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Criminal justice

    She spent her final months trying to prove she was alive. Now her family is suing Social Security.
    Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.
    Views of the U.S. Social Security Administration Headquarters in Woodlawn.
    Jury selected in Rachel Morin murder trial in Harford County
    A jury was selected on Wednesday in the trial of a man who’s accused of killing Rachel Morin in 2023 on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.
    A vigil was held for Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, on Aug. 19, 2023, on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.
    Baltimore police commissioner finally moves out of a hotel and into city home
    Worley had been living in Anne Arundel County as deputy commissioner when he was appointed police commissioner in 2023.
    Police commissioner Richard Worley on site of a shooting on the 1400 block of East North Avenue, at the Eastside District Court, on Friday, January 31, 2025.
    Former Ravens star Terrell Suggs is sentenced for flashing gun during argument in drive-thru
    Suggs, 42, played for the Ravens from 2003 to 2018, won Super Bowl XLVII and racked up 132.5 sacks, the most in team history.
    Former Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs is inducted into the Ring of Honor at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore in 2023.
    Dundalk barricade ends after gunfire sparks lengthy standoff with police
    Baltimore County Police Department officers who were investigating overnight property damage were met with gunfire Tuesday morning, police said.
    Baltimore County Police respond to an armed barricaded subject near Gray Manor Terrace in Dundalk on Tuesday.
    Judge in Rachel Morin case denies ‘extreme’ request by defense
    Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healey said a sequestered jury is an “almost impossible task in 2025.”
    Patty Morin and Randolph Rice exit the Harford County Circuit Court on Monday, March 31, 2025, after of the pretrial hearing for Victor Martinez-Hernandez, the man accused of killing Rachel Morin in 2023.
    Emotions run high as Rachel Morin’s family set to face man charged in her killing at trial
    Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is set to stand trial starting on Tuesday in Harford County Circuit Court on charges of first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.
    In 2023, loved ones of Rachel Morin, a 37-year-old mother of five, taped photos of her to trees and laid flowers on the ground of the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air where her body was found.
    Man charged with murder in Baltimore County stabbing
    Baltimore County Police detectives have charged a 23-year-old man with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Taejhiana Walker, 22.
     Rashard Mack has been charged with murder in a Parkville stabbing.
    Maryland State Police investigate inmate death at Eastern Shore prison
    Shane Lanham, 28, was pronounced dead on Saturday at Eastern Correctional Institute.
    State police are investigating the death of Shane Lanham, 28, at Eastern Correctional Institute.
    Letter: Bill Ferguson should allow vote on bill prohibiting automatically charging youths as adults
    Two members of Jews United for Justice urge Senate President Bill Ferguson to agree to put SB422, which would stop youths from automatically being charged as adults for crimes, to a vote in the state Senate.
    Senate President Bill Ferguson moderates floor debate during crossover day at the Maryland State House in Annapolis earlier this month.
    Ex-Maryland juvenile detention center employee charged with sexually abusing 6 boys
    Ronald Neverdon, 78, of Woodstock, reported that he held various positions at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School on Old Harford Road including youth supervisor and group life supervisor starting in 1973.
    Baltimore County Police on Wednesday arrested Ronald Neverdon, 78, of Woodstock, a former staff member at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, on 38 counts related to child sexual abuse.
    Mistrial in Annapolis mass shooting offers a rare second chance for justice
    When Charles Robert Smith returns to an Annapolis courtroom in September, prosecutor Anne Colt Leitess should be absent, not Judge Michael Wachs. There should be consequences when a prosecutor stumbles.
    Loved ones of Mario Mireles Ruiz, his father Nicolas Mireles, and their friend Christian Marlon Segovia Jr. walk towards City Dock for a vigil in 2024.
    Who is Leoria Smith? Police identify ‘Falls Road Jane Doe’ nearly 30 years later
    Police identified the “Falls Road Jane Doe” as Leoria Smith, 20 — a woman who had been missing for about 12 years when her body was found.
    Cpl. Dona Carter of Baltimore County’s cold case and missing persons squad shows photos taken in 1996 along Falls Road when the body of a woman identified on Thursday as Leoria Smith was found.
    A heart-shaped note was found in socks bound for Luigi Mangione, prosecutors say
    Mangione donned the socks but later took them off “because he felt that ‘they did not look good,‘” according to prosecutor Joel Seidemann.
    A heart-shaped note of encouragement was tucked into socks packed for Luigi Mangione to wear to court last month in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case, prosecutors said in a filing made public on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
    Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers, background checks for ghost guns
    Ghost guns were found at crime scenes in soaring numbers across the U.S. before the regulation went into place.
    Polymer80 80% frames for Glock Inc. pistols for sale at Hiram's Guns / Firearms Unknown store in El Cajon, California, U.S., on Monday, April 26, 2021.
    Annapolis community left traumatized, angry after bus stop shooting that left father dead
    Annapolis Police are still searching for the man they say opened fire at a school bus stop on Clay Street in the morning of March 19.
    Annapolis resident Shawnte Brown, at microphone, addresses a panel of public officials during a listening session at First Baptist Church in Annapolis on Tuesday night.
    Ex-Catholic priest accused of child sex abuse eligible for home detention, judge rules
    Baltimore County District Judge Krystin Richardson on Tuesday made the ruling at a bail review hearing for William “Bill” Mannion Jr., 62, of Sparrows Point.
    A cross over the entrance to St. Agnes School in Baltimore.
    Former aide pleads guilty to stealing $20K in scholarship funds using senator’s email
    A former legislative aide Esther Dikongue pleaded guilty to theft that was part of a college scholarship scheme.
    Maryland State House, in Annapolis, Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
    Feds seek 3 years in prison for malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder
    Snyder is set to be sentenced in April after he was convicted of trying to extort the University of Maryland Medical System for $25 million.
    Attorney Stephen L. Snyder, at right, leaves court in November.
    Luigi Mangione wants laptop in jail while he awaits trial in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
    Luigi Mangione is asking for a laptop in jail, but just for legal purposes — not for communicating with anyone — as he awaits trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO.
    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 21: Luigi Manigione is led by court officers to a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court on February 21, 2025 in New York City.
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