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Was there actually a kangaroo on the loose in West Baltimore? We investigated.
Could a baby kangaroo be living undetected in the alleys of Baltimore? Did someone’s exotic pet hop away? In this strange, surprising city, anything was possible.
Surveillance video showing the animal in a West Baltimore alley. Video courtesy of Paula LeVere.
Video: Marshals swarm train station to arrest Jason Billingsley in killing of tech CEO
Jason Billingsley had been on the run for days after an alleged crime spree in Baltimore. Surrounded in Bowie, he raised his arms and surrendered.
Jason Billingsley raises his hands as he’s apprehended at a Bowie train station on Sept. 30, 2023, in this still image taken from surveillance video obtained by The Baltimore Banner.
Question looms over Baltimore pastor’s ouster: How does a monk come up with $200K?
Questions are swirling among parishioners at Saint Benedict Church in Baltimore after the removal of their longtime pastor over a secret $200,000 settlement he paid five years ago.
The church steeple at Saint Benedict Church is photographed Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023 in Baltimore.
Parishioners fight to clear pastor dismissed over $200k fraud, abuse settlement
Parish members are compiling information that they believe raises doubts about the allegations of fraud and sexual assault against their pastor of almost 40 years.
The St. Benedict Church photographed Sunday, Oct.15, 2023, in Baltimore.
Popular St. Benedict pastor accused of rape, fraud removed over $200K secret settlement
The Archdiocese of Baltimore launched an investigation into Rev. Paschal Morlino after he admitted the payment to The Baltimore Banner.
Photo of Paschal Morlino
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.
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.
Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy: Judge halts lawsuits against parishes, schools, charities
Judge also grants archdiocese request to continue paying salaries and benefits to employees and conduct routine financial business.
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Archdiocese of Baltimore files for bankruptcy ahead of expected flood of sex abuse lawsuits
Archbishop William E. Lori said church leaders had weighed their options for months this summer before concluding that Chapter 11 bankruptcy was inevitable.
Photo collage showing the Baltimore Basilica from overhead, with a huge and empty cash box drawer popping out of its side. A fly flies out of the empty cash drawer.
What we know about Jason Dean Billingsley, suspect in Mount Vernon tech CEO’s killing
Court records show Billingsley is a registered sex offender with three criminal convictions.
The apartment building located at 306 West Franklin St. is where Pava LaPere lived and was later found deceased on the rooftop. (Kaitlin Newman/The Baltimore Banner)
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.
Mugshot of Jason Billingsley.
Prosecutors clear officer who shot and killed Baltimore activist Tyree ‘Colion’ Moorehead
Moorehead, 48, was known as a community activist for spray-painting “No Shoot Zone” hundreds of times across Baltimore.
On Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore Police Commissioner Harrison released the body-worn footage from this past Sunday’s fatal shooting of Tyree Moorehead. He and Deputy Commissioner Brian Nadeau walked through the footage with members of the press and answered a few questions Tuesday afternoon.
Kevin Spacey’s $5.6M Baltimore mansion may be sold in foreclosure, judge orders
The waterfront house had been listed as “Baltimore’s most extraordinary home.”
Actor Kevin Spacey has been hiding out in Baltimore since 2017, "beguiled by its charm."
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.
Dunbar football Lawrence Smith talks to his team after a win last season over Calvert.
Archdiocese of Baltimore warns sexual abuse lawsuits under new law could lead to bankruptcy
In a letter addressed Tuesday to “Friends in Christ,” Archbishop William E. Lori said he plans to consult in the coming days with various ordained and lay leaders about how the archdiocese should respond to the new law, which goes into effect Oct. 1.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
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.
“Betrayed: The True Story of Roy McGrath.”
‘So much for resting in peace’: Feds seek to claw back $119K from the late Roy McGrath
Federal prosecutors want to seize more than $100,000 from a stock account belonging to the late Roy McGrath, alleging the money traces to a fraudulent severance payment.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
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.
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.
A misplaced whiskey glass? How Kevin Plank explained recording an Under Armour employee
Maryland has one of the strictest laws in the country when it comes to recording private conversations. It’s a felony crime to record a conversation with someone without their knowledge and consent.
Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, speaks to students inside of Edmondson-Westside High School on Feb. 24, 2023. Each student-athlete in attendance at the Q&A received a pair of Slip Speed Under Armour shoes.
Records present fuller account of FBI shooting of former Maryland official Roy McGrath
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee has cleared the FBI agents of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of McGrath.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
Baltimore judge lifts redactions of 43 names in report on sex abuse within Archdiocese of Baltimore
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor ordered the attorney general’s office may release a copy of the report with the redactions lifted next month.
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