Criminal justice

The former staff member at a state-run juvenile detention center accused of sexually abusing six boys was ruled eligible for home detention.

Following the shooting, residents of the close-knit community raised concerns in a meeting with public officials.

A Baltimore County car crash left three people dead Saturday night.

Recounting the moment on Friday, Jennifer Vasquez Sura said she hasn’t seen or heard from him since, in her first speaking appearance since news of her husband’s deportation was reported.

Violet Custer, 14, and Faye McMahon, 19, testified on Friday in Harford County Circuit Court during the trial of Victor Martinez-Hernandez.

A Howard County bus attendant, contracted to serve students at the Linwood Center, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and one count of fourth-degree sex offense this week.

Unique Thorn, 26, was arrested Thursday by U.S. Marshals in Ohio in connection to a fatal shooting in the city last month.

The women further accuse Dr. Matthew Bathula of installing software on hospital computers to steal their personal passwords and take control of their home networks.

Advocates say Howard County's police accountability board has not pushed hard enough to address apparent racial disparities in policing and failed to fulfill some of their basic duties in 2024.

A federal judge sentenced former top malpractice attorney Stephen L. Snyder to three years of probation with six months of home confinement for attempting to extort the University of Maryland Medical System.

Seven months after she descended into the Kafkaesque situation, Joyce Evans was dead.

A jury was selected on Wednesday in the trial of a man who’s accused of killing Rachel Morin in 2023 on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail in Bel Air.

Worley had been living in Anne Arundel County as deputy commissioner when he was appointed police commissioner in 2023.

Suggs, 42, played for the Ravens from 2003 to 2018, won Super Bowl XLVII and racked up 132.5 sacks, the most in team history.

Baltimore County Police Department officers who were investigating overnight property damage were met with gunfire Tuesday morning, police said.

Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healey said a sequestered jury is an “almost impossible task in 2025.”

Victor Martinez-Hernandez, 24, is set to stand trial starting on Tuesday in Harford County Circuit Court on charges of first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex offense and kidnapping.

Baltimore County Police detectives have charged a 23-year-old man with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Taejhiana Walker, 22.

Shane Lanham, 28, was pronounced dead on Saturday at Eastern Correctional Institute.

Two members of Jews United for Justice urge Senate President Bill Ferguson to agree to put SB422, which would stop youths from automatically being charged as adults for crimes, to a vote in the state Senate.