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Polymer80 80% frames for Glock Inc. pistols for sale at Hiram's Guns / Firearms Unknown store in El Cajon, California, U.S., on Monday, April 26, 2021.
Baltimore settles ‘ghost gun’ lawsuit: Maker halting sales, ads in Maryland
Polymer80, one of the largest makers of parts for ghost guns, agreed to curtail its business in Maryland and to stop selling its parts to Maryland residents in neighboring states.
Polymer80 80% frames for Glock Inc. pistols for sale at Hiram's Guns / Firearms Unknown store in El Cajon, California, U.S., on Monday, April 26, 2021.
Baltimore man gets 3½ years in federal prison for trafficking ghost guns
Mark Ryals, 35, assembled 3D printed handguns and sold them, along with a silencer, to undercover agents on multiple occasions.
Dana Mulhauser, shown in this file photo from Clayton, Missouri on July 24, 2020, has left the Maryland attorney general’s Independent Investigations Division on Feb. 2 to take a job with the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety.
Head of state AG unit that investigates police-involved deaths resigns
The first leader of the state’s Independent Investigations Division is out at the attorney general’s office after 2.5 years. Police found her biased, her former boss called her a “rock star.”
Delroy Plummer, 68, died Jan. 24 after Tony Jones, a mechanic at Fix It All Repairs, shot him in the chest in the office at the business. Jones and other witnesses described the shooting as an accident; the Baltimore Police Department arrested Jones, 58, on charges of first-degree murder.
Was it murder or an accident? Truck driver’s death raises tough legal question
Baltimore man held without bond, but judge concedes case could be wrongly charged
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO David Smith, left, financed a lawsuit against former mayoral candidate T.J. Smith, right.
Sinclair’s David Smith financed lawsuit against candidate during 2020 mayor’s race
Just like the case against Baltimore schools, Fox45 covered the 2020 lawsuit without disclosing their owner’s involvement.
Tierra Morales, Social Services Coordination Supervisor, and Mark Mason, Associate Director of Victim Services, go down a checklist of people on January 24, 2024.
How a small team in the Baltimore mayor’s office hopes to better serve crime victims
After years of poor treatment, one small team in the mayor's office is trying to better help crime victims in Baltimore.
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO David Smith testifies before the legislature’s Joint Government Oversight Committee meeting in this 2007 file photo.
Sinclair exec, Sun owner David Smith behind lawsuit against Baltimore schools
Fox45 says reporters didn’t know their station’s owner is financing high-profile suit and station will add disclosure to stories.
Sinclair Broadcast Group President and CEO David Smith testifies before the legislature’s Joint Government Oversight Committee meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, in this 2007 file photo.
New Baltimore Sun owner on tape bashing city schools, local politicians and more
With his immense media holdings, Smith is one of the most influential figures in American journalism. Yet he rarely gives interviews, in part because of the contempt he feels toward mainstream media
The current newsroom of The Baltimore Sun is located in St. Paul Plaza. (Dylan Segelbaum/The Baltimore Banner)
New Baltimore Sun owner insults staff in meeting, says paper should mimic Fox45
Baltimore businessman David Smith told Sun staff he had not been a regular newspaper reader for decades.
A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
Baltimore Police identify Jan. 2 homicide victim as 16-year-old Carver Vo-Tech student
The killing of Noah Gibson, the first homicide in the city in 2024, continues an upward trend in the number of Baltimore youths who have been shot since the coronavirus pandemic.
Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was found guilty of perjury
Tax debt, hearsay and perjury: Evidence in question for Marilyn Mosby’s fraud trial
Attorneys on both sides are again seeking limits for the other ahead of Mosby’s federal mortgage fraud trial. Mosby, the former Baltimore state’s attorney, was convicted of perjury in November.
Baltimore Juvenile Justice Center at 300 N. Gay St. opened it’s doors in October 2003
Baltimore youth jail official removed after investigation into improper releases
A key Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center official is out after a pointed letter from top lawmakers prompted a DJS investigation into the failure to detain kids accused of violent crimes.
Baltimore Police officers stood at a scene in the 2000 block of West Pratt Street on Dec. 30, 2023, in response to an officer involved shooting.
Baltimore Police say officers shot a 36-year-old naked man after he cut a cop
A 36-year-old man was hospitalized Saturday after being shot by Baltimore Police, who said the naked man charged at them with a sword or machete.
Bryson Hudson’s grandmother, Erica Colbert, who goes by “YaYa,” poses with a cardboard cutout of Hudson, 16, who was shot and killed this past August.
Homicides are down, but Baltimore’s young people are being shot at a historic rate
The city will likely record fewer than 300 homicides this year, but Baltimore’s young people were shot and killed at the highest rate in at least a decade.
A Baltimore police officer displays his handcuffs on 8/24/22.
More kids arrested in Baltimore this year are being detained instead of sent home
These figures come as a series of juvenile justice reforms the Maryland General Assembly passed in 2022 have drawn criticism from prosecutors and police chiefs around the state.
The South Baltimore community showed up for a candlelight vigil for Jaylen Richard, a 12-year-old fatally shot last Saturday, on April 20, 2023. (Kaitlin Newman / The Baltimore Banner)
With Baltimore homicides dropping below 300, who gets to take credit?
Even with the reduction in killings — Baltimore will record its lowest homicide total since tallying 211 in 2014 — the city’s murder rate remains among the highest in the nation and is similar to what it was in the 1990s.
Evidence markers are placed at a shooting scene in the 2400 block of Maisel Court on Saturday, April 15.
Baltimore wants to know where guns used in crimes come from. It’s suing the ATF to get the data.
The lawsuit seeks five years of ATF “trace data,” which shows where a gun recovered by police or other officers was manufactured to where it was sold at retail.
7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
Police: Pennsylvania teen killed in Baltimore after deciding not to buy car from Facebook seller
What started as a road trip to Baltimore to possibly purchase a car ended in tragedy for a Lancaster teen.
A folding table on the sidewalk was covered in a green tablecloth, with spent candles and trails of wax.
Fatal shooting claims lives of young couple in West Baltimore
Charles Johnson, 21, and Eniyah Smith, 20, left behind a 3-year-old daughter.
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