NIH employee guilty of theft

A 32-year-old Germantown woman pleaded guilty Friday to using a government credit card for personal use, buying 119 iPads, a mattress set and house cleaning services, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office.

Baltimore officer sentenced to federal prison

A 10th Baltimore police officer was sentenced to federal prison Friday for taking kickbacks from an auto repair company, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office announced.

Baltimore man sentenced for killing one girlfriend with another girlfriend's gun

A 31-year-old Baltimore man, who stole a gun from one girlfriend to murder another, was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison Wednesday, the city prosecutors’ office announced.

Orioles bring on additional security for field trespassers

With the outfield at Oriole Park at Camden Yards turning into a track meet for trespassers, the team has decided to hire private security guards to augment the Baltimore Police officers working the game.

Polite bank robber sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

A 32-year-old Crofton man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Thursday for armed bank robbery, after holding up the same two M&T banks a total of five times and making off with more than $30,000, sometimes wishing the tellers a “nice day” on his way out, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Police impersonators scam elderly man in Southwest Baltimore

The two well-dressed men arrived at the elderly man's Southwest Baltimore home in the morning, armed with a clipboard and searching for a woman who they said was wanted by authorities. 

Howard County police seize 341 marijuana plants in Laurel

Police in Howard County say they busted a marijuana growing operation at a house in Laurel, seizing 341 plants that authorities estimate could yield 170 pounds of pot worth more than a half million dollars.

Pictures: Baltimore's police commissioners

Who's going to be Baltimore's next police commissioner? If history is a guide, we have no clue. There hasn't been much of a pattern in the city's selection process over the past 23 years, with great strife over candidates' race and qualifications, and debates over the pros and cons of insiders versus outsiders. Of the past seven commissioners, four were black and three have been white, while three were from outside the agency and only two had a continuous rise through the ranks to the top spot. If anything, the process tends to favor, not surprisingly, the agency's deputy commissioners. --Justin Fenton

Police describe break-in at Waverly Y at Stadium Place

Four young men broke into a community center at Stadium Place in Waverly early Tuesday and stole a 60-inch television, a portable oxygen tank and food, and also damaged a vending and bank machine, Baltimore police said Wednesday.

City charges whittled in videotaped beating case

Baltimore prosecutors have dropped half of the charges filed against four young people accused in a St. Patrick's Day attack on a tourist, whose brutal beating and robbery was videotaped and widely viewed online.

Employment discrimination lawsuit filed against city prosecutor's office

A 61-year-old white woman, who says she was wrongfully fired from the Baltimore prosecutors’ office after 25 years on the job, has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit alleging age, race and gender discrimination in the 2010 termination.

Relatives of three killed in fire truck accident settle suit with city for $40,000

The law, sometimes, can be a bit difficult to comprehend.

Phylicia Barnes' death added to city's 2011 murder count

The death of Phylicia Barnes has been added to the city's murder total for 2011, officials said. 

Getting high on the high seas?

For the few who want to get high on the high seas, watch out for customs.

Could Kevin P. Clark return as police commissioner? No says city attorney

Just as we're trying to figure out the sudden departure Police CommissionerFrederick H. Bealefeld IIIcomes the stark reminder that we're still not quite done with a city chief fired more than seven years ago.

Man killed girlfriend, bound young son in Baltimore housing project, police say

A boy who came home from school and found his mother dead was then bound with belts and duct tape by her alleged killer, whom police arrested last week.

Waverly YMCA broken into, reopens after brief closure

UPDATE: A spokesman for the YMCA of Central Maryland says the complex at Stadium Place reopened about 10 a.m. She said damage from the overnight break-in was confined to the lobby, "and it has all been cleaned up." The spokesman would not say what, if anything, was taken.

Man charged in murder of woman found handcuffed, asphyxiated

City police say they have made an arrest in the killing of a 44-year-old woman found handcuffed and bound by the feet in her bedroom at the McCulloh Homes housing project. 

Time line of Police Commissioner Bealefeld's career

With Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III planning to leave the city in August, after having served 31 years on the force, and five as chief, we put together a time line of his tenure:

Police Commissioner Bealefeld in his own words

The announced departure of Baltimore Police CommissionerFrederick H. Bealefeld III prompted a round of media interviews on Friday. Here are parts of my sit-down with the commissioner. A story looking ahead to what's next is planned for Sunday.

Reverend shot, critically wounded, assistant killed in Howard Church

He ate at the church pantry in Ellicott City, but something snapped, and police said that on Thursday he came to  St. Peter's Episcopal Church and shot a reverend and an administrative assistant. He then returned to nearby woods and took his own life.

Arundel police seek help finding man who robbed bank threatening to unleash chemical weapon

Police in Anne Arundel County are seeking help finding a man who robbed a PNC Bank branch on Fort Meade Road in Laurel. Police said he walked into the bank about 5:30 p.m. on May 3 and handed a teller a note demanding money and threatening to unleash a chemical weapon.

Jury finds man guilty in East Baltimore killing

A Circuit Court Jury on Friday found a 34-year-old man guilty of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a man in East Baltimore in the summer of 2010, according to the city State's Attorney's Office.

Man pleads guilty, is sentenced to 40 years, for killing 91-year-old woman in Northeast Baltimore home

A 46-year-old man pleaded guilty on Friday and was sentenced 40 years prison for stabbing to death a 91-year-old woman during a break-in last year in Northeast Baltimore. Police had linked the suspect's DNA to under the victim's fingernails and to a cigarette butt discarded outside her front door.

Body found on elementary school grounds in city

Baltimore police are at Windsor Hills Elementary/Middle School in Northwest Baltimore after a body of a young man was discovered on the edge of school grounds Friday morning. The school has been closed for the day.