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    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    10-year-old girl dies after accidental shooting in Baltimore, police say
    The 10-year-old girl was pronounced dead Tuesday after suffering an accidental gunshot wound on Saturday, police said.
    Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, is now standing trial in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.
    Trial begins for neo-Nazi leader accused of plotting to blow up Maryland’s power grid
    Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, who’s the founder of the Atomwaffen Division, is standing trial in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on a charge of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.
    Maryland could make it a crime to use AI to create harmful impersonations
    After a former employee at Pikesville High School was accused of using AI to impersonate the school’s principal, lawmakers are considering a bill to target the practice.
    A security guard died after he was shot at a McDonald's in North Baltimore on Sunday afternoon, according to police.
    Teen arrested in fatal shooting of McDonald’s security guard
    The 15-year-old is being charged as an adult with first-degree murder, Baltimore Police said.
    Dazhon Darien arrives to Baltimore County Circuit Court on Monday, January 27, 2025. Darien was arrested on a federal warrant upon arrival.
    Suspect in Pikesville High AI case arrested on child porn charges
    Dazhon Darien, 32, is now charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Grandmother charged in 9-year-old girl’s accidental shooting
    Baltimore City Police Commissioner Richard Worley called the situation preventable and infuriating.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    Anne Arundel police say off-duty cop involved in hit-and-run
    The officer, a five-year veteran, has been suspended without pay.
    Dazhon Leslie Darien
    Man accused of using AI to impersonate Pikesville High School principal to stand trial
    Dazhon Darien is charged with disturbing school operations, retaliating against a witness, stalking and related offenses.
    LifeBridge Health asks the public to help it stop gun trafficking that sends so many people to its emergency room.
    Why a Baltimore hospital on the front lines wants to curb gun trafficking
    LifeBridge Health says gun trafficking is a public health problem and it needs the public to get involved to find solutions.
    A triple shooting left a 52-year-old woman dead in a “working-class neighborhood” in northern Baltimore on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
    Outraged community takes to the streets after triple shooting left teacher’s aide dead
    A community is outraged, and a family is devastated by the murder of Anntoinette Tunstall-Jennings, a Baltimore schoolteacher’s aide, who was fatally shot after watching her grandchild play basketball.  
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A group of pro-Trump protesters wave flags from a platform above a group of Capitol Police after storming the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election.
    These Marylanders faced years in prison for the Jan. 6 riot. Then Trump pardoned them.
    President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Dozens of those people are from Maryland.
    The Harford County State's Attorney's Office recently dropped the charges against Regina Jones, the former principal of Aberdeen Middle School, and Tanya Johnson, a paraeducator, who had been accused of failing to report a rape.
    Harford County school employees wrongfully prosecuted over rape allegation reporting
    The Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office recently dropped the cases against Regina Jones, the former principal of Aberdeen Middle School, and Tanya Johnson, a paraeducator, after determining that “the facts do not support conviction.”
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Middle River woman charged with murder in death of her 11-year-old daughter
    Keyona Dillon, 34, was arrested around noon on Thursday when officers responded to a home in the 2100 block of Firethorn Road, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.
    Anne Arundel Police detain two suspects in Meade High School stabbing
    It was not immediately clear whether the suspects are fellow students.
    A triple shooting left a 52-year-old woman dead in a “working-class neighborhood” in northern Baltimore Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
    Woman killed in Govans shooting identified as a teacher’s aide, grandmother
    The 52-year-old woman who was killed in a triple shooting Wednesday night in North Baltimore was identified by police as Antionette Jennings.
    Federal court documents identify Carlos Ayala as wearing a grey 3M-style painter’s mask and a "Stop the Steal" button at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Ayala was charged with civil disorder and other charges and was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
    Former Maryland elections board member among Jan. 6 pardons
    Carlos Ayala had his case dismissed earlier this week after President Trump issued a blanket pardon to the Jan. 6 participants. Ayala’s trial was scheduled for June.
    Twelve Salisbury University students who were initially charged with hate crimes are facing trial on misdemeanor charges in the next week.
    Salisbury University students face trial in attack on man from Grindr
    Three men face trial in Wicomico District Court for misdemeanors.
    A former aide to Maryland state Sen. Will Smith has been charged with using Smith’s email to obtain a college scholarship.
    Former legislative aide charged with using senator’s email to obtain scholarships
    The aide never applied for a state Senate scholarship but emailed the Maryland Higher Education Commission in July 2022 to say she had been awarded one, according to the documents.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter during a news conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics including his presidential pardons of Jan. 6 defendants, the war in Ukraine, cryptocurrencies and other topics.
    Trump sued by 5 pregnant women, immigrant groups over birthright citizenship
    Five pregnant mothers joined with CASA and Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project to file a lawsuit in the United States District Court of Maryland against President Donald Trump in response to his executive order seeking to overturn birthright citizenship.
    Four decades after Sharon Miller was found dead, Baltimore County Police are asking the public for help solving the unsolved case.
    What happened to Sharon Miller? 42 years later, son still seeks answers in mom’s killing
    When Charles Miller was just 11 years old, his mother was killed. Now, 42 years later, he is still searching for answers about what happened.
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