Criminal justice

Howard County Police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened on Tuesday night in Columbia.

While the Dundalk Republican has publicly acknowledged his struggles with alcoholism, the altercation with police only came to light after Crandell’s wife filed a protection order.

The Federal Trade Commission is suing two Pikesville men who they say have been illegally buying hundreds of thousands of tickets to concerts, plays and sporting events to resell at a profit.

Life in Baltimore always means a reversal of fortune could be right around the corner

Baltimore police have responded to recent burglary calls at Nepenthe and Keller's Liquor, as well as a destruction of property call at Grano's Pasta Bar, all in Hampden.

A 93-year-old woman is dead after an on-duty Howard County Police officer struck her with an unmarked vehicle in a Columbia shopping center parking lot early Friday morning.

The Prisoner Rights Information System of Maryland put the state on notice over constitutional violations it's attributing to "indefinite lockdowns" at state prisons.

The case centers on a standing order issued in May by Chief Judge George L. Russell III, in which he ordered a 48-hour pause in every case in which an immigrant had tried to block deportation by challenging the legality of their detention.

A Baltimore grandmother said she’s devastated after a 38-year-old man was killed in a mass shooting in the Park Heights neighborhood on Saturday.

Baltimore Farmers’ Market patrons paid tribute Sunday to a longtime pit beef vendor who was found shot dead in his burning Pennsylvania home a week ago.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday made the announcement at what was scheduled to be his arraignment.

A Harford County judge on Monday sentenced the man who raped and murdered Rachel Morin on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Residents in Baltimore’s Park Heights community are waiting for answers after a mass shooting Saturday night left one person dead and five others injured. 

One of the six people shot in Park Heights on Saturday night has died, Baltimore Police said Sunday morning.

The woman forgave Charles Taylor, 48, of Walbrook, at his sentencing on Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court on charges of kidnapping, first-degree assault and third-degree sex offense.

Patrick Brice, 28, now of Harford County, attacked Richard Schaefer and Mark Crosby outside the Planned Parenthood Baltimore Health Center on North Howard Street on May 26, 2023.

U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar rejected arguments from the defense that Brandon Clint Russell, 30, of Florida, was less culpable than a local accomplice who was prepared to carry out the attack on BGE substations.

In both incidents, Matthew Middleton stood outside businesses holding a sign supporting President Donald Trump before the situations escalated, according to charging documents.

Thomas Pinkerton, Jr., 52, was working at Central Christian Church in Rossville at the time of the alleged abuse, according to charging documents.

Another cyber attack is jeopardizing the personal information of victims of child sex abuse at the hands of the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.