Criminal justice

Police say a Baltimore man who allegedly shot and wounded a co-worker on Interstate 95 in Howard County may have blamed the victim for a demotion.

Prosecutors accuse trial lawyer Steven L. Snyder of exceeding the demands of his client when he demanded $25 million from the University of Maryland Medical System.

Baltimore County Circuit Judge Nancy M. Purpura on Wednesday sentenced Jalen Green, 23, of Northwest Baltimore, to 10 years for first-degree rape and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.

On Nov. 15, the co-owner of Dapper Dog Tattoo Shop on Maryland Avenue called police to report destruction of property to a flagpole at the store, according to a police report. A Naval Academy graduate was later charged in the incident.

The deputy chief of a volunteer fire company in Cecil County faces multiple charges stemming from a brush fire that authorities say he started.

A Baltimore man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a shooting that left a Laurel man hospitalized and shut down I-95 North for several hours on Monday, according to Maryland State Police.

Twishae Tyler, 25, of O’Donnell Heights, impersonated a representative of Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland and sent a threatening text message.

When Anne Arundel County voters rejected Circuit Court Judge Ginina Jackson-Stevenson for lawyer Tom Casey, they reduced the number of Black judges on the bench by one-third.

Many of the state’s treatment centers for young people are in western Maryland.

Kevin Stern and Stephen L. Snyder faced off in a courtroom Monday, with Stern appearing under immunity as a witness for the prosecution and testifying that his former boss asked him to destroy evidence.

Dion Guthrie, 86, of Joppa, accepted responsibility last week in Baltimore County Circuit Court but maintained that he did not embezzle money from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1501.

Baltimore Police officers said the 14-year-old suspect was charged as an adult with attempted murder in connection with the shooting of a Dunbar High School student.

A climate change activist who dumped red powder on a case containing the original copy of the U.S. Constitution was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison.

Timothy Cartwell, a waste collector with the Reedbird Sanitation Yard, died after being trapped between a utility pole and a trash truck in an alley in West Baltimore.

Snyder is on trial for federal charges of attempted extortion, with prosecutors saying he demanded payment while threatening to nuke public trust in UMMS by exposing what he believed were flaws in its organ transplant program.

“Turn yourself in. We’re going to find you,” Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said.

Trial begins for Stephen L. Snyder, a medical malpractice attorney accused of extorting $25 million over alleged organ transplant issues at University of Maryland Medical System.

Five-year-old Zona Byrd’s parents face first-degree murder and child abuse charges.

In the aftermath of the July 2, 2023 tragedy, the city’s flagship anti-violence program Safe Streets ramped up its work in the area, and officials say the efforts have paid off.

Federal prosecutors are dropping the machine gun conspiracy case against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, weeks after a jury acquitted his co-defendant.