Criminal justice

At a federal racketeering trial in Baltimore, former MS-13 members recounted how two teenage girls were killed in 2020. Prosecutors say the gang’s presence is expanding, with devastating consequences for the city.

Assassinations, by their nature, are destabilizing. In the spinning top of American political life at this moment, Charlie Kirk's death may prove to be the thing that irretrievably knocks us over.

Amid the wave of threats to college campuses and public officials, an alarming rumor began to spread among midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy of an active shooter roaming the campus.

Since 2015, at least eight people have been charged with the offense, according to data from the Maryland Judiciary.

Kevin Ahn is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Sun Lim, and her ex-husband, In Kim, in Owings Mills.

Barak Olds, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to one count of racketeering conspiracy.

Michael J. Pusateri, 59, was arrested Monday and is being held without bond, police said.

William Vanzela, 40, of Reisterstown, was the goalie for the Baltimore Blast for close to 10 years. He won four championships with the professional indoor soccer team.

Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, accused of killing 19-year-old Da’cara Thompson, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, was denied bail.

The Trump administration has said its strategy for third-country deportation is meant to be an inconvenience.

President Donald Trump’s threat is not about crime. It's not even about Baltimore or Chicago or any other of his favorite municipal punching bags. It is about power.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott tour the city in a community walk, pushing back on President Trump's narrative of Charm City.

Prince George’s County Police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the death of a 19-year-old woman who went missing in late August.

Howard County Police have identified their Jane Doe in a 1971 cold case as Sarah Sharkey.

A man who is incarcerated at a state prison in Somerset County has been indicted and charged with murder in connection with the death of another prisoner earlier this year.

The corrections department had opened an investigation into the actions of a pretrial services employee.

A former Mount St. Mary's University student has sued the university claiming she was raped by a rugby player who had previously been accused of sexual assault.

A body that was found along a Maryland highway on Sunday has a “potential connection” to a missing persons report, according to the state police.

The MS-13 trial in Baltimore, expected to take weeks, will include testimony from confessed members of the gang, prosecutors say.

Dr. Kunchok Dorjee‚ an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said that numerous reports of infections and symptoms coming from one setting is a clear “red flag.”