Criminal justice

Two teenagers were shot Wednesday evening in Baltimore, leaving one dead and another injured.

The wave of departures threatens to tilt the 8-year-old court case into dysfunction.

The Kilmar Abrego Garcia case has roiled Maryland’s Salvadoran population, which is one of the largest immigrant groups in the state.

The five children of Rachel Morin, the Bel Air woman slain on a hiking trail in 2023, have again filed a lawsuit against their grandmother and aunt.

Aurielle Montgomery, 23, of Pikesville, faces between 10 years and 22 years in prison at sentencing on July 16 in Baltimore Circuit Court on one count of second-degree depraved heart murder.

A 6-year-old boy was found dead with a gunshot wound inside a Southwest Baltimore home, Police Commissioner Richard Worley said Saturday.

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.

Police said they are investigating the death of 53-year-old Dawn White, found dead inside her home on Benzinger Road in April.

Baltimore County Police say gunfire broke out just after midnight Friday in the parking lot of a shopping center along Woodlawn Drive.

The Howard County State’s Attorney’s office sentenced a Baltimore County man to 50 years in prison for his role in a violent road rage shooting.

Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is set to stand trial on May 19 in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault.

Baltimore ended April with five homicides, the lowest monthly total in recent memory.

One of the title companies that handled ABC Capital’s disastrous sale of hundreds of homes to foreign buyers has been stripped of its license.

University of Maryland Medical System’s lawsuit could hinge on a legal debate over what qualifies as a state subcontractor.

A Harford County trash hauler “likely committed fraud” by playing fast and loose with landfill dumping rules and fees, costing Baltimore County at least $25,000.

Former Coppin State University Police Cpl. Jamar Brockington pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to misconduct in office and fourth-degree sex offense.

Brent Goetz, of Baltimore County, was charged with second-degree assault and a related weapons charge after he allegedly threw an airsoft grenade at a group of men in a Home Depot parking lot.

An ongoing corruption investigation involving bribery at the state Department of Labor could involve “much larger fish,” a defense attorney involved said.

Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is set at to be sentenced on Aug. 11 on charges of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.

Tristan Jackson, 20, of Hillen, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to conspiracy to commit first-degree assault, second-degree assault, use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence and possession of a regulated firearm under 21.