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Three members of the Black Guerilla Family gang were sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the 2009 robbery, kidnapping and murder of 24-year-old Qonta Waddell.

A Baltimore homicide detective went to court Tuesday to try to overturn an internal punishment in a case that saw him handcuffed and stripped of his badge and gun as he investigated a kidnapping.

Baltimore police have released bank surveillance photos of one of the men who abducted a Bolton Hill man last month and drove him around at gunpoint to withdraw money from ATMs.

A 45-year-old Bolton Hill man was robbed at gunpoint and forced into the back of his car, and then driven around to various automatic bank machines in an ordeal that lasted nearly three hours, according to city police.

Montgomery County police say a 75-year-old man was kidnapped and forced to take money from bank machines.

Steven Blackwell, the 27-year-old reputed leader of an East Baltimore drug organization that authorities believe engaged in a prolonged street war with a rival faction, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to heroin conspiracy charges, money laundering and tax evasion.

A man attempted to abduct a 14-year-old student Monday as he walked to the bus stop in Abingdon.

A Millersville teacher was sentenced to 21 months in prison for faking military credentials and using the mail to perpetuate the fraud to line up speaking engagements.

Reports show dog nappings are up by more than 30 percent in 2011

An 8-year-old boy who was abducted while walking with friends in Southwest Baltimore Monday night has been found safe, a Baltimore Police spokesman said.

The Carroll County Sheriff's Office says it is searching for a Sykesville man wanted in the assault of his girlfriend and daughter and abduction of his girlfriend's 8-year-old son.

Denis Alvarez Alvarado came to the United States to escape persecution by gangs Honduras. A judge ordered him deported, but he is still here and involved in two highly complex legal cases – one as a defendant, the other as a plaintiff..

Convicted kidnapper and carjacker sentenced to more than half a century in jail

A Harford County judge sentenced a 22-year-old Edgewood man to 55 years in prison Tuesday for kidnapping and carjacking. Joshua Prince Freeman was convicted by a jury in the October 2009 kidnapping of Kara Smithson, 21, of Pylesville

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