Criminal justice

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.

Jeffrey Kopszywa, 42, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty on Feb. 11 in Baltimore Circuit Court to use of an item to threaten or intimidate for a sentence of three years in prison, suspending all but time served, plus five years’ probation.

A 27-year-old man was charged in connection to the shooting outside a Baltimore County Police Department precinct that left one officer hospitalized.

A Baltimore Circuit judge sentenced Alan Geslicki, 33, of Morrell Park, to serve life in prison, suspending all but 60 years, for child abuse of a minor under 13 resulting in death.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration visited two state jails last year and performed “accountability audits” that uncovered violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Tristan Jackson, 19, of Hillen, faces between five and 12 years in prison when he's sentenced on April 29 in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges including conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.

In a long and emotional session Saturday, the Maryland House of Delegates advanced a bill giving more incarcerated people a chance to petition for shorter sentences.

“I hope Mr. Syed, and I trust, that this will be the last time we see each other,” Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer said during the brief hearing over Zoom.

Immigrants and their attorneys claim there are no beds, little food and medicine at Baltimore’s ICE holding room.

A lone male gunman exchanged fire Thursday afternoon with Baltimore County Police officers in the parking lot of their Wilkens precinct in what officials say was a premeditated act.

David Philpot was attacked on Eastern Avenue near South Broadway in Fells Point on Aug. 17, 2024, and died the next day at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was 74.

Despite Maryland’s progressive reputation, the disparities in its criminal justice system are among the worst in the country.

Davis, 30, now of Parkland, Florida, admitted that he left that state without approval from his probation agent to travel.

Baltimore is shifting its approach to fighting a burgeoning illicit drug trade, and the City Council is pressing police and Mayor Brandon Scott for a plan.

At least three members of the violent MS-13 gang kidnapped and killed an Annapolis teen who went missing in 2017, according to federal authorities.

A Maryland woman pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid of millions for mental health services she never provided.