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Criminal justice

    Howard County officer ID’d in attempted traffic stop preceding crash that killed minor
    State investigators identified the Howard County Police officer involved in an attempted traffic stop before a fatal crash involving a juvenile driver in Columbia.
    The Howard County Police logo seen outside their headquarters on January 25, 2024.
    Baltimore County gym teacher accused of sexually abusing 2 students receives separate trials
    Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, is charged in Baltimore County Circuit Court with 22 counts, including sexual abuse of a minor.
    Roger Myers, a physical education teacher at Deep Creek Middle School in Essex, is accused of sexually abusing two students.
    Feds charge man shot by ICE agents in Glen Burnie with resisting arrest
    Federal authorities have charged Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, whom ICE agents shot in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve, with resisting arrest.
    Federal authorities have charged a man shot by ICE agents in Glen Burnie on Christmas Eve with resisting arrest.
    No money for Baltimore’s budget-busting jail in Gov. Moore’s new spending plan
    The proposed detention facility, which is set to be located in the city’s downtown jail complex, had been slated to receive $125 million.
    A copy of the Maryland capital budget and operating budget volumes 1 and 2 at the State House.
    2 plead guilty to kidnapping man from Baltimore County driveway, demanding $25,000 ransom
    Darron Finley Jr., 41, of Pikesville, and Gary Fayall, 32, of Dundalk, were sentenced to 45 years in prison, with 25 years suspended, and five years’ supervised probation.
    Two men pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to kidnapping and extortion.
    Police officers fatally shoot armed man in southeast Baltimore
    Authorities said late Tuesday that Baltimore Police had been involved in a shooting in the southeastern part of the city.
    Officers responded to reports of an armed person near 6800 Bank Street about 9:14 p.m.. Police found the man on a bike in the 6500 block of Eastern Avenue, near the Interstate 95 ramps.
    ‘Deliberate indifference’: Civil rights coalition sues Harford sheriff over jail suicides
    A coalition of civil rights groups is suing the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, claiming that the agency failed to properly assess jail detainees’ suicide risk and aggravated their mental health conditions.
    January 22, 2024 - Photo of common area with tables and stools inside prison. Blue doors lead to cells off the ground floor and off a second floor walkway above.
    Police recover body from Gwynns Falls in West Baltimore
    Baltimore Police are investigating after a man’s body was recovered near the Gwynns Falls Trail in West Baltimore on Tuesday morning.
    A Baltimore Police vehicle is seen in Fells Point on April 14, 2024.
    Maryland State Police investigate inmate death at Jessup prison
    A 38-year-old inmate at a Maryland prison was found dead in his cell on Sunday, prompting an investigation by state police. 
    Barbed wire is seen outside the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown on Wednesday, August 7, 2024.
    Police shoot knife-wielding person during Bolton Hill mental health crisis
    Baltimore Police shot a suspect who refused to drop a large knife. The suspect was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
    Police stand on the balcony of a ninth floor apartment while investigating after an officer shot a knife-wielding person at 1111 Park Ave. in Baltimore on Monday.
    2 suspects from Baltimore, Owings Mills arrested in Washington County triple murder case
    State police arrested Lanea George, 40, of Owings Mills, and David Chapple, 43, of Baltimore, in an ongoing homicide investigation into the deaths of three Clear Spring residents.
    The Maryland State Police logo emblazoned on a lectern in front a police vehicle from a separate agency before a press conference, pictured outside the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barracks on 11/10/22.
    Baltimore Police investigate triple shooting at shopping plaza that left 1 dead
    Baltimore Police are investigating a triple shooting in a Southwest Baltimore shopping plaza that left one man dead Thursday.
    Baltimore Police are investigating a triple shooting in a Southwest Baltimore shopping plaza that left one man dead Thursday.
    Judge allows members of Zizians group to work together on defense ahead of Maryland trial
    Three members of the Zizians, a cultlike group linked to six deaths across the U.S., were in court in Maryland on Friday for a hearing ahead of their trial on trespassing, weapons and drug charges.
    In this image from video, Jack LaSota, also known as Ziz, who is at the center of a cultlike group known as Zizians and linked to several deaths across the U.S., is escorted into court for a pretrial hearing on trespassing, gun and drug charges in Cumberland, Md., Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
    Federal appeals court won’t rehear Marilyn Mosby’s appeal in perjury and mortgage fraud case
    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in 2025 overturned Mosby’s conviction for making a false statement on a loan application, but rejected her attempts to challenge the guilty verdicts for perjury.
    Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby walks with one of her attorneys, Federal Public Defender James Wyda, to the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. for the first day of jury selection on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. Mosby is standing trial on two counts of making a false statement on a loan application.
    Anne Arundel officers, trooper cleared in assault case from Hagerstown softball tailgate
    Prosecutors have dismissed the charges against three Anne Arundel County law enforcement officers and one of their spouses, saying the evidence did not support a woman’s claims that the off-duty police assaulted her at a softball tailgate in Hagerstown.
    Still from security camera footage as part of legal discovery captures an altercation during a softball tailgate at the center of back and forth criminal charges between a woman and her sister and a group of off-duty police officers.
    Hutzell: As ICE activity rises in Annapolis, fear and warnings spread
    Column: Parts of Annapolis have been waiting for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to switch tactics, bringing raids like those seen in places such as Washington, D.C., Portland and Minneapolis. They were ready when things changed on Tuesday.
    A protester holds an anti-ICE sign during a protest above Interstate 695 in Catonsville.
    Prince George’s County Police investigating fatal shooting of Silver Spring man
    A Silver Spring man was fatally shot in Langley Park early Wednesday morning. Police are offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest and indictment.
    Baltimore boxing star Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis wanted on battery, kidnapping charges
    The Miami Gardens Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force are searching for boxing star Gervonta “Tank” Davis for an alleged domestic violence incident.
    Gervonta Davis arrives at the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse for a probation violation hearing Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
    He kept a body in his refrigerator in Baltimore. Now he’s going to prison.
    Damerum Burroughs, 47, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder in exchange for a sentence of 10 years in prison.
    Exterior of the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
    NCAA basketball betting scheme included a player at Coppin State, prosecutors say
    A sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players who tried to fix games as recently as last season, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
    A basketball in a basketball hoop.
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