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A vehicle sits overturned in a construction zone on the Baltimore Beltway on March 22, 2023. Six construction workers were killed in the crash.
Lisa Adrienne Lea, driver in fatal I-695 crash, turns herself in to police
Lisa Adrienne Lea, 54, of Randallstown, faces 28 counts, including one that alleges she was driving impaired by drugs, though the indictment does not specify what substance. After police were initially unable to locate her, state police said she turned herself in on Wednesday morning.
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.
Baltimore prosecutors to announce arrest in 2017 killing of off-duty D.C. cop
Baltimore prosecutors will announce Wednesday that an arrest has been made in the 2017 killing of an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer who was gunned down in Northwest Baltimore, sources said.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, flanked by State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, are pictured last summer in a rare joint appearance.
The Baltimore mayor and state’s attorney are beefing. Will it affect the election?
The two have only appeared together publicly once this calendar year with the election bearing down.
The Dali cargo ship and the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge are seen from a Department of Natural Resources boat on the Patapsco River in Baltimore on April 10, 2024.
FBI opens criminal probe into Key Bridge collapse, raids Dali
Federal authorities opened a criminal investigation into the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, with FBI agents raiding the container ship Dali early Monday.
Attorney Kenneth Ravenell in an undated picture.
U.S. Supreme Court declines to review attorney Ravenell’s conviction
Baltimore attorney Kenneth Ravenell has been out of prison while he appeals his nearly five-year sentence for aiding a drug dealer client.
Gov. Wes Moore and President Joe Biden walk out for a press conference about the Key Bridge collapse at the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Headquarters in Dundalk on Friday, April 5, 2024.
How city voters view elected leaders’ responses to the Key Bridge collapse
Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott earned high marks from city voters for their response to the Key Bridge collapse, according to a new poll by Goucher College in partnership with The Baltimore Banner.
John "Jack" Luetkemeyer Jr. the co-chair of Continental Realty Corporation.
One Baltimore County developer is pouring big money into local politics
Jack Luetkemeyer has long contributed to political campaigns, but is making his biggest move yet in support of Sheila Dixon.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon.
Bates endorses Dixon in mayor’s race; Scott backed by Maryland’s US senators
The two leading candidates for mayor rolled out significant, competing endorsements on Monday.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates held separate news conferences Wednesday to discuss an investigation into an alleged juvenile crime ring operating out of what police described as a “clubhouse” in West Baltimore. Law enforcement revealed few specifics about the cases, stating that they were constrained because of privacy laws.
Youths operated from a ‘clubhouse,’ police say, carrying out armed carjackings, other crimes
Now, after months of compiling evidence, police say they have connected 20 youths between the ages of 12 and 17 to more than 50 incidents that had a connection to the home.
7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
2 Baltimore Police officers suspended in Northwestern District probe
Two Baltimore Police officers were suspended this week after internal affairs investigators served a warrant at the Northwestern District station, sources said.
The Domino Sugar Factory, with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the background, is seen on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
The Key Bridge stood for 47 years — then it was gone. Now Baltimore wonders what’s next.
Less than 20 seconds was all it took for it to collapse into the Patapsco River on Tuesday.
A U.S. Coast Guard boat heads toward the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage seen from Fort McHenry on March 26, 2024.
NTSB: Key Bridge’s ‘fracture critical’ design raised odds of collapse
Recovery efforts at the bridge collapse site are underway, while federal transportation safety investigators were boarding the ship and collecting evidence.
Close up photos of the Key bridge collapse, taken by Baltimore City Fire Rescue 1
6 missing construction workers in Francis Scott Key bridge collapse are presumed dead
The Coast Guard doesn’t think the six construction workers survived the bridge collapse because of the deep waters and cold temperatures.
Courtesy of the Baltimore Orioles
Peter Angelos, Orioles owner and lawyer for the little guy, dies at 94
Peter G. Angelos, the billionaire personal injury attorney credited with keeping the Baltimore Orioles here but who became despised by the fan base, died Saturday, the Orioles announced. He was 94.
Former Baltimore Mayor Pugh granted early end to probation in ‘Healthy Holly’ scandal
A federal judge agreed Thursday to early termination of former Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh’s probation related to her conviction in the “Healthy Holly” scandal.
This surveillance camera image shows a man breaking into attorney Andrew Slutkin’s Lutherville home. County police told him the burglar was believed to be part of a South American theft ring.
Chilean burglars targeted ‘millionaire neighborhoods’ in Baltimore County, police say
Following an inquiry by The Baltimore Banner this week, county police announced that five suspects had been arrested on Feb. 3. In court records, police said the suspects were positively identified through border control as members of an organization known as the South American Theft Group.
Erek L. Barron, U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, is shown speaking at a press conference in this file photo. Barron has intervened in a case that split his office, asking a judge to overturn the conviction of a man arrested by a former Gun Trace Task Force member a decade ago.
U.S. Attorney asks court to overturn conviction in GTTF-related case that split office
Convicted of a gun charge in 2014, Keyon Paylor was used as a grand jury witness by prosecutors pursuing corruption allegations involving members of the Gun Trace Task Force.
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.
Harassment charges against Baltimore Police major thrown out
Baltimore County prosecutors are throwing out harassment charges filed against a Baltimore Police commander, according to her attorney, who said the claims were fabricated.
Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers cleans out his locker on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024.
‘A really bad ten minutes’: Report of domestic violence brings no charges for Ravens’ Zay Flowers
Baltimore County Police said the case was closed Tuesday, but released documents on the original report. “She stated that she was physically assaulted which left her with multiple bruises,” police wrote.
6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
‘You asked for it’: Baltimore County cop accused of pepper spraying man in patrol car
Three Baltimore County Police officers have been indicted in connection with an alleged assault that took place in the city last fall, electronic court records show.
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