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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.
Survivors of Greater Grace and their loved ones held a protest outside the Baltimore campus Friday.
Greater Grace church vows to probe its handling of sex abuse allegations, publicize the findings
The East Baltimore-based church expects to select a firm in the next few weeks and anticipates the work could take up to six months. Pastor Robert Colban's empathetic tone Sunday marked a departure from the more defensive sermons delivered by another pastor in response to a Baltimore Banner series of articles.
Survivors of Greater Grace and their loved ones held a protest outside of the Baltimore campus on June 28, 2024. The protest lasted about five hours.
Dozens protest at Greater Grace church in wake of sex abuse investigation
Many former members of Greater Grace World Outreach flocked to the East Baltimore church Friday evening to protest leaders’ handling of allegations of child sex abuse — the subject of a Baltimore Banner investigation.
Jediah Tanguay, a survivor of Greater Grace Church, painted his body with the words "shame", "broken", and "failure", taped his mouth shut, took off his shoes and stood in front of the church on Moravia Road during their large convention on June 24, 2024 in protest.
Painted in protest, a sex abuse survivor begs church to change
The Tanguay brothers, survivors of Greater Grace Church, recount their stories of abuse and how the church handled it.
Brandon Russell. A Maryland woman conspired with the Florida neo-Nazi leader to carry out an attack on several electrical substations in the Baltimore area, officials said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
Neo-Nazi charged with plotting to attack power grid has a new defender — the ACLU
Patrick Toomey, the deputy director of the ACLU’s National Security Project and whose work on Section 702 was cited in the defense’s earlier filing, entered his appearance on the case Tuesday along with two other attorneys from the civil liberties group.
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.
New lawsuit: Title company collected $1 million for ABC Capital transactions that never happened
A lawsuit filed last week is the latest addition to a pile of civil claims tied to ABC Capital and Castle Title that keeps growing as the Maryland Insurance Administration investigates discrepancies raised by a civil lawyer and reported by The Baltimore Banner.
Greater Grace World Outreach Pastor Thomas Schaller said during a sermon Sunday that the church is being “misrepresented” and “attacked.” He denied allegations of impropriety.
Baltimore pastor defends church’s record on child sex abuse: ‘If we know it, we act on it’
“We are being attacked,” said Greater Grace church's head pastor, Thomas Schaller.
Illustration of two women and one man sitting at a table with disposable coffee cups in front of them. We see the back of one woman's head and the other woman leans forward to hold her hand. A hazy image of a Jeep floats in the background.
One family’s agonizing journey to uncover secrets and abuse at a Baltimore church
Accusations of child sex abuse extend to Greater Grace World Outreach's churches in Ghana. One family confronts church leaders, but discovers the primacy of the church's "brand."
Illustration shows six individuals on Zoom screens in various stages of research or on the phone. There is a large millstone behind them and padlocks sprinkled around the image.
Web of megachurch sex abuse leads to a trusted pastor and his sons
A group raised to revere their pastors reaches out to former classmates and friends. They discover dozens of abuse allegations, including several linked to one family.
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