Criminal justice

The women closest to Phylicia Barnes tried to move on after the teen’s body was pulled from the river. An attack on another young woman has shaken the fragile lives that they rebuilt.

Baltimore’s police commissioner said a man believed to be armed took off after he was engaged by officers. They gave chase, and when they stopped, there was a struggle and other officers fired shots. The unidentified man died at the scene.

Howard County Police released video footage of the suspect in a fatal shooting at The Mall in Columbia. Police are offering up to $7,500 to anyone who can offer information.

Daniel Myers was sentenced last week to 50 additional years in prison for first-degree murder. He had pleaded guilty in February to killing Nicholas Delfosse in May 2023.

Eugene Dixon, 57, of Belcamp, had pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to electronic communication harassment.

Two Annapolis police officers who are union representatives used department tech to track a police major's vehicle as he worked from home, prompting police Chief Ed Jackson to suspend them. The officers have returned to work, but the incident lies at the heart of a planned no-confidence vote.

City code makes clear that employees are prohibited from working for or receiving payment from organizations that have contracts with their agency, as Chase Brexton does with the health department.

Johns Hopkins University released finalized policies and procedures for its private police force, an initiative that has faced pushback from campus residents and neighboring communities.

A Prince George’s County canine officer is charged with animal cruelty over the mistreatment of a police dog.

Howard County Police still have no suspect in the 2020 killings of Rabiah Ahmad and her baby, Ahja.

Baltimore Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in the July 21 shooting death of 14-year-old Jasper Davis at the Mondawmin Metro Center.

Howard County Police are searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old male at The Mall in Columbia on Saturday night.

Details about Dazhon Darien's troubled work history were listed in a national database.

He shared details of the vandalism with his 1.7 million TikTok followers and has seen an outpouring of support.

Police said the investigation is ongoing and that no additional information was available.

A 52-year-old Owings Mills man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in scams while posing as a government official dealing in gold bars.

Snyder, 77, who was one of the most successful plaintiffs’ lawyers in Maryland, is accused of threatening to extort the University of Maryland Medical System for $25 million in 2018.

Police say a teenage driver struck a 31-year-old man on a scooter at the intersection of North Conkling Street and Pulaski Highway and left the scene. The man died of injuries suffered in the crash, and the 16-year-old driver was later arrested and charged in the incident.

In the two weeks since 14-year-old Cortez Lemon Jr. was fatally stabbed on an MTA bus in Baltimore July 10, multiple vigils have been held to remember the young man they called “Bubbles.”