Criminal justice

An out-of-state metals dealer that sold gold and silver bars, rounds and coins for investments misrepresented their materials, and Marylanders can now get refunds after Attorney General Anthony G. Brown’s Securities Division reached a settlement with the metals dealer.

Michael Hines admitted to illegally hunting a large buck with a rifle on Nov. 10, 2023.

Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court of attempted first-degree murder, use of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and armed carjacking. His attorneys vowed to appeal.

Greater Grace officials announced that they had selected an evangelical nonprofit, GRACE, to lead an independent investigation of sexual abuse in the church.

A report released Wednesday found that a county highway employee, with help from coworkers including his boss, likely took the asphalt from work to improve his own driveway.

In a statement, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said his office was “truly saddened that we could not secure justice in this case.”

Both sides are expected on Wednesday to deliver their closing arguments in the trial after Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, elected to not testify in his own defense.

Malvo, who was 17 years old at the time of the shootings, was convicted of multiple counts of murder in Virginia and Maryland and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He has been serving his sentence in Virginia.

Sarah Beth Clendaniel was arrested in February 2023 after corresponding for months with a government source to plot the attack.

Tiffany Knupp will serve a year of unsupervised probation, pay $6,500 restitution and resign from the foundation.

Two Harford County school employees were arrested and charged with failing to report a rape allegation after a student told school staff they were assaulted, the Aberdeen Police Department said.

In statements Saturday, spokespeople for the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland confirmed authorities have boarded the Maersk Saltoro.

The funeral was just days after the suspect in the shooting, a 16-year-old classmate, was indicted by a grand jury.

Gov. Wes Moore appointed Yvonne Briley-Wilson as the head of the new state agency that will examine prison conditions.

Daniel Coronado, 54, of Alpharetta, Georgia, was arrested at BWI after arriving on a flight from Cancun, Mexico, CBP officials said.

For almost three hours on Thursday, Baltimore County Police Officer Jonathan Chih recalled what unfolded on Warren Road the night of Feb. 9, 2023. At times, he choked up on the witness stand.

Circuit Judge Paul E. Alpert issued his decision at the end of a seven-day bench trial for Cpl. Zachary Small, a 20-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department.

Baltimore County Police officers testified about what happened when they responded to a call for a man with a gun threatening to kill himself.

The U.S. Justice Department accused the operators of Dali, the container ship that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge, of negligence and mismanagement.

A 2-year-old boy was fatally struck Tuesday afternoon in an Eastport apartment complex parking lot.