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Criminal justice

    Courthouse to close doors on East Fayette Street, move to new $72M location in Mount Vernon
    The District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City at 501 E. Fayette St. in downtown Baltimore is relocating to 500 N. Calvert St. in Mount Vernon.
    Baltimore City District (People's) Courthouse at 501 E. Fayette Street
    Baltimore County officials remain quiet on police chief. Exec says he has her ‘full support.’
    No one in power has offered an explanation for why the county’s top cop appears on a list of officers with potential credibility concerns.
    Baltimore County Police Department Chief Robert O. McCullough speaks at a press conference unveiling Baltimore County Police Department’s new Information Nexus for Operation (INFO) Center.
    Dundalk crisis center named after 4-year-old boy killed on Christmas Eve
    TurnAround has named its Dundalk center after Jacobi Sa’fiir Marcelle — a 4-year-old Rosedale boy shot to death, allegedly by his father, in a domestic violence incident on Christmas Eve last year.
    Promyss Marcelle, left, cuts a ribbon marking the renaming of the Jacobi Center in Dundalk.
    Police detail significant staffing shortfalls in anti-gang units
    A staffing shortfall is making it harder for Montgomery County Police’s gang units to do their jobs, police said.
    Montgomery County Police Officers
    Months after Lansdowne High student’s shooting death, 18-year-old charged with murder
    Baltimore County Police charged an 18-year-old with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Lansdowne High School student earlier this year.
    Lansdowne High School.
    Baltimore County’s police chief is on a list of cops with credibility concerns
    Robert McCullough, the Baltimore County Police Department chief, appears on a list of law enforcement officers whose potential credibility concerns require disclosure to defense attorneys if they’re called as a witness in court.
    Chicago and Illinois sue to stop Trump’s Guard deployment plan after Portland ruling
    Illinois leaders went to court Monday to stop President Donald Trump from sending National Guard troops to Chicago.
    Law enforcement officers standoff against demonstrators outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during a protest on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Portland, Ore.
    DOJ’s request to pause Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s immigration case denied by Maryland judge
    On Monday, a federal judge in Maryland denied the Justice Department’s request to pause Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s immigration case due to the government shutdown.
    Kilmar Abrego Garcia is comforted by CASA member Lydia Walther-Rodriguez as he gets emotional while speaking to the crowd outside the George H. Fallon Federal Building in downtown Baltimore in August.
    Skeletal remains found in West Baltimore vacant home
    Baltimore City Police discovered what are believed to be human skeletal remains in a vacant West Baltimore home on Monday morning.
    Police have discovered what are believed to be human skeletal remains in a vacant home in West Baltimore.
    Woman stabbed outside Towson Town Center in domestic incident, police say
    Police said the stabbing remains under investigation, but no additional people are being sought.
    Police said the stabbing outside the mall in Towson was not a random act.
    Maryland State Police barrack used ‘candy box’ to encourage more traffic stops
    The incident comes three years after leaked documents detailed a quota-like system.
    A photo shared by a Maryland State Police trooper who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to share the image shows a box of candy intended to incentivize traffic stops.
    Judge finds ‘realistic likelihood of vindictiveness’ in Kilmar Abrego Garcia prosecution
    District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw said in a 16-page memorandum opinion that there was a “realistic likelihood of vindictiveness” behind the United States government’s decision to prosecute Abrego Garcia.
    A federal judge in Tennessee ruled Friday that there was a “realistic likelihood of vindictiveness” in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s prosecution.
    Suspect learns fate for assassination attempt of Justice Kavanaugh at his Chevy Chase home
    A California resident who attempted to assassinate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his Maryland home was sentenced Friday to over eight years in prison by a federal judge.
    CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND - JUNE 29: Law enforcement officers stand guard as abortion rights activists with Our Rights DC march in front of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's house on June 29, 2022 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Over the last couple months, abortion rights activists have staged protests against the five conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health case overturned the 50-year-old Roe v Wade case and erased federal protection to abortion. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
    Baltimore judge holds prosecutor in contempt, then reverses course: ‘How dare you’
    Circuit Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Thursday scolded Assistant State’s Attorney Sarah Hunt for not following protocol after two cases are combined for trial.
    Exterior of the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse on Calvert Street in Baltimore, Md. on Saturday, July 19, 2025.
    Estranged husband charged with killing his wife 31 years ago
    Donald Lester, 68, was charged on Friday with killing his estranged wife, Linda Lester, who went missing in October 1994 and was found dead days later, police said.
    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2025 - Joy Lepola-Stewart, Director of Public Affairs for the Baltimore County Police Department, addresses attendees at a press conference on Friday in Towson about about the Linda Lester cold case.
    Montgomery County Police are easing cadet requirements as they face officer shortfall
    Montgomery County Police are revising their initial college-credit requirements to expand their applicant pool as the department faces a shortage of patrol officers.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Bouncer in viral Federal Hill video turns himself in, charged with aggravated assault
    Kevin Weaver, 41, was charged with first-degree aggravated assault for Saturday’s incident in which he was filmed placing a man in a choke hold outside Cross Street Public House on East Cross Street, police said.
    Kevin Weaver turned himself into police custody in reference to an assault that occurred on September 27, 2025, in the Fells Point neighborhood.
    Homeowner charged with arson allegedly disconnected gas line before Jamaica trip, police say
    Baltimore County Police charged Mark Anthony Hawkins on Tuesday night with first-degree arson and malicious burning after the explosion of his Rosedale home in July.
    Baltimore County fire officials are investigating an explosion and fire that leveled a home in Rosedale on Tuesday, July 1 2025.
    Homeowner charged with arson months after Rosedale house explosion
    Nearly three months after a Rosedale home exploded in the middle of the night, Baltimore County fire investigators charged the homeowner with arson.
    The charred remains of a home on Callo Lane, seen on July 8, 2025, days after a powerful explosion rocked the quiet Rosedale neighborhood.
    Monkton man charged in wife’s murder after her brother tried to stop fatal stabbing
    New details have emerged since a Monkton man was charged with first-degree murder after Baltimore County Police say he killed his wife inside their home on Maplehurst Lane on Monday.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
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