Criminal justice

A former Easton Police officer was sentenced Friday for making sexual contact with two teenage girls while on duty, conduct that the judge called “well beyond an embarrassment.”

James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, stood trial in Baltimore County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and displaying obscene matter to a child.

An altercation six years ago outside a strip club involving an on-duty Baltimore Police officer and an off-duty officer will cost taxpayers $5.2 million.

A former mayor of University Park was charged with 28 counts related to child sexual abuse material after authorities searched his home Monday, according to online court records.

Testimony in Brian Delen’s murder trial in Harford County focused on forensic experts who questioned Delen’s claim that he shot Meghan Lewis in self-defense last December.

James Weems, Jr., 59, of Towson, testified in his own defense on Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court during his trial on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, rape and related offenses.

A 16-year-old boy is dead and a 17-year-old boy is injured after a crash between the moped they were riding and a Jeep in Upton, Baltimore Police confirmed Thursday morning.

Baltimore County Police say they are looking for a 16-year-old suspect in the shooting death of another teenager at a Pikesville motel last weekend.

Anne Arundel County Police are searching for whoever fatally shot a 30-year-old nurse and mother in the parking lot of her Glen Burnie apartment complex as she was heading to work at a nearby hospital.

A Baltimore man was sentenced Wednesday to decades in prison in the fatal shooting of his roommate, an Army reservist, following an altercation last year.

City Council members cited concerns that the amendment process was too rushed and lacked consensus among the body and city agencies.

James Weems Jr., 59, of Towson, is accused of sexually abusing four children at Lil Kidz Kastle Daycare Center. He's set to stand trial this week in Baltimore County Circuit Court.

Police said they’d arrested Gabriel Gomez-Fiorenza, 27, for the deadly shooting of his 28-year-old girlfriend, Amy Armstrong, inside a luxury apartment complex in the Brewers Hill neighborhood.

Anne Arundel County Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old woman in a Glen Burnie apartment complex on Tuesday night.

Brian Delen, 48, of Bel Air, is charged with first- and second-degree murder, first-degree assault and use of firearm in the killing of Meghan Lewis.

A Glen Burnie man has been sentenced in the fatal attack on a Brooklyn Park father who refused to produce his son for an angry group of adults and boys outside their home last year.

The jury, though, neither heard about the shooting nor learned that she’s currently serving a four-year sentence.

A Windsor Mill woman was sentenced last week to more than five years in prison for attempting to fraudulently receive more than $3 million in COVID-19 CARES Act loans to pay for a Jamaican vacation and more.

Attorneys said Susman Godfrey is known for its innovative approach and that adversaries know it isn't bluffing about taking cases to trial.

State's Attorney Ivan Bates said Friday evening that 24-year-old John Callis has been indicted allegedly for attacking three men after a Ravens-Commanders game in Baltimore on Oct. 13. Video of the attack went viral.