Crime

Woman, 34, fatally shot at boyfriend's funeral gathering

Police sergeant's son arrested, marijuana seized in city raid

The 21-year-old son of a Baltimore police sergeant was arrested Thursday night after officers raided the family's rowhouse on North Luzerne Avenue and found a half-pound of marijuana, the department's chief spokesman said.

Mark Hughes, a reporter with The Independent, a national UK paper, visits Baltimore to examine if police officers, drug dealers, prosecutors and politicians were accurately portrayed in 'The Wire;' The Sun's Justin Fenton heads to London to compare crime trends between the two cities.

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Sun coverage: 4 found dead in Towson

Sun coverage: 4 found dead in Towson

A family of four from Long Island was found dead in a room at the Sheraton Baltimore North in Towson on April 20. Police were...

Sun special report: A trail of deception

Sun special report: A trail of deception

Cindy McKay, a 52-year-old career thief and mother of six, was convicted in April 2008 of secretly stealing thousands of dollars from her...

Sun coverage: 3 children drowned at hotel

Coverage of the deaths of three young children who were drowned in a bathtub at Baltimore's Marriott Hotel on March 29, 2008. The children's...

Sun coverage: Cockeysville family killed

Sun coverage of the fatal shootings of four members of a Cockeysville family; a fifth member of the family, a 15-year-old honor student, has...

Sun coverage: Dogfighting in Baltimore

Sun coverage: Dogfighting in Baltimore

In underworld of drugs and violence, pit bulls can be as menacing as their owners

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Man gets life in rape, robbery at Arundel laundromat

A Baltimore man with a history of psychiatric problems rambled about himself for nearly an hour Wednesday before Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge William C. Mulford II told him he was self-absorbed and sentenced him to life in prison for raping and robbing a 62-year-old woman as she was about to...

Teenager sought in shooting of another in Halethorpe

Police in Baltimore County are looking for a 17-year-old male in the shooting last month of another youth of the same age.

Police arrest 2 suspects in Howard armed robbery

Two men from Prince George's County have been charged by Howard County police with robbing a Jessup bank Friday. David Wayne Holloway of Landover and David Dwayne Ford of Forestville are charged with armed robbery, handgun violations, robbery, first-degree assault, endangerment and theft, police...

Robbery suspect wanted by county, State Police

State Police in Harford County are looking for a middle-aged man suspected in at least four robberies in Edgewood last week, with the most recent incident occurring Friday evening at the Walgreen's Pharmacy on Pulaski Highway. Police said the same man robbed the CVS Pharmacy and twice robbed...

Teens indicted in connection with pit bull puppy set on fire

A Baltimore grand jury has indicted the teenage twin brothers accused of fatally setting fire to a pit bull puppy in May, the city state's attorney's office announced Friday. Travers and Tremayne Johnson, 17, had been charged as juveniles, but a judge ruled this month that they would be tried as...

Witness leads Howard police to 2 suspects in bank robbery

A person who saw a pair of masked men switching vehicles Friday helped lead to the arrests of two bank robbery suspects, according to Howard County police. Sherry Llewellyn, a police spokeswoman, said the witness saw an off-duty county officer on Assateague Drive near the Maryland Wholesale Food...

Police probe fatal shootings of two men in Baltimore

A 51-year-old man was fatally shot in the head Thursday night in West Baltimore, the first of two unrelated city killings in a one-hour span, police said. Officers investigating a report of shots fired about 8:15 p.m. in the 2000 block of W. Lanvale St. found Michael Anthony McFadden lying in the...

Temple Hills man convicted in 2008 killing along I-95

A Harford County jury has found a 33-year-old Temple Hills man guilty of first-degree murder and five other counts in the killing last year of a Havre de Grace resident during an attempted robbery on Interstate 95. Demetrius D. Lovelace is to be sentenced Jan. 25, said Joseph I. Cassilly, the state'...

Defense: Dixon thought cards were meant for her

Mayor Sheila Dixon's lead attorney told jurors in her criminal theft case Thursday that Dixon spent gift cards donated by city developers for one simple reason: She thought they were meant as gifts for her.

Man confesses in fatal stabbing of teen, police say

The man accused in the rape and fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy whose gagged body was found this week stuffed inside a closet of a relative's East Baltimore home has confessed to the killing after his arrest Thursday night, a police spokesman said.

Police probe fatal shootings of 2 men in Baltimore

A 51-year-old man was fatally shot in the head Thursday night in West Baltimore, the first of two city killings reported in a one-hour span, police said.

Father says accused teen, companion know nothing of girl's death

Annie McCann's parents desperately want information about the death of their 16-year-old daughter, whose body was found behind a Baltimore trash bin last year after she ran away from her Alexandria, Va., home. But the father of a teenage boy recently charged with stealing the McCanns' car on the day...

City police arrest man in fatal shooting

A man charged in a warrant with first-degree murder in the shooting of another man Saturday in a West Baltimore garage has been arrested, said a city police spokesman.

Boy, 15, admits stabbing classmate to death

A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally stabbing a classmate at their West Baltimore middle school last year.

Opening remarks delivered in Dixon's theft case

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's lead attorney told jurors in her criminal theft case Thursday that Dixon spent gift cards donated by city developers for one simple reason: She thought they were meant as gifts for her.

Boy, 15, pleads guilty in fatal stabbing of city classmate

A 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty Thursday to stabbing a classmate to death at their West Baltimore middle school last year.

City officer who shot man a six-year veteran of force

The city police officer who shot a 23-year-old man Wednesday morning in East Baltimore is a six-year veteran of the department and had never been involved in a shooting before, according to a spokesman for the agency.

Lutherville woman pleads guilty in fatal shooting of man last year

A 37-year-old Lutherville woman pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the death a year ago of a man with whom she was romantically involved, authorities in Baltimore County said.

Man arrested in 1999 death is sought in teen's killing

A man released from prison in January after serving nearly 10 years in a 1999 killing is wanted in connection with the death of a teen who was found Tuesday gagged with a pillowcase and stabbed.

Officer shoots man carrying two knives

A city police officer responding to a domestic dispute shot a man who was carrying two knives Wednesday in East Baltimore after he ignored commands to drop the weapons and moved toward the officer, according to Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the department.

Police probe armed robbery at Glen Burnie store

An armed robber forced his way into a store as it was closing Wednesday evening in Glen Burnie, punched an employee in the face and stole cash before running out, according to Anne Arundel County authorities.

Annapolis police seek man in shooting over weekend

Police were looking for a 21-year-old man in connection with a shooting early Sunday in Annapolis. Jermaine Gerena Morales' last known address was in the 8000 block of Baileys Lane in the Pasadena area, but police said he is also known to visit Glen Burnie, Harwood and Annapolis. The shooting took...

State police seek suspect in two Edgewood robberies

Maryland State Police were searching for a middle-age man in connection with two robberies Tuesday night in Edgewood. Shortly after 10 p.m., the man implied that he was armed with a handgun and robbed the Friendly's restaurant at 1407 Pulaski Highway, police said. Employees told police that the...

Mervo student stabbed in attack in school cafeteria

A Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School student was attacked by six others and stabbed in the back in the school cafeteria about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to city school officials. The suspects were detained by school staff and are being charged as adults with aggravated assault; only one...

Halethorpe man pleads guilty in two home invasions

A Halethorpe man pleaded guilty Tuesday in two home invasion-style robberies, including one that police said caused the homeowner to have a heart attack soon after. Kirk William Smith, 33, pleaded guilty to armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Anne Arundel County prosecutors Anne...

Boy, 15, fatally stabbed; 'person of interest' held

A 15-year-old boy was found fatally stabbed early Tuesday inside a house in the 2400 block of Llewelyn Ave. in East Baltimore, according to police. The boy's name was withheld pending notification of family members, police said. The boy was stabbed several times in his upper body and was found about...

Jury seated in Dixon theft trial

A jury of nine women and three men will decide the guilt or innocence of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon.

Hoping for 'justice' tonight for sniper

It began in Wheaton with a single gunshot. James D. Martin, 55, had stopped off at a Shoppers Food Warehouse on his way home when, for no apparent reason, an unseen assailant shot and killed him.

Charges dropped against accused brothel operator

Prosecutors dropped human trafficking and prostitution charges Monday against Carlos Silot, who was accused last year of running a brothel that catered to Hispanic men from a rented rowhome in the Patterson Park area.

Boy, 15, found fatally stabbed in city; person of interest held

A 15-year-old boy was found fatally stabbed early Tuesday inside a house in the 2400 block of Llewelyn Ave. in East Baltimore, according to police.