Criminal justice

After a month of being asked, Gov. Wes Moore’s office provided crime statistics for what state police got up to in September.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy right before a new state law, the Child Victims Act of 2023, took effect.

Baltimore County police have arrested two men in connection with a deadly September shooting in Dundalk.

Like other jurisdictions in Maryland, Baltimore City has a Police Accountability Board and a five-person administrative charging committee, both of which are run by citizens.

Lisa Lea, 57, of Ednor Gardens-Lakeside, was one of two drivers charged in the crash, which happened on March 22, 2023.

According to the state senator, the consultant she’s been charged with extorting was a “disgruntled woman” whom she fired from her first campaign in 2018 “for cause.” Attar does not state why.

A police shooting in Baltimore County sent one person to the hospital and closed a section of Maryland Route 43.

Roger Myers filed a lawsuit in Baltimore County Circuit Court against Baltimore County Public Schools and Superintendent Myriam Rogers, contending he officially retired effective July 1.

Two hearings for Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s criminal case are delayed after his lawyers said the government has “stonewalled” their efforts to call witnesses and collect evidence.

Eric Eiswert had sued Baltimore County Public Schools and Dazhon Darien after an audio clip made it sound like Eiswert made racist and antisemitic comments.

The driver whose car flipped down I-695 killing six construction workers in 2023 agreed to accept a plea deal on Friday that would find her guilty on six of her original 28 charges.

Kalman Finkelstein was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly being part of a blackmail scheme involving a Democratic state senator and former city prosecutor, Dalya Attar.

Baltimore boxing star Gervonta “Tank” Davis is facing new allegations of violence from another ex-girlfriend who claims he physically attacked her a number of times during their relationship.

An Anne Arundel County man was arrested this week after threatening to “kill all of the judges” and his probation officer, according to court records.

Former Laurel Park jockey Bryson Butterfly was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for his role in the killing of a Baltimore County high school student.

Robert A. Parks, who has been on the force since 2020, is the officer under investigation, confirmed Lindsey Eldridge, a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson.

William Mannion, 63, of Sparrows Point, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with child abuse and sex offenses. He maintains his innocence.

Brent Goetz of Sparrows Point is charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with possession of an unregistered firearm and transportation of an explosive with the intent to kill, injure or intimidate.

Bryson Butterfly was an up-and-coming jockey at Laurel Park. Then he was arrested and charged in the murder of a Parkville High School student during an arranged robbery. Butterfly pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and agreed to testify against two others.

A former Sheppard Pratt nurse has been charged with raping a minor who was being treated at the Maryland psychiatric hospital.