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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.
“Betrayed: The True Story of Roy McGrath.”
Feds connect mystery author ‘Ryan Cooper’ to fugitive Roy McGrath in newly unsealed search warrants
Judge unseals federal search warrants, sheds light on the Roy McGrath books mystery.
A 29-year-old man was fatally shot at Norma Jean's strip club early Sunday morning.
Man fatally shot, found inside strip club in Baltimore’s red light district
A 29-year-old man was fatally shot inside Norma Jean’s strip club on The Block, Baltimore’s red light district, early Sunday.
Mayor Brandon Scott and Acting Police Commissioner Richard Worley speak outside the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School football stadium.
12-year-old shot outside Dunbar High football home opener in ‘senseless’ act of gun violence
The young victim was taken to a hospital with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening, police said.
Construction on The Paramount, billed as a $50 million, 3,750-seat concert venue in Baltimore's casino and stadium district, halted earlier this year and new court filings show claim funding has dried up. This view shows the facility against the backdrop of M&T Bank Stadium, home of the Ravens.
The Paramount concert venue appears in jeopardy as funding falls through, contractors sue
The announced $50 million, 3,750-seat venue was expected to open this summer, but construction came to a halt earlier this year. Though officials have been mum, court filings explain why.
Acting Commissioner Richard Worley speaks at a press conference Thursday to give an update on two new arrests made regarding the Brooklyn Homes fatal shooting in July.
Baltimore Police charge student and jailed teen in Brooklyn Homes mass shooting
Baltimore Police charged two more people, a 14-year-old boy and 18-year-old man, in the July 2 mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes housing project of South Baltimore.
Frederick County Sheriff Charles “Chuck” Jenkins leaves the U.S. District Court in Baltimore after pleading not guilty to federal conspiracy charges. He announced he will take a leave of absence for the duration of the case.
Indicted Frederick Co. sheriff announces return to duty. Councilmember says he made ‘mockery’ of process.
“The leave of absence was self-imposed and there is no reason not to return to full duty at this point,” Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said in a statement.
One of two proposed plans for a new Baltimore police and fire training facility, to be built on the Coppin State University campus, is shown in this rendering.
Proposed Baltimore police and fire training facility has hefty price tag: $330 million
The project received renewed attention this week when a top Police Department official described it as a “tactical village,” drawing comparisons to the so-called “Cop City” project in Atlanta.
FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, to plotting with other members of the far-right Proud Boys to violently stop the transfer of presidential power after the 2020 election, making him the first member of the extremist group to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge. Jeremy Joseph Bertino, 43, has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's investigation of the role that Proud Boys leaders played in the mob's attack on the U.S.
Baltimore man sentenced to 15 months in prison for taking part in Capitol riot
Narayana Rheiner, 42, pleaded guilty last year to one count of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder.
Chris Bendann, 39, exits the Baltimore County Courthouse in Towson with his legal team after a hearing on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The former Gilman School teacher is accused of sexually abusing a student between 2016 and 2019, and was indicted on 16 counts including sexual abuse of a minor, rape and related offenses.
Ex-Gilman teacher faces federal charge of possession of sexually explicit images of children
Christopher Bendann faces charges in state court that he sexually abused a student. He was arrested by the FBI early Friday.
A police officer walks through the crime scene on Elarton Court in Brooklyn following a mass shooting on July 2.
18-year-old charged in connection with Brooklyn Homes mass shooting
Court records show Tristan Jackson was linked to the shooting in part through GPS monitoring for a prior offense.
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