Criminal justice

Baltimore police are investigating a double fatal shooting that occurred early Monday morning.

An Alabama courtroom scandal over using generative AI could have implications for decades-old lawsuit over Baltimore jail conditions.

Prosecutors, meanwhile, dropped 26 out of the 55 charges against Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, who’s standing trial in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.

The Howard County Police Department arrested a fifth person in connection with the shooting death of 17-year-old Lance Carrington, officials announced Wednesday.

Maryland Attorney General’s Office released the names of a Dundalk man who was fatally shot during a mental health crisis and the Baltimore County Police officer responsible.

David Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, was found guilty in 2024 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.

In a Tuesday order, three Appellate Court of Maryland judges granted the state’s request to slow the case against James Strachan Houston.

Both teens were transported to a nearby hospital and are in stable condition.

Linthicum, 26, of Cockeysville, is set to be sentenced on Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court on four counts of attempted first-degree murder and related crimes.

Matthew Schlegel, 45, of Severna Park, is charged in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court with sexual abuse of a minor, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. He maintains his innocence.

The Banner attempted to reach relatives and attorneys associated with each of the 36 deaths that the audit found should have been ruled as homicides.

Detectives are investigating after a Baltimore County Police officer on Thursday shot a man in Essex who was armed with a knife, authorities said in a news release.

The case, which involves two murders and four attempted murders, has been pending since 2022.

Two red light cameras are up and running in Anne Arundel County with eight more expected as officials’ enhance efforts to reduce dangerous driving.

Montgomery County Police are investigating an incident in which a 2-year-old boy reportedly fell from the 15th floor of an apartment building in Silver Spring and survived.

The massive audit called for classifying at least 36 in-custody police deaths as homicides, re-opening old wounds and raising new questions in Maryland.

Dr. David Fowler was a well-regarded former chief medical examiner before he consulted on a high-profile case that brought fresh scrutiny to his work in Maryland.

Independent pathologists commissioned by the state concluded that Tyrone West’s case should be reclassified as a homicide.

The audit’s implications reach far beyond a finding of 36 wrongfully classified deaths.

The yearslong audit cited racial and pro-police bias in the work of the state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.