Criminal justice

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.

Marques Harris, 19, of Mount Winans, was found guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related crimes in the fatal shooting of Carlos Carrazana Ricardo, 18, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Officers found the 17-year-old with “at least one” gunshot wound and he was declared dead on the scene.

A Baltimore Democrat is pushing a new bill to improve state oversight of drug addiction treatment centers.

City attorneys and the U.S. Department of Justice are asking a judge to narrow the scope of the Baltimore Police Department’s federal oversight.

In a 14-page opinion, Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer wrote that Syed is “not a danger to the public” and “interests of justice will be better served by a reduced sentence.”

Assadollah Hashemi, 66, of Reservoir Hill, entered mental health court after pleading guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to second-degree arson and destruction of a religious structure.

Bates, a Democrat who took office in 2023, said on "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" that he would bring the case today based on the evidence that exists.

Assistant State’s Attorney Antonina Clay said there was insufficient evidence against Keyon Agnew, 21, of Towson, to proceed to trial.

Three Baltimore Police Department officers will not face charges for fatally shooting a man in October 2024, the Maryland attorney general announced Monday.

Brian Delen, 48, was convicted last November of second-degree assault and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence.

Maintaining Maryland’s prison fences is estimated to cost the state $34 million every two years for the next 30 years.

Never before had more people accused of crimes in Maryland, but deemed too mentally ill to participate in their own cases, been left languishing in jail than in February.

Kelly O. Hayes has been the chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s southern district office in Greenbelt since 2021.

Keyona Dillon, 34, of Middle River, is charged with first-degree murder and related offenses in the killing of her daughter, London Olsen.

While immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia have expressed anxiety, fear and uncertainty — regardless of citizenship, white immigrants say their experience has been very different during the current Donald Trump administration.