Criminal justice

Baltimore is on track to end 2025 with its lowest homicide total in 48 years, with fewer than 150 killings expected, marking a significant decline since 2022.

Police say they’re conducting a homicide investigation after officers found a man shot dead in a Federal Hill parking lot.

Police say they found 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner in a Silver Spring home Friday. Wagoner had been missing since Oct. 14.

A 34-year-old man was killed and a 57-year-old man was injured after a double shooting Friday night in Baltimore, according to police.

Two people were hospitalized Wednesday morning after federal immigration officials opened fire on a vehicle in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County officials said.

Questions surround the violent confrontation on Christmas Eve in a neighborhood court in Glen Burnie.

A federal judge this week canceled the trial of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported, and scheduled a hearing on whether the prosecution is being vindictive in pursuing a human smuggling case against him.

Baltimore Police have long used department vehicles to inflict serious injuries on suspects, a recently filed lawsuit alleges.

When Nick McDaniels isn’t in the classroom at Mervo High School in Baltimore, he’s running a law firm.

Matthew “Ty” Snook, who graduated from the University of Maryland, where he was a member of the wrestling team, and had been a trooper for 10 years.

A 21-year-old man was killed after a vehicle struck him on Tuesday night and the driver fled the scene, police said.

The Baltimore Board of Estimates is set to vote on Jan. 7 on whether to approve the settlement for Gary Washington, who spent 31 years in prison in the deadly shooting of Faheem “Bobo” Ali, 17, on Dec. 27, 1986.

A Baltimore County woman swore out charges in an alleged 2018 Randallstown sexual assault after prosecutors declined to act, prompting a judge to reopen the case.

The family of Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, an arabber killed by Baltimore Police this summer, are condemning the findings of state investigators who cleared the officers of any wrongdoing.

A jury returned a $1.5 billion verdict in favor of Cherie Craft, 54, of Atlanta, on Monday in Baltimore Circuit Court. Craft was diagnosed in 2024 with an incurable form of cancer.

The pedestrian killed on Friday in a downtwon Silver Spring crash was identified by Montgomery Police as Theresa "Terri" Winona Nagle.

In Maryland, people can be arrested, thrown in jail and forced to defend themselves against criminal charges without input from police or prosecutors.

Experts say several changes could improve an unusual part of the criminal legal system in Maryland — one that allows anyone to seek charges on their own without input from police or prosecutors.

Maryland’s district court commissioner system allows people to file criminal charges with little oversight, a Banner investigation found. The process can be abused and upend lives.

Maryland State Police are investigating the 12th prisoner death this year and third this month, officials said Monday.