Criminal justice

Jury selection began Friday for the trial of an Annapolis man charged in an allegedly hate-driven shooting that killed three men and wounded three other people in 2023.

State inspectors have cited the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services with health and safety violations after parole agent’s killing.

Patrick Brice, 28, was found guilty of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment for a random attack outside of a Planned Parenthood center in Baltimore.

The indictment returned this week contains 12 counts, including five counts of sexual exploitation of children.

On May 26, 2023, Patrick Brice, 28, of West Baltimore, attacked Richard Schaefer and Mark Crosby outside the Planned Parenthood Baltimore Health Center in Downtown Baltimore.

The Supreme Court’s ruling has implications for churches, schools and government agencies across Maryland.

Anne Arundel County Police are investigating a “targeted” shooting that left a 24-year-old man dead Monday night in Severn.

Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, founder of the Atomwaffen Division, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Baltimore of one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.

On one post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the viral video has racked up more than 53 million views.

The law went into effect on Oct. 1, 2023, and eliminated time limits for people to file lawsuits over child sexual abuse and made it easier for them to sue institutions that facilitated their victimization.

As many as 83 Maryland children died from abuse or neglect in 2023, making the state’s published rate of child maltreatment fatalities among the worst in the nation.

A specialized wing of the attorney general’s office launched 22 investigations and its first prosecution in 2024.

Harford County Circuit Judge Yolanda L. Curtin said she believed that the jury selection process is adequate to address any concerns.

Navy facilities in the Annapolis area, including the U.S. Naval Academy, were locked down on Friday afternoon due to threats, military officials said.

Police Commissioner Richard Worley, at a news conference late Friday morning, said the 35-year-old man was in critical condition.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Aslan concluded in the case of Dazhon Darien that there was no combination of conditions that could adequately assure the safety of the community.

Women say Justin Tucker repeatedly exposed his genitals and, in three instances, apparently left ejaculate on tables after massages.

On April 12, 2023, Joseph White III pushed Christopher Foster and caused him to fall onto the tracks at the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink Shot Tower Station.

Billinger, 47, of Baltimore, has always maintained that he did not kill Earline “Smiley” Thomas and Howard “Mike” Martin, both 53, whose bodies were discovered in their apartment on St. Paul Street in Old Goucher on March 14, 2017.

Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer set a hearing for Feb. 26 on the motion for reduction of sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.