Criminal justice

Baltimore City Police over the weekend arrested five people, including a 9-year-old boy, stemming from a carjacking in which a woman was dragged from her car at a stop sign, authorities said.

Baltimore County Police on Monday said they arrested a man in possession of what they described as an AK-47 rifle near the site of a recent shooting in Towson that has heightened vigilance by law enforcement officials.

Syed, now 43, is awaiting a new hearing on a motion to throw out his conviction in the killing of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School.

Maryland has spent nearly half a million dollars on a private law firm to try and exit a decades-old lawsuit. So far, it has little to show for it.

The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare has pleaded not guilty to murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution.

Luigi Mangione is now in a federal jail in New York, facing charges that could bring the death penalty.

An Ellicott City woman pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling more than $1 million from a real estate agency and using the funds to pay for vacations, Taylor Swift tickets and more, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The plaintiffs challenging Baltimore jail health care, led by the ACLU’s National Prison Project, have nominated three of their own selections to become medical monitor.

Deanta Dorsey was an Edmondson-Westside High School sophomore when he was killed in the shooting.

The state’s probation agents have not conducted home visits, including with registered sex offenders, since May, after the corrections department secretary suspended the check-ins for safety reasons.

Luigi Mangione, who’s accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, waived extradition from Pennsylvania to New York to face charges including first-degree murder.

Peter Thomas, formerly of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” and Bar One in Baltimore, will serve 18 months in prison for failing to pay the government more than $2.5 million in employment taxes.

Gordon Staron, 35, of Abingdon in Harford County, was sentenced on Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court for the murders of Keith Bell and Javarick Gantt.

Law enforcement officials were bracing for crowds of reporters, protesters and onlookers ay Luigi Mangione's hearing Thursday in Hollidaysburg.

The procedural step cleared the way for the New York Police Department to take Mangione into custody.

“Real Housewives of Potomac” star Karen Huger could face up to two years in prison after being found guilty in her DUI case.

Officials said the shooting in Towson appeared “targeted,” and said they believe there is no ongoing threat to the general public.

The impending closure of Baltimore’s original community-led police oversight board has raised new questions. It may also present new opportunities.

The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a shooting in the area of Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson.

A law firm’s request for records about plans to build a center for incarcerated women has led to a year-and-a-half-long saga that recently culminated in a lawsuit.