Criminal justice

Two teens are facing charges after police said they kicked in the door of a Maryland home in what may be associated with a TikTok challenge.

Daniel Fuentes Espinal, who had been living in the U.S. since arriving in 2001 from his native Honduras, was apprehended by ICE agents in Maryland. He is now in a Louisiana detention center.

In a 51-page order on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Anna M. Manasco referred Matthew Reeves and William Lunsford, both partners at Butler Snow LLP, to the Alabama State Bar and other licensing authorities.

Baltimore partners with leaders in the community to identify and intervene with people at the highest risk of experiencing or committing violence.

The Baltimore City Sheriff's Office arrested three men on charges including second-degree assault in a melee that broke out in the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse during the trial of Joseph Walker.

Officials said there's no indication the material was related to students at the school.

U.S. Senior District Judge James K. Bredar threw out the jury's verdict in the trial of Dr. Ron Elfenbein.

Research by a psychology professor from Towson University shed new light on how the work of medical examiners suffers from bias.

Maryland State Police launched an investigation into the death of a 30-year-old man incarcerated at North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County.

Baltimore County Police have extradited a 31-year-old man from Pennsylvania facing charges in connection with the March deaths of two people from Owings Mills.

Tyrone Jones was initially denied compensation under the Walter Lomax Act because at the time in Maryland, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder had been considered a misdemeanor instead of a felony.

Roger Alvarado-Mendoza, 25, of Dundalk, entered an Alford plea Thursday in Baltimore Circuit Court to first-degree murder in the shooting of Izaiah Carter on March 6, 2023. Carter was 16.

As part of a plea agreement, Aurielle Montgomery, 24, of Pikesville, faced a sentence between between 10 and 22 years in prison.

Federal authorities charged Eliseo Alexander Lopez Alvarez, Josue Anibal Guerra Ramos, Olvin Josue Posas Alvarenga and Kevin Cuestas with racketeering conspiracy for their alleged membership in the MS-13 “clique” known as Centrales Locos Salvatrucha, or CLS.

Under President Donald Trump, ICE is arresting 76 immigrants per week in Maryland, up from 29 per week last year.

Baltimore Police are investigating Keith Garrett's death as a homicide.

When nearly 200 family, co-workers and friends came together Saturday at DreamLife Worship Center in Randallstown to honor Dontae Melton Jr., a somber mood was often broken by celebrations of life.

Mosby, 45, served two terms as the city’s top prosecutor from 2015 to 2023.

Baltimore boxing champion Gervonta Davis, 30, is accused of slapping his ex-girlfriend multiple times during an altercation on Father's Day.