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Angel Smith was seven months pregnant when she and fiance Yahmell Montague were gunned down in 2022. Police and prosecutors are now charging two alleged hit men in their killings.
Pregnant woman’s fatal shooting among cases linked to alleged hit men in new indictment
The two men are accused of carrying out a string of contract shootings and killings across Baltimore over a bloody eight-month period.
Chad Helton, President and CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
Pratt Library’s unconventional new CEO is out to change lives
After a national search, the Pratt Libraries boards selected Chad Helton as president and CEO of the 142-year-old Baltimore library system.
Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested by federal authorities on charges that she plotted to destroy energy facilities in the Baltimore area.
Woman sentenced to 18 years in neo-Nazi power grid attack plot
Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested in February 2023 after corresponding for months with a government source to plot the attack.
Baltimore Orioles owner David Rubenstein scarcely thought about his hometown while building his billion-dollar investment firm in Washington. That changed when he bought the Orioles.
David Rubenstein long ago moved on from Baltimore. Now he’s king of Birdland.
David Rubenstein grew up in Baltimore and now owns the Orioles. But for most of his life, nobody — not even Rubenstein himself — thought he was a Baltimore guy.
The Dali, a massive container ship from Singapore,  still sits in the wreckage and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore port on April 1, 2024. It has been a week since it lost power and struck the bridge , causing it to topple in seconds, taking several roadway workers and their cars with it. The once giant frame of the bridge now sits in the water and large cranes have arrived to untangle the mess.
Dali ‘jury-rigged’ and unseaworthy when it slammed into Key Bridge, feds say
The U.S. Justice Department accused the operators of Dali, the container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, of negligence and mismanagement.
Samantha Boyd Lide displays tattoo remembering sister Chanette Neal
Gang hit man gets 45 years in killings of 3 innocent victims, 10 other shootings
The Black Guerrilla Family hit man had been involved in the killings of not one, not two, but three people.
Both speed cameras in the 2300 block of West Patapsco Avenue were stolen on Aug. 26. Baltimore Police have charged a suspect and said he may be responsible for more than a dozen such thefts.
Baltimore has a speed camera snatcher. There’s been an arrest.
A 67-year-old has been charged with stealing four speed cameras in three locations around the city, and Baltimore Police are investigating whether he is responsible for many more.
Attorneys Hunter Pruette, left, and Tony Garcia play body camera footage of the arrest of Jaemaun Joyner. Joyner is seated with his mother, Rhonda McCain, and grandmother, Hattie Richburg.
City prosecutors clear officer who held gun to man’s head
Jaemaun Joyner’s attorneys shared body camera footage of the incident, calling it an “act of terrorism,” but Police Commissioner Richard Worley backed the officer.
Adnan Syed and mother Shamim Syed  speak to the press after the Maryland Supreme Court hearing on Thursday to hear oral argument in the Adnan Syed case.
Maryland Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction of Adnan Syed and orders new hearing
Syed was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial” and served more than 20 years in prison in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School. He has always maintained his innocence.
The owner of ABC Capital claims he’s out of business after being blacklisted by a major insurance underwriter, Castle Title.
ABC Capital’s Walsh convicted in case related to jilted home buyer
ABC Capital’s Jay Walsh was convicted Thursday of acting as a contractor without a license and acquitted of the most serious charge he faced, one count of felony theft.
ABC Capital's Jay Walsh appeared in Baltimore District Court on June 20 for a scheduled trial on charges of felony theft and doing business without a license.
Theft trial begins for ABC Capital’s Walsh, accused in Ponzi-style scheme
The only criminal case against a real estate investor Jay Walsh accused of running a Ponzi-style international investment scheme that affected thousands of homes in Baltimore and Philadelphia is underway this week in Baltimore District Court.
Brandon Scott revealed he was engaged to Hana Pugh on Dec. 25, 2023, a day before their son was born.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott gets married in surprise ceremony
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott married fiancee Hana Pugh in a ceremony Sunday at Walther Gardens.
Fire and emergency responders are continuing to search through debris Sunday morning after an apparent house explosion in Bel Air.
Bel Air home leveled after apparent blast; 2 killed, including BGE contractor
A contractor for Baltimore Gas and Electric who had been called out for a report of a gas leak was killed along with a 73-year-old resident.
7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
State officials withhold name of teen killed by police, citing privacy law
As independent investigators in the Maryland Attorney General’s Office probe the fatal police shooting of a boy on Monday, they say they are required by state law to withhold his identity — and potentially much more related to the investigation.
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, member of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks to members of the media outside of the U.S. Capitol, on September 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. Raskin said the committee is planning to reschedule their postponed hearing as soon as possible.
Maryland Congressman Raskin calls on Biden to carefully consider his future
He’s the highest-ranking Maryland Democrat to suggest that stepping down could be a consideration for Biden, whose campaign has struggled in recent weeks.
Attorneys Hunter Pruette, left, and Tony Garcia play body camera footage of the arrest of Jaemaun Joyner, during which a detective held a gun to his head. Joyner is seated with his mother, Rhonda McCain, and grandmother, Hattie Richburg.
Baltimore Police commissioner backs officer who put a gun to restrained man’s head
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley on Thursday backed an officer held a gun to the temple of a man who was being restrained by other officers.
Attorneys Hunter Pruette, left, and Tony Garcia play body camera footage of the arrest of Jaemaun Joyner, who had a detective hold a gun to his head. Joyner is seated with his mother, Rhonda McCain, and grandmother, Hattie Richburg.
Baltimore cop held a gun to restrained man’s temple, bodycam footage shows
Defense attorneys and relatives of Jaemaun Joyner, 24, are calling for accountability after watching police body camera footage showing officers restraining him and one holding a gun to his head.
Rachael Denhollander, who was sexually abused by Larry Nassar, speaks after Nassar’s sentencing hearing in Michigan in 2018. Officials at Greater Grace World Outreach said they have enlisted Denhollander as a consultant as the church prepares to hire an independent firm to investigate its handling of sexual assault allegations.
Greater Grace church says it has enlisted abuse survivor who helped take down Larry Nassar
Jim Hadley, one of the church elders, said on Sunday the church has “engaged” Rachael Denhollander as a consultant. Denhollander is a Michigan attorney and former gymnast who was the first to publicly come forward with allegations that Nassar had abused her.
Police Commissioner Richard Worley, pictured during a community walk last December, says he’s been experiencing the city’s declines in violent crimes firsthand, living in a downtown hotel since the fall.
Baltimore Police commissioner, living in a downtown hotel, says he sees crime declines firsthand
Richard Worley said his knowledge of the department as a 26-year veteran allowed him to make tweaks to the organizational structure and supervisors that he believes have been paying dividends.
Michael Maurice Johnson, pictured in an undated file photo, was ultimately cleared in the 2010 slaying of 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes after three trials.
Man cleared after 3 trials in teen’s 2010 slaying now accused of raping, strangling different teen
The alleged victim told police that Johnson, 40, overheard her on the phone talking about a boy and became enraged, assaulting her throughout the night, including punching her, strangling her until she lost consciousness and raping her.
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