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Criminal justice

    Adultery is still a crime in Maryland. It’s punishable by a $10 fine.
    Since 2015, at least eight people have been charged with the offense, according to data from the Maryland Judiciary.
    Man accused of killing 2 in Owings Mills, leaving mom’s body in SUV, incompetent to stand trial
    Kevin Ahn is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of Sun Lim, and her ex-husband, In Kim, in Owings Mills.
    6/16/22—Exterior of the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson.
    BGF member sentenced in murder of mom pushing 1-year-old in stroller
    Barak Olds, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to one count of racketeering conspiracy.
    Barak Olds, 35, of Baltimore, a member of the Black Guerrilla Family gang, pleaded guilty in 2023 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to one count of racketeering conspiracy.
    Baltimore County softball coach arrested on child sex abuse charges
    Michael J. Pusateri, 59, was arrested Monday and is being held without bond, police said.
    Michael J. Pusateri, 59, was arrested Monday and is being held without bond, police said.
    Baltimore Blast and former goalie are facing unlikely opponents off the field: each other
    William Vanzela, 40, of Reisterstown, was the goalie for the Baltimore Blast for close to 10 years. He won four championships with the professional indoor soccer team.
    Exterior of the SECU Arena at Towson University in Towson, Md. on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
    Bail denied for man accused of killing missing Maryland woman Da’cara Thompson
    Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, accused of killing 19-year-old Da’cara Thompson, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, was denied bail.
    A Baltimore County police vehicle’s lights flash while parked outside of the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Md. on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
    Thousands of immigrants uprooted as US expels them to nations they’ve never known
    The Trump administration has said its strategy for third-country deportation is meant to be an inconvenience.
    Baltimore has a crime problem. That’s not why Trump is threatening to send in the National Guard.
    President Donald Trump’s threat is not about crime. It's not even about Baltimore or Chicago or any other of his favorite municipal punching bags. It is about power.
    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 14:  California National Guard soldiers (front) stand guard at a federal building on June 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Protesters held an anti-Trump "No Kings Day" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles which has been the focus of protests against Trump's immigration raids. Marches and protests against the Trump administration and its policies are taking place across the United States today. Protesters are also reacting in opposition to a planned military parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army in Washington, DC, coinciding with President Trump's birthday.
    Moore, Scott walk Park Heights in a message to Trump
    Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott tour the city in a community walk, pushing back on President Trump's narrative of Charm City.
    Gov. Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott lead a community walk with elected officials and law enforcement in Northwest Baltimore on Friday.
    Man charged in killing of missing Prince George’s County 19-year-old
    Prince George’s County Police arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the death of a 19-year-old woman who went missing in late August.
    Da'Cara Thompson's family reported her missing to PGPD on Aug. 23.
    After 54 years, Howard County Police identify woman in county’s oldest cold case
    Howard County Police have identified their Jane Doe in a 1971 cold case as Sarah Sharkey.
    Howard County Executive Calvin Ball speaks Thursday at a news conference outside the county police station about the department's identification of a woman in a 1971 cold case.
    State police charge incarcerated man in Somerset County prison death
    A man who is incarcerated at a state prison in Somerset County has been indicted and charged with murder in connection with the death of another prisoner earlier this year.
    Tyjuan Chapple, 26, remains in the custody of the Maryland Division of Corrections.
    Employee accused of improperly inviting ICE to Baltimore courthouse no longer at her job
    The corrections department had opened an investigation into the actions of a pretrial services employee.
    The corrections department opened an investigation into the actions of a pretrial services employee after ICE agents appeared at the the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse in June.
    Former Mount St. Mary’s student sues university for failing to protect her from rapist
    A former Mount St. Mary's University student has sued the university claiming she was raped by a rugby player who had previously been accused of sexual assault.
    Students cross campus between classes at Mount St. Mary’s University, a small liberal arts university in the Catoctin Mountains near Emmitsburg.
    Body found along Route 50 could be connected to Prince George’s missing persons report
    A body that was found along a Maryland highway on Sunday has a “potential connection” to a missing persons report, according to the state police.
    The Maryland State Police logo.
    Feds say they’ll rely on ‘devils and demons’ in Baltimore MS-13 trial
    The MS-13 trial in Baltimore, expected to take weeks, will include testimony from confessed members of the gang, prosecutors say.
    Three men are on trial in U.S. District Court on charges that they participated in a racketeering conspiracy as members of MS-13.
    People keep getting sick to their stomachs at this jail. Baltimore County says that’s normal.
    Dr. Kunchok Dorjee‚ an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said that numerous reports of infections and symptoms coming from one setting is a clear “red flag.”
    The Baltimore County Detention Center complex in Towson.
    Baltimore County Police investigate homicide in Parkville as possible murder-suicide
    Baltimore County Police are investigating a murder-suicide that happened in Parkville Tuesday morning, officials announced, just days after tackling a similar incident in Catonsville.
    Baltimore County Police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that happened in Parkville Tuesday morning, the third one this year and the second in a week.
    This judge will resolve ‘who’s your daddy?’ Her pay raise might be unconstitutional.
    Orphans' Court judges convinced the Baltimore County executive and council to give them $30,000 raises. It may have violated the Maryland Constitution.
    The Baltimore County Orphans Court conducts its hearings in a series of small courtrooms on the fifth floor of the county courthouse in Towson.
    Maryland inmate killed in Somerset County prison
    An inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover was found dead early Sunday, prompting a homicide investigation, according to Maryland State Police.
    An inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover was found dead early Sunday.
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