Criminal justice

When Charles Robert Smith returns to an Annapolis courtroom in September, prosecutor Anne Colt Leitess should be absent, not Judge Michael Wachs. There should be consequences when a prosecutor stumbles.

Police identified the “Falls Road Jane Doe” as Leoria Smith, 20 — a woman who had been missing for about 12 years when her body was found.

Mangione donned the socks but later took them off “because he felt that ‘they did not look good,‘” according to prosecutor Joel Seidemann.

Ghost guns were found at crime scenes in soaring numbers across the U.S. before the regulation went into place.

Annapolis Police are still searching for the man they say opened fire at a school bus stop on Clay Street in the morning of March 19.

Baltimore County District Judge Krystin Richardson on Tuesday made the ruling at a bail review hearing for William “Bill” Mannion Jr., 62, of Sparrows Point.

A former legislative aide Esther Dikongue pleaded guilty to theft that was part of a college scholarship scheme.

Snyder is set to be sentenced in April after he was convicted of trying to extort the University of Maryland Medical System for $25 million.

Luigi Mangione is asking for a laptop in jail, but just for legal purposes — not for communicating with anyone — as he awaits trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO.

The theft impacts three green card applicants, setting one case back six months, the law firm says.

A former Catholic priest who played a key role in bringing down the notorious child rapist John Joseph Merzbacher has been charged with sex offenses.

Currently the deputy Maryland state prosecutor, Sarah David will announce her candidacy for state’s attorney Wednesday.

The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on Friday arrested Cotey Wynn, 44, of Northeast DC, and Antwan Shelton, 41, of Southeast DC, on a charge of first-degree murder while armed in the killing of Blake Bozeman.

Patrick Wojahn, 49, a Democrat who served as mayor from 2015 to 2023, pleaded guilty in Prince George's County Circuit Court to 140 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography and was sentenced to 30 years in prison — plus five years' probation.

Andrew Britt, 27, of Windsor Hills, a teacher at Liberty Elementary School, is charged with attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.

Howard County Council is weighing a ban on hourly room rentals in an effort to curb human trafficking and prostitution.

Justin Rieger, 22, died by suicide in early February as investigations into him were underway.

Patrick Brice, 28, of West Baltimore, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of two counts of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in the attack, which happened outside the Planned Parenthood Baltimore Health Center on May 26, 2023.

Chelsey Douglas, the woman who was run over, said she has forgiven the driver.

Tyler Mailloux will serve 18 months in jail after pleading guilty to one felony count in the death of Gavin Knupp, a 14-year-old pedestrian who was struck and killed the night of July 11, 2022.