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Criminal justice

    Alleged fight over $70 in cigarettes at the center of murder trial for man who uses a wheelchair
    A 65-year-old man in a wheelchair is on trial for murder after an alleged fight over $70 worth of cigarettes led to a fatal shooting inside an East Baltimore senior complex.
    Police presence outside Pleasant View Gardens on Thursday, February 20, 2025, as they investigate a shooting inside the senior living facility.
    Ex-FBI agent found guilty of multiple sex offenses sentenced to 60 years
    The judge called the ex-FBI agent’s offenses, which included the rape and sexual assault of young women, “some of the most difficult and troubling circumstances I’ve ever heard.”
    FILE - An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025.
    Police say 3 suspects are connected to a North Bethesda homicide and kidnapping. Here are the details.
    Akwalabeng Fontava, 29, was found killed in a North Bethesda apartment the morning of Sept. 21. According to court records, two people inside the apartment were then kidnapped, including Fontava’s girlfriend and a relative who was sleeping over.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Top Maryland prosecutors who investigated police-involved deaths will leave posts
    Allison Green, chief of the Maryland attorney general’s office’s Independent Investigations Division, and her deputy, Renee Joy, have resigned, office spokesperson Jennifer Donelan said in a statement. Both will leave the office after this week.
    Sources said last week that Allison Green had left as chief of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office’s Independent Investigations Division.
    Teen convicted of killing classmate at Joppatowne High School gets 80 years in prison
    Jaylen Prince, a teenager who was found guilty of shooting and killing a classmate inside a Maryland high school in 2024, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with all but 75 years suspended.
    Law enforcement and emergency personnel gather near Joppatowne High School in Harford County, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. An on-campus fight led to one person being injured, officials said.
    Hagerstown nail salon owner freed after 5 months in ICE custody
    Melissa Tran, a Hagerstown mom and nail salon owner, was freed five months after being detained by ICE and jailed in Washington state. A federal judge ruled that U.S. officials had no basis for prolonging her detention.
    Hagerstown resident Mong "Melissa" Tuyen Thi Tran poses for a photo on Oct. 12, 2025, soon after being released from federal immigration detention facility in Tacoma, Washington.
    After months in ICE detention, a Maryland mother holds her children again
    Melissa Tran was freed Sunday after spending the last five months in an ICE detention facility more than 2,700 miles from her family.
    From left, siblings Rachel, 18, Jacob, 10, Jackson, 19, and Riley Hoang, 6, at their home in Hagerstown in June. Their mother, Mong Tuyen Thi Tran, had been detained the month prior.
    Baltimore County police chief says $3 parking violation put him on Brady list
    Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said the only reason he’s included on a Brady list is a 1986 parking violation that cost the county $3.
    Robert O. McCullough, Chief of the Baltimore County Police, speaks to the media about a shooting that occurred on Breslin Court on December 24, 2024.
    Former Naval Academy midshipman threatened ‘mass execution,’ feds say
    “Honestly not that surprised I’ll be carrying out the mass execution of my peers in a couple,” Jackson Elliot Fleming wrote from his home in Chesterton, Indiana, according to federal prosecutors.
    U.S. Navy Security officers attend Gate 1 at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis on Sept. 11 as the academy went on lockdown following reports of a shooter on campus.
    Revitalizing the old Ellicott City Jail means reckoning with its racist past
    Preservation Maryland plans to restore the old Ellicott City jail while also not shying away from the jail’s racist past.
    Laura Houston, Preservation Maryland’s director of revitalization initiatives, holds a flashlight during a tour of the old Ellicott City Jail.
    Maryland failed to document many deaths from suspected child abuse or neglect
    Maryland’s Department of Human Services repeatedly violated a policy mandating detailed reports on child deaths tied to suspected abuse or neglect. The Baltimore Banner uncovered the problem after requesting records for all such cases over five years and finding many reports didn’t exist.
    Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in CEO assassination
    Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty.
    Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan state court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
    Parkville High 9th grader charged after gun found on campus
    A ninth grader at Parkville High School has been charged as an adult on Friday after officers found the student in possession of a gun.
    Baltimore County Police say officers responded to Parkville High School around 11:30 a.m. after administrators reported seeing what appeared to be the handle of a handgun in the book bag of a 16-year-old student.
    Officials identify man killed and 6 officers involved in Dundalk shooting
    Robert Adams, 55, of Dundalk, was shot and killed in the 2100 block of Larkhall Road by responding Baltimore County Police officers.
    Baltimore County Police responded to a shooting Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in the 2100 block Larkhall Road in Dundalk.
    Maryland State Police Secretary Butler is out; senator tapped as new top trooper
    Col. Roland L. Butler Jr., the first Black person to lead the agency, is out as Maryland State Police secretary, with a former Prince George’s County sheriff and state senator tapped as his replacement, Gov. Wes Moore announced.
    Col. Roland L. Butler Jr. during a community walk in Northwest Baltimore in September.
    ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ star charged with lying about Carroll County home burglary
    Wendy Osefo and her husband, Eddie, cast members on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Potomac," allegedly lied about their house being burglarized in Carroll County.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 08: Eddie Osefo and Wendy Osefo attend Tyler Perry's "Divorce In The Black" New York Premiere at Regal Times Square on July 08, 2024 in New York City.
    Baltimore County Police shoot and kill man during barricade incident in Dundalk
    Baltimore County Police responded to a shooting Wednesday night that turned into a barricade situation in Dundalk.
    Baltimore County Police responded to a shooting Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in the 2100 block Larkhall Road in Dundalk.
    The Baltimore gang leader who quietly became a star informant
    Former Black Guerrilla Family leader Ricky Evans has been waiting seven years to be sentenced. That's because he's spent that time helping authorities make other cases.
    Pikesville double stabbing leads to hourslong barricade amid a husband’s mental health crisis
    A stabbing at a Pikesville home Tuesday morning turned into a barricade situation, leaving two adults hospitalized and drawing a heavy police presence to the normally quiet suburb.
    Police arrived at a home on the 8200 block of Arrowhead Road at 10:25 a.m. Tuesday in response to a reported stabbing and found a man and a woman suffering related injuries.
    Man charged after ‘extremely brutal attack’ leaves woman with over 12 stabs wounds in Towson
    Baltimore County Police charged a 33-year-old man with attempted murder after an “extremely brutal” attack that lasted three minutes and left a woman critically injured with more than a dozen stab wounds.
    Baltimore Police crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
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