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Portrait of Marilyn Mosby at the Baltimore City State's Attorney Office.
Ahead of Marilyn Mosby trial, judge limits some prosecution arguments
Mosby, the former Baltimore City state’s attorney, is accused of improperly obtaining early access to her own retirement funds by saying in sworn documents that she had suffered adverse financial consequences as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dunbar football coach Lawrence Smith talks to his team after a game in December 2022.
Dunbar football coach lied about hundreds of school police overtime shifts, new court records say
The acting police chief for Baltimore City Public Schools, then a major, approved Lawrence Smith’s fraudulent overtime, the court documents say, raising serious questions about supervision and policies.
The United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners is a United States federal prison in Springfield, Missouri, where federal inmates are housed and receive medical treatment.
Former Gun Trace Task Force member Hersl says he has cancer, asks for release
Former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force member Daniel Hersl is seeking compassionate release from federal prison, saying he has terminal cancer and only a short time left to live.
Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and Ransom Watkins were freed after they were proved innocent.
Baltimore spending board asked to approve $48M payout for wrongful convictions in 1983 murder
The extraordinary payout in the case of the so-called “Harlem Park Three” is likely tens of millions of dollars larger than any of its kind in recent years.
A Property Invest USA investor travelled to Baltimore to survey two properties they own. One was in terrible condition; another had been recently renovated. Neither was being rented.
Turkish investors who were sold vacant, dilapidated Baltimore homes plead for criminal investigation
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office confirms it had recently received complaints about Property Invest USA that “highlighted serious concerns which we are reviewing.”
The Baltimore Banner sits down with Mayor Brandon Scott, former police commissioner Michael Harrison, and acting police commissioner Richard Worley for an interview discussing Harrison’s departure at City Hall on July 12, 2023
Baltimore Police commissioner apologizes for comments about rape, arson victims
“I misspoke. The last thing I want to do is blame the victim,” Worley said.
A woman comforts a student after she is released from lockdown at Morgan State University following a shooting on Oct. 3, 2023 that rocked the historically Black campus. Five people were wounded, including four students.
A beautiful evening broken by gunfire; five wounded after Morgan State coronation
One or more shooters opened fire on the campus of Morgan State University Tuesday night, wounding five people and sending students running for cover during what is traditionally a celebratory homecoming week at the HBCU.
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 Jason Billingsley apprehended by U.S. Marshals in killing of Baltimore tech CEO
The registered sex offender was taken into custody after 11 p.m. at a train station in Bowie, U.S. Marshals confirmed.
State's Attorney for Baltimore City Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Police Commissioner Rich Worley and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott hold a press conference about the killing of Pava LaPere at BPD headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. A photo of the suspect, Jason Billingsley, is displayed on the TV.
Why Jason Billingsley and other Maryland inmates earn early release from prison
The man now being sought for the killing of tech CEO Pava LaPere was sentenced to a prison term of 30 years. So how did he get released last fall?
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.
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 Police officer caught on camera stealing envelope of cash from business
Officer Eric Payton is charged with theft and misconduct after he was seen on video kicking an envelope, then picking it up and putting it in his pocket.
A Turkish investor travels to Baltimore to find he was deceived by Property Invest USA.
A Turkish pilot visited his investment property in Baltimore. He was shocked by what he found
Property Invest USA, a Miami-based company that facilitated the transaction — along with nearly 300 others across Baltimore to foreign buyers — "overpromised and underperformed.”
Portrait of Marilyn Mosby at the Baltimore City State's Attorney Office.
At perjury trial, Marilyn Mosby will argue business that never started caused financial hardship
Defense attorneys for former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby telegraphed their trial strategy in the clearest terms yet.
Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley, left, and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott take questions from reporters outside Bay-Brook Elementary/Middle School in Brooklyn Thursday before hosting a community meeting.
City will pay if council doesn’t approve Worley as police commissioner
Next week the Board of Estimates will be asked to approve a three-year contract for Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley, who is scheduled to have a confirmation hearing before the City Council the following day.
Meiko Locksley, the son of Maryland football coach Mike Locksley, was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest in the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Road in Columbia on the night of Sept. 3, 2017.
Columbia man facing possible prison time for refusing to cooperate in death investigation of UMD football coach’s son
John Willie Kennedy has pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2017 fatal shooting of Meiko Locksley.
Breaking News alert
‘Enforcer’ for violent CCC gang admits to 4 killings; guilty plea follows others
Federal authorities have claimed the CCC gang was behind 18 killings and 28 attempted killings between 2015 and 2020.
Dunbar football Lawrence Smith talks to his team after a win last season over Calvert.
Dunbar football coach Lawrence Smith, a school police officer, arrested on alleged $215k overtime fraud
FBI agents visited the school headquarters a year ago, probing timecard irregularities and overtime fraud, sources said at the time.
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