crime

Baltimore leaders were going around town this week hinting at a trend not seen in any sustained way in Baltimore in a while: Crime, they’ve repeatedly said, is going down. Is it?

By Kevin Rector

Oct 14, 2019

This is a brief on a shooting in the Parkville area that sent two men to local hospitals with gunshot wounds.

By Sameer Rao

Aug 18, 2019

Allegations of drug dealing in a Baltimore neighborhood and a request for police to set up covert drug surveillance in the headquarters of a nonprofit highlight the tensions inherent in the war on drugs.

By Kevin Rector

Aug 12, 2019

Prosecutors told a federal judge that Justin Antoine murdered a 16-year-old boy last year, shooting him twice in the head on a basketball court.

By Tim Prudente

Jul 8, 2019

Andrew Zaragoza, of Bel Air, was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison, with half that sentenced suspended, for the 2017 murder of his mother.

By David Anderson

Jul 8, 2019

Police have charged an 18-year-old with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an Edgewood teen that occurred on July 4.

By Erika Butler

Jul 8, 2019

Reflecting national trend, former UMBC baseball players file defamation claims against woman who accused them of sexual assault

By Catherine Rentz

Jul 8, 2019

John Kass: Investigate the Jussie Smollet hate crime hoax and the prosecutor who tried to cover it up.

With the operational ties between gang members in both countries so strong, it made sense to develop a relationship between prosecutors to fight back.

Prince George's county police say an on-duty officer observed a figure in a wooded area hurling a firework at his marked car early Thursday.

A 15-year-old was shot and killed early Thursday morning in Edgewood, the sheriff’s office said.

By Erika Butler

Jul 4, 2019

Attorneys and city leaders are closely watching a lawsuit that may prove a bellwether for the raft of police corruption lawsuit

By Tim Prudente

Jul 4, 2019

The FBI announced that Roger Taylor, aka "Milk" of the Baltimore gang "Trained to Go," was arrested in the Dominican Republic on racketeering charges.

By Phil Davis

Jul 3, 2019

Bobbie Sue Hodge, 60, charged with setting fatal fire to the townhouse where she lived with eight other people continues to be held without bail.

By Erika Butler

Jul 3, 2019

Ezekiel Elliott is vowing to avoid incidents similar to a recent one in Las Vegas that forced the star running back of the Dallas Cowboys to meet with

Two board members at the Animal Welfare Society in Columbia have each been arrested and charged with 50 counts of animal cruelty.

By Jess Nocera

Jul 2, 2019

An Edgewood woman was arrested Monday and charged with three counts of murder in connection with a fire May 9 in Edgewood that killed three people.

By Erika Butler

Jul 2, 2019

Nathaniel McKnight was serving a life sentence that began in January 2015.

Two men face assault charges after fighting allegedly broke out among players and spectators at a Hampstead soccer tournament Sunday.

Davvaughn William Howard of West Baltimore is the first person arrested over the fighting outside the bar.

Joshua Matthew Johnson, of Hampstead, was charged with the 2017 armed robbery of an Eldersburg 7-Eleven.

Police have arrested a Baltimore man for allegedly stabbing a Bel Air resident after a verbal confrontation on a middle school basketball court Sunday.

By David Anderson

Jun 27, 2019

Richard Lee Turner was charged with stealing more than $8,000 worth of car batteries from Walmart, an incident police say was part of a theft string.

One witness described seeing eight or nine men arrested by ICE agents. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball insisted the action was not a "raid."

Andrew Reuschlein, 19, of the unit block of Rich Mar St., pled guilty to possessing child pornography on two counts, according to electronic court records.

A Baltimore man suspected of supplying Carroll County with illegal drugs was arrested in Baltimore on Monday, according to a Wednesday afternoon news release.

The incidents follow a violent weekend in Baltimore where on Saturday 11 people were shot, three fatally, throughout the city. 

Baltimore Police spokesman Matt Jablow said the tactic the officer is using targets a pressure point located behind the ear.

A Frederick man was charged with possessing a controlled substance and intent to distribute said substance.

Todd Pivec, 41, of Cockeysville is arrested for drunk driving after Ocean City crash that killed one.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Jun 21, 2019

A Westminster man and a Sykesville man have both been charged with assault after allegedly wielding weapons against each other.

Crime logs for Catonsville and Arbutus between June 14-21.

By Cody Boteler

Jun 21, 2019

The jury however was able to reach consensus on drug and gun related charges against Malik Mungo finding the Baltimore teen guilty.

By Tim Prudente

Jun 20, 2019

An 18-year-old from Edgewood is charged in a series of home burglaries and car thefts in his neighborhood over a span of several days earlier this month.

By Erika Butler

Jun 20, 2019

An Edgewood man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing that occurred last weekend during a fight.

Dolan had been charged under a Pennsylvania law with "drug delivery resulting in death"

By Dan Rodricks

Jun 20, 2019

Why all the talk? Why all the angst? The case is clear: William Barr should be impeached, says Bill Press.

Authorities seized 13 firearms and ammunition on May 30 from a Finksburg man allegedly not permitted to possess them, court documents show.

Charging documents reveal the suspects were told by the gun shop owner that police were alerted. Then the suspects drove a car into the shop.

Crime logs for the Towson and Cockeysville precincts June 10-17.

By Libby Solomon

Jun 18, 2019

Howard County police have charged a 21-year-old Annapolis man and a 15-year-old from Glen Burnie in connection to 18 guns being stolen from Fox's Firearms.

By Jess Nocera

Jun 17, 2019

A dozen internal affairs charges against Baltimore Police officers were dismissed by a circuit court judge because the department filed them too late.

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 17, 2019

Maryland authorities have arrested a Virginia man who they say was impersonating an officer on Baltimore's Interstate 695.

Police arrested three suspects — ages 21, 17 and 15 — in connection with gun shop burglaries in Montgomery and Howard counties.

A 16-year-old boy was wounded in the leg aboard a bus in downtown Baltimore on Friday night in what police believe was an accidental, self-inflicted shooting.

By Kevin Rector

Jun 14, 2019

The friends and family of Sebastian Dvorak — a beloved Canton bartender who was robbed and shot while walking home after celebrating his 27th birthday.

By Talia Richman

Jun 14, 2019

Richard S. Barnes appeared via video screen with a public defender for a bail review hearing. The judge denied a bond request.

The Fraternal Order of Police needs to putting up obstacles to rooting out bad cops.

When Baltimore County Police officers stopped Richard Barnes for traffic-related violations in 1995, he told them he too was a police officer.

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 12, 2019

The murder trial is underway for a Baltimore teen who allegedly robbed and shot to death a man celebrating his birthday in Canton two years ago.

By Tim Prudente

Jun 12, 2019