. 11, 2023 after a shooting incident.
Baltimore Police arrest suspect in Hampden shooting as dozens of students look on
A shooting incident near a popular Hampden skate park ended with a chaotic arrest Monday afternoon as dozens of students departing a nearby high school looked on.
Anna Barron performs the national anthems of the U.S. and Ukraine at the Baltimore Ukrainian Festival.
Pierogi and patriots at Baltimore’s Ukrainian Festival
Vendors in stalls on Montford sold blintzes, jewelry, trinkets and shots of a honey liqueur called medivka. Cooks served stuffed cabbage, pierogis, potato pancakes and borscht. Although the overtone was quaint and festive, thoughts of the war in Ukraine were present.
An Annapolis police officer walks past the parking lot of the Boys and Girls Club in the Bywater neighborhood after an 18-year-old Glen Burnie man was shot to death in a courtyard next door on Friday, Sept. 8.
18-year-old shot and killed in Bywater neighborhood of Annapolis
The shooting happened on the same block of the Bywater neighborhood where, on July 27, another fatal shooting occurred.
Buddy Sueck, who lives by the crossing, walks his bicycle across the intersection.
Visitors raise concerns about Monkton trail crosswalk where woman was killed
Those familiar with the crosswalk consider it to be one of the most dangerous on the Torrey C. Brown Rail Trail, created in 1984 over the former path of the Northern Central Railroad.
The journey of Donald Lawson and the Defiant.
The making of Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson and the quixotic quest that may have doomed him
Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson likely had little warning before his sailing trimaran Defiant capsized hundreds of miles off the coast of Mexico in July. We might never know what happened that day or what became of Lawson, who likely perished. Was he prepared to succeed? Was he destined to fail?
Amber Duckett sits under her Neso tent on the beach at Ocean City on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. She admitted that as she and her partner were setting it up, they felt a little embarrassed by how much space it took up for just the two of them.
A win for Big Umbrella: Ocean City may take up ban on large shade devices on its beaches
The hypothetical ban could be a boon to Big Umbrella and a blow to the Beach Shade Industrial Complex.
The Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in Annapolis hosts the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals. A state constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2022 would rename the courts to the Appeals Court of Maryland and the Supreme Court of Maryland.
Maryland Supreme Court rules on intent of employment discrimination laws
While one law explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation, another does not
A silver and blue Amtrak train emerges from a tunnel. In the background trees and a small piece of the Baltimore skyline are visible.
Amtrak files eminent domain lawsuit against West Baltimore property owners
The rail provider seeks to take control of four properties to clear the way for a rail tunnel project
Joyce J. Scott.
BMA to exhibit life’s work of category-defying local artist Joyce J. Scott
The 50-year career retrospective, “Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams,” will be presented in Baltimore and Seattle Art Museum in 2024.
Exterior details of Orioles Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on 2/2/23.
Watch: ‘Free Kevin Brown’ chant erupts at Camden Yards
The steady chant could be heard clearly throughout the stadium.
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