Criminal justice

In a statement, Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates said the case “sends a clear message to all parents and guardians that they will be held accountable for their actions and the actions of their children.”

A Harford County teacher has been arrested and charged in relation to the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material.

The only criminal case against a real estate investor Jay Walsh accused of running a Ponzi-style international investment scheme that affected thousands of homes in Baltimore and Philadelphia is underway this week in Baltimore District Court.

Marilyn Mosby, who served two terms as Baltimore state's attorney from 2015 to 2023, is appealing her perjury and mortgage fraud convictions.

David Philpot, who was assaulted Saturday in Fells Point and died Sunday, was a regular sight in the neighborhood even to those who did not know him.

A 36-year-old man died and the other conditions range from stable to critical condition.

Chris Bendann, a former teacher at the Gilman School, is set to stand trial on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, possession of child pornography and cyberstalking.

Nicholas Bendy was arrested allegedly for driving under the influence after an Ocean City police officer saw him speeding and changing lanes.

Brown encouraged all Maryland state's attorneys to analyze their case data.

Victor Martinez-Hernandez was taken into custody in June at a bar in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 10 months after Morin’s body was found off the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Harford County.

Simon Property Group, which owns Arundel Mills, says that unsupervised minors must leave the property by 3 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and those who do not abide by the shopping center’s Youth Supervision Policy will be asked to leave.

Ksenia Karelina was detained in Russia while visiting family in January after authorities there discovered she donated $51 to a U.S.-based charity that gives aid to Ukraine.

On Thursday morning, police were notified that the SUV sought in the Amber Alert had been spotted. Virginia State Police tried to stop it on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County, police said. A pursuit began when the driver did not stop and instead continued north on Interstate 495 into Maryland, where the driver lost control and crashed, police said.

The Baltimore Police Department continues to make slow and steady progress in a wholesale reform effort mandated by its agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and a federal judge, but hopes of exiting that oversight anytime soon remain dim at best.

Most of the animals seized from a rowhome in Baltimore this year have been adopted or placed with rescues.

Montgomery County law enforcement partners have issued a new warning about a “gold bar” scam that steals residents’ life savings.

Many of the people incarcerated in the mental health unit are awaiting transfers to psychiatric facilities run by the Maryland Department of Health for evaluation or treatment.

An overcrowded detention center affects more than just where the teens’ beds are.

A male inmate died at Allegany County state prison on Friday, Aug. 9. Another unnamed inmate is a suspect.

Police said they identified the man and got a warrant for his arrest Friday. He has a history of fire-related crimes.