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    Police on site of a shooting at the Eastside District Court on Friday.
    Shooting inside East Baltimore courthouse under investigation
    Police Commissioner Richard Worley, at a news conference late Friday morning, said the 35-year-old man was in critical condition.
    Dazhon Darien arrives on Monday at the Baltimore County Courts Building in Towson, where FBI special agents arrested him on charges of sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.
    Man charged in Pikesville High School AI case will remain in custody on federal charges
    U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin Aslan concluded in the case of Dazhon Darien that there was no combination of conditions that could adequately assure the safety of the community.
    Ravens' Justin Tucker accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by six massage therapists
    Women say Justin Tucker repeatedly exposed his genitals and, in three instances, apparently left ejaculate on tables after massages.
    On April 12, 2023, Joseph White III twice pushed Christopher Foster, causing him to fall onto the subway tracks at the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink Shot Tower Station and die by electrocution.
    Man found guilty of murder after pushing person onto subway tracks in Baltimore
    On April 12, 2023, Joseph White III pushed Christopher Foster and caused him to fall onto the tracks at the Baltimore Metro SubwayLink Shot Tower Station.
    Willie Billinger recently filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department and retired Detective Julian Min after winning his freedom.
    Willie Billinger served time for a double murder he says he did not commit. Now he’s suing.
    Billinger, 47, of Baltimore, has always maintained that he did not kill Earline “Smiley” Thomas and Howard “Mike” Martin, both 53, whose bodies were discovered in their apartment on St. Paul Street in Old Goucher on March 14, 2017.
    Baltimore Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer has scheduled a hearing for Feb. 26 to consider Adnan Syed's motion to reduce his sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
    Baltimore judge sets hearing on Adnan Syed’s request to reduce his sentence
    Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer set a hearing for Feb. 26 on the motion for reduction of sentence under the Juvenile Restoration Act.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    10-year-old girl dies after accidental shooting in Baltimore, police say
    The 10-year-old girl was pronounced dead Tuesday after suffering an accidental gunshot wound on Saturday, police said.
    Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, is now standing trial in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.
    Trial begins for neo-Nazi leader accused of plotting to blow up Maryland’s power grid
    Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, who’s the founder of the Atomwaffen Division, is standing trial in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on a charge of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.
    Maryland could make it a crime to use AI to create harmful impersonations
    After a former employee at Pikesville High School was accused of using AI to impersonate the school’s principal, lawmakers are considering a bill to target the practice.
    A security guard died after he was shot at a McDonald's in North Baltimore on Sunday afternoon, according to police.
    Teen arrested in fatal shooting of McDonald’s security guard
    The 15-year-old is being charged as an adult with first-degree murder, Baltimore Police said.
    Dazhon Darien arrives to Baltimore County Circuit Court on Monday, January 27, 2025. Darien was arrested on a federal warrant upon arrival.
    Suspect in Pikesville High AI case arrested on child porn charges
    Dazhon Darien, 32, is now charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child pornography.
    A police line do not cross tape blocks a pathway near Penn Station.
    Grandmother charged in 9-year-old girl’s accidental shooting
    Baltimore City Police Commissioner Richard Worley called the situation preventable and infuriating.
    An Anne Arundel County Police vehicle.
    Anne Arundel police say off-duty cop involved in hit-and-run
    The officer, a five-year veteran, has been suspended without pay.
    Dazhon Leslie Darien
    Man accused of using AI to impersonate Pikesville High School principal to stand trial
    Dazhon Darien is charged with disturbing school operations, retaliating against a witness, stalking and related offenses.
    LifeBridge Health asks the public to help it stop gun trafficking that sends so many people to its emergency room.
    Why a Baltimore hospital on the front lines wants to curb gun trafficking
    LifeBridge Health says gun trafficking is a public health problem and it needs the public to get involved to find solutions.
    A triple shooting left a 52-year-old woman dead in a “working-class neighborhood” in northern Baltimore on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
    Outraged community takes to the streets after triple shooting left teacher’s aide dead
    A community is outraged, and a family is devastated by the murder of Anntoinette Tunstall-Jennings, a Baltimore schoolteacher’s aide, who was fatally shot after watching her grandchild play basketball.  
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A group of pro-Trump protesters wave flags from a platform above a group of Capitol Police after storming the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election.
    These Marylanders faced years in prison for the Jan. 6 riot. Then Trump pardoned them.
    President Donald Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Dozens of those people are from Maryland.
    The Harford County State's Attorney's Office recently dropped the charges against Regina Jones, the former principal of Aberdeen Middle School, and Tanya Johnson, a paraeducator, who had been accused of failing to report a rape.
    Harford County school employees wrongfully prosecuted over rape allegation reporting
    The Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office recently dropped the cases against Regina Jones, the former principal of Aberdeen Middle School, and Tanya Johnson, a paraeducator, after determining that “the facts do not support conviction.”
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County police car sits outside of the Public Safety Building and Police Department in Towson.
    Middle River woman charged with murder in death of her 11-year-old daughter
    Keyona Dillon, 34, was arrested around noon on Thursday when officers responded to a home in the 2100 block of Firethorn Road, according to the Baltimore County Police Department.
    Anne Arundel Police detain two suspects in Meade High School stabbing
    It was not immediately clear whether the suspects are fellow students.
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