West Laurel man charged with killing wife, stepdaughter

A West Laurel man who apparently fatally shot his wife and stepdaughter barricaded himself inside the family's residence Monday morning...

Laurel Police report armed robbery on Baltimore Avenue [Crime log]

Laurel Police report felonies, arrests and property crimes. Prince George's County police report violent crimes and property crimes....

North Carolina man arrested in Columbia woman's murder

A 43-year-old North Carolina man has been arrested and accused of the May 4 murder of Deborah Castellano, of Columbia, Howard County...

Lane remembered as 'Godfather' of Howard blogosphere

As details surrounding the murder conspiracy of prominent Howard County blogger Dennis Lane came to light Friday, some members of the robust...

Howard school offers counseling after slaying of student's father

Counselors and psychologists will be on hand at Mount Hebron High School in Ellicott City on Monday as students return for the first...

Daughter, boyfriend charged in fatal stabbing of her father

As 2012 drew to a close, a posting on 14-year-old Morgan Lane Arnold's Facebook page warned of the apocalypse.

Daughter, boyfriend charged in stabbing death of Ellicott City blogger

Howard County Police believe the 14-year-old daughter of Howard County blogger Dennis Lane conspired with her 19-year-old boyfriend to...

Inmate, 17 other alleged Bloods indicted on racketeering charges

A federal grand jury indicted 18 alleged gang members on racketeering charges, including a detainee at a state-managed detention center,...

Columbia murder victim moved from New York to work at Maryland Live

A woman found dead inside a car parked in a Columbia neighborhood last Saturday recently moved to the area from upstate New York to work...

D.C. officer with Howard ties arrested in money-laundering case

A Washington, D.C., police officer was charged Tuesday with money laundering in connection with an alleged drug-trafficking scheme in the...

Columbia man sentenced to 11 years for secretly videotaping women

The Columbia man who secretly videotaped two female co-workers inside their Ellicott City condominium last year was sentenced to 11 years in...

Woman found dead in Columbia neighborhood

A 47-year-old woman with multiple gunshot wounds was found dead in the driver seat of a parked car in a Columbia neighborhood Saturday...

Elderly man exposes himself to mother, child in Columbia [Crime Log]

The following is compiled from Howard County police reports.

Columbia man convicted of murder of bondswoman

A 23-year-old Columbia man was convicted of second-degree murder in Howard County Circuit Court Wednesday evening in the 2011 shooting of...

Police say $8,000 charged on credit cards stolen from Columbia fitness club

Howard County Police have released photos of three suspects allegedly involved in charging $8,000 on stolen credit cards taken from locker...