Criminal justice

On Nov. 20, 2025, Darryl Nichols swiped a package that contained a stainless steel bowl worth $20 from the house of Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley.

Sari Kurland, a former Rockville bankruptcy lawyer, pleaded guilty Friday to orchestrating three schemes that victimized 21 people between May 2022 and September 2024, and totaled more than $4.2 million, authorities said.

Homicides in Montgomery County rose 20% in 2025, but were down from a 10-year high in 2021.

Baltimore City has achieved a stunning turnaround in violent crime despite a rift between State’s Attorney Ivan Bates and Mayor Brandon Scott.

A federal judge on Monday said she will hold a short hearing on procedures that police said allowed them to seize and look through Luigi Mangione’s backpack when he was arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Maryland State Police have launched an investigation following a reported killing at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.

A 59-year-old man was shot and killed in Northwest Baltimore Sunday morning.

Baltimore County Police are investigating after a string of burglaries at Catonsville businesses early Sunday morning.

The Baltimore County Police Department arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a shooting on Friday.

More than $11,000 worth of stolen Ulta Beauty merchandise was recovered after a theft at the Sykesville store, leading to felony organized retail theft charges against two women.

The Washington County State’s Attorney’s Office filed to drop criminal charges that were brought against Anne Arundel County law enforcement officers at a Hagerstown softball tailgate, court records show.

A student at The Mount Washington School was taken into police custody on Thursday after they were caught with a handgun, the principal said.

Little more than a week into 2026, the deaths of Nikitha Godishala, Venkata Asha Appana and Krishna Kishore Kotikalapudi have stunned Howard County’s growing Indian community.

Federal officials changed their account of the Christmas Eve shooting by ICE agents in Glen Burnie.

Baltimore Police Officer Curlon Edwards, who had been suspended without pay, was terminated after his sentencing on Friday.

Jesica Evelin Argueta of Silver Spring turned herself in Tuesday on an arrest warrant that charged her with manslaughter by vehicle due to gross negligence and related traffic offenses.

Baltimore Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in Penn North earlier this week.

Luigi Mangione is due in federal court Friday for a pivotal hearing in his fight to bar the government from seeking the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Catherine Torney filed a lawsuit in 2023 against Towson University in Baltimore County Circuit Court that alleged negligence.

Rescue workers performed life-saving measures, but the man was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been released.