gang activity
- A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge sentenced a Bloods gang leader to life plus 20 years for his role in the kidnapping and fatal shooting of a rival gang leader three years ago.
- A second gang leader has been convicted of abducting a rival from Baltimore's Block in 2008, executing him and dumping his body near Gwynns Falls Park, according to the city State's Attorney's Office.
- Illegal immigrants pose a clear and present danger to Maryland communities
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Harford Sheriff Jesse Bane announced low crime rates at a town hall meeting Saturday morning, at which police officials also said gangs remain a problem in the county. - Nearly two dozens members of a homegrown prison gang that has spread throughout the country have been indicted on federal racketeering charges that include accusations that they conspired to kill four people, officials announced Wednesday.
- An admitted Crips gang member from the Aberdeen area received a federal prison sentence of more than 12 years Thursday for his role in a 2007 armed carjacking in Baltimore City
- Federal authorities in Baltimore announced Thursday a racketeering indictment charging 35 alleged Bloods gang members with murder and other crimes from Western Maryland to the Eastern Shore.
- Baltimore's experience with teen curfew should guide Montgomery County's effort to take similar action
- Challengers to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Tuesday seized on the Fourth of July violence, saying the incidents highlighted persistent problems that foster a culture of violent crime.
- The younger of two teenagers found responsible for the death of a 14-year-old as he bicycled near his Crofton home will be placed on probation next week after about 21 months in a juvenile facility, closing a chapter on the prosecution in a death that came to represent suburban youth gang violence.
- Sec. Maynard disputes characterization of his efforts to control cell phones in prison.
- The Howard County Board of Education approved several policies and a world language pilot program at its June 9 meeting.
- Within four months of 13-year-old Tywonde' Jones' death, the teen whom detectives developed as a suspect was fatally shot before he could be charged. In the code of the street, a boy's murder had been taken care of. But even the killer of a killer must be brought to justice.
- Within four months of 13-year-old Tywonde' Jones' death, the teen whom detectives developed as a suspect was fatally shot before he could be charged. In the code of the street, a boy's murder had been taken care of. But even the killer of a killer must be brought to justice.
- The message was one that parents in Maryland dread hearing: Your son has been in a car crash and is being taken to Shock Trauma.
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- National touring production of 'West Side Story' reaches Baltimore's Hippodrome
- A Jessup correctional officer was arrested Tuesday morning on federal drug charges, revealing a sweeping effort to wipe out one of Maryland's most notorious gangs through related racketeering indictments.
- Four local educators - including a two-time Baltimore mayoral candidate - are listed among endorsers of a black empowerment handbook that federal authorities say was written and distributed by the leader of a violent prison gang to spread its message.
