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    There’s a body in the Inner Harbor, and other reminders that life is unpleasant

    Baltimore City Fire and the Baltimore City Police Underwater Recovery Team work to pull a Silver Cab from the Inner Harbor on Thursday, July 24, 2025.
    Peter Thomas of Bar One Baltimore and ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ reports to federal prison
    Thomas, 64, now of Miami, pleaded guilty in 2024 in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina, to one count of failure to pay over trust fund taxes.
    Peter Thomas in 2023.
    Ex-Baltimore Police officer who failed to prevent assault has conviction overturned
    The Maryland Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a former Baltimore Police officer who failed to prevent a suspect in an assault from attacking a man lying on the ground.
    Justice Brynja M. Booth wrote for the majority that prosecutors had failed to prove the case against former officer Nguyen beyond a reasonable doubt.
    Baltimore recorded fewest youth homicides in a decade in first half of 2025
    Baltimore City officials and community groups have invested in prevention programs meant to divert kids away from gun violence.
    Anti-violence programs, such as the Group Violence Reduction Strategy, have also brought down the number of youth homicides in Baltimore.
    Bodycam video shows arrest of retired sheriff’s captain who reported sex crime
    Four body camera videos were recently filed as exhibits in U.S. District Court in Baltimore, where Jackie Conway, 61, of Baltimore, has a pending civil rights lawsuit.
    A still from body camera footage shows Baltimore County Police officers arresting Jackie Conway last year.
    Baltimore’s register of wills office spent over $1M on media, unaired TV show, audit finds
    In response to the audit, the wills office, which has been led by former Baltimore City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway since 2014, called the allegations “unsubstantiated” without elaborating.
    Belinda Conaway, who was elected as Baltimore City's Register of Wills in 2014.

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    2 teens face charges after possible ‘door kick’ TikTok challenge, police say
    Two teens are facing charges after police said they kicked in the door of a Maryland home in what may be associated with a TikTok challenge.
    Pasadena homeowners reported that the teens had attempted to kick in their doors, police said.
    Maryland pastor arrested by ICE has been transferred to Louisiana, family says
    Daniel Fuentes Espinal, who had been living in the U.S. since arriving in 2001 from his native Honduras, was apprehended by ICE agents in Maryland. He is now in a Louisiana detention center.
    Pastor Daniel Fuentes Espinal, 54, who was arrested by ICE Monday morning in Easton. Espinal leads a congregation of 70 at Iglesia del Nazareno Jesus Te Ama (Church of the Nazarene Jesus Loves You).
    Lawyers defending Baltimore jail conditions receive public reprimand for AI-generated citations
    In a 51-page order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco referred Matthew Reeves and William Lunsford, both partners at Butler Snow LLP, to the Alabama State Bar and other licensing authorities.
    A federal judge reprimanded several attorneys for citing cases that were made up by the artificial intelligence program ChatGPT.
    Body found in van pulled from Inner Harbor
    Baltimore expands flagship anti-violence program to Southern District
    Baltimore partners with leaders in the community to identify and intervene with people at the highest risk of experiencing or committing violence.
    Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, along with representatives from Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) and other public officials held a press conference on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Cherry Hill to announce the expansion of the City's Group Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS) program. Speaking at center is Termite, or Kin Brown-Lane, a community leader who works with the strategy to reduce violence in her community.

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    Murder trial resumes after family members attack defendant in Baltimore courtroom
    The Baltimore City Sheriff's Office arrested three men on charges including second-degree assault in a melee that broke out in the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse during the trial of Joseph Walker.
    The Baltimore City Sheriff's Office reported that a sheriff’s deputy and correctional officer used pepper spray to restore order Tuesday after three men attacked Joseph Walker, 50, as he stood trial in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including first-degree murder.
    Ex-St. John’s Parish Day School assistant arrested for child pornography
    Officials said there's no indication the material was related to students at the school.
    Officials said there's no indication the material was related to students at the school.
    Judge’s unusual acquittal reversed in Maryland doctor’s $15M Medicare fraud case
    U.S. Senior District Judge James K. Bredar threw out the jury's verdict in the trial of Dr. Ron Elfenbein.
    Dr. Ron Elfenbein, right, appeared with then-Gov. Larry Hogan, middle, at a ribbon-cutting event for the COVID testing operation at BWI airport on Aug. 24, 2021.
    How a daring audit sparked Maryland’s reckoning over police custody deaths
    Research by a psychology professor from Towson University shed new light on how the work of medical examiners suffers from bias.
    Jeff Kukucka, Associate Professor of Psychology at Towson University
    State police investigate inmate’s death at Western Maryland prison
    Maryland State Police launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old man incarcerated at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.
    North Branch Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland, on May 11, 2025.

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    State police investigate inmate’s death at Western Maryland prison
    Maryland State Police launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old man incarcerated at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.
    North Branch Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland, on May 11, 2025.
    Suspect in Baltimore County double homicide extradited to Maryland
    Baltimore County Police have extradited a 31-year-old man from Pennsylvania facing charges in connection with the March deaths of two people from Owings Mills.
    Kevin Ahn is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center without bond on two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree assault in the deaths of Sun Lim, 83, and Im Kim, 69.
    Free for 15 years, Tyrone Jones finally compensated for wrongful conviction in Baltimore
    Tyrone Jones was initially denied compensation under the Walter Lomax Act because at the time in Maryland, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder had been considered a misdemeanor instead of a felony.
    Tyrone Jones is photographed after dropping off his son at a therapy session in Parkville, Md. on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
    Man enters plea to murder of Patterson High School student in Baltimore
    Roger Alvarado-Mendoza, 25, of Dundalk, entered an Alford plea Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court to first-degree murder in the shooting of Izaiah Carter on March 6, 2023. Carter was 16.
    Michelle Hines, mother of 16-year-old Izaiah Carter speaks with media after the Peace and Remembrance Day, in Baltimore, Thursday, May 25, 2023.
    ‘She was defenseless’: Mom learns fate for murdering 1-year-old daughter in Baltimore
    As part of a plea agreement, Aurielle Montgomery, 24, of Pikesville, faced a sentence between between 10 and 22 years in prison.
    6/28/22—the exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse.
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