Criminal justice

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 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.”

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.

It was not immediately clear whether the suspects are fellow students.

The 52-year-old woman who was killed in a triple shooting Wednesday night in North Baltimore was identified by police as Antionette Jennings.

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.

Three men face trial in Wicomico District Court for misdemeanors.

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.

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.

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.

Bendann, 40, of Baltimore, was found guilty in 2024 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking.

Maryland’s state government faces a potentially large bill to compensate people who were abused as children in the juvenile justice system — with no plan to pay for it.

Federal prosecutors are now supporting early prison release for former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force Detective Daniel Hersl, citing his terminal cancer diagnosis.

Michael Greensfelder, 53, of Essex, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to one count of first-degree arson for setting the fire on April 20, 2024, which caused the home on Crafton Road to explode.

Residents of the Loch Raven community in Baltimore County voiced concerns about crime at a recent meeting with county and police officials. The meeting followed a recent mass shooting and other incidents.

The caucus already flagged one component of Gov. Wes Moore’s budget proposal — unveiled the day before — that gives them pause: freezing the amount of money going to community schools that serve high-need neighborhoods.

Howard County Police responded to the 6000 block of Helen Dorsey Way for a “suspicious circumstances call” on Tuesday evening.

Scott Barnett, who is from Dundalk and told police he has been homeless, said he wasn’t sure of the victims’ names, but detectives pieced together their identities.

David, the deputy Maryland state prosecutor, has collected $105,000, according to campaign finance disclosures.