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Infant out of hospital after accident in Owings Mills parking lot; driver charged with driving without license

The 11-month-old granddaughter of a woman who was killed by a car in the parking lot of the Target store in Owings Mills Saturday night has been released.

By Colin Campbell

Jul 1, 2019
- Opinion
Seeking compensation for a wrongful conviction and an 'altogether tragic life'

A 67-year-old Navy veteran is among several men who served time in Maryland prisons for crimes they did not commit

By Dan Rodricks

May 17, 2019
- Maryland
West Baltimore teen found guilty of felony murder in death of officer Amy Caprio, faces life in prison

A jury has found 17-year-old Dawnta Harris guilty of felony murder in the death last May of Baltimore County Police officer Amy Caprio.

By Tim Prudente

May 1, 2019
- Maryland
McDonogh School finds evidence that former faculty members allegedly assaulted students over several decades

McDonogh School administrators shared the details of the external investigation into the co-ed boarding school’s history of sexual assault allegations made against faculty members, dating from the 1940s to the mid-1980s.

By Lillian Reed

Apr 10, 2019
- Maryland
Judge overturns $38M verdict in lawsuit over Baltimore County police killing of Korryn Gaines

A Baltimore County judge has overturned the decision of a jury that awarded more than $38 million to the family of Korryn Gaines, the 23-year-old Randallstown woman who was shot and killed by county police in 2016.

By Alison Knezevich

Feb 15, 2019
- Maryland
Olszewski names panel to interview Baltimore County police chief candidates

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. on Wednesday named eight members of a panel that will interview top candidates for the position of county police chief.

By Alison Knezevich

Jan 30, 2019
- News
Baltimore will stop prosecuting marijuana possession, Mosby announces

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Tuesday her office would cease prosecuting people for possessing marijuana regardless of quantity or criminal history.

By Tim Prudente

Jan 30, 2019
- Maryland
Baltimore County authorities seek dismissal of claims against them in class-action sexual assault lawsuit

Baltimore County authorities seek dismissal of claims against them in class-action sexual assault lawsuit.

By Catherine Rentz

Jan 15, 2019
- Crime
Goucher College student faces hate crime charges for racist graffiti, Baltimore County police say

A police report says a black student blamed his "bottled up anger" for racist, threatening graffiti he admitted to scrawling in bathrooms at Goucher College.
- Maryland
Baltimore County to hire private attorneys to defend itself in lawsuit over UMBC students' sex assault claims

Baltimore County government is poised to hire a private law firm to help defend itself against a federal class-action lawsuit that claims police failed to properly investigate sexual assaults involving students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

By Pamela Wood

Nov 14, 2018
- News
'Worst practices': Advocates decry tactics authorities used in Baltimore County sex-assault case

On Nov. 15, two Baltimore County police detectives sat down at a Chick-fil-A to interview three University of Maryland, Baltimore County, baseball players accused of rape, according to investigative notes. The interviews, in total, lasted about an hour.

By Catherine Rentz

Oct 17, 2018
- Opinion
Maryland's opioid approach isn't working. Here's what could

Clearly, the efforts taken to curb the opioid death rate, however well intended, have not worked. Continuing current policies will bring the same results: more deaths, more disease, more crime and no drop in the opioid death rate. It’s time for a change.

By Dan K. Morhaim

Oct 15, 2018
- Maryland
UMBC police chief seeks dismissal of claims against him in class-action sexual assault lawsuit

UMBC police chief Paul Dillon files a motion to dismiss in a class-action rape case.

By Catherine Rentz

Oct 8, 2018
- Opinion
Zurawik: Hogan attack on Jealous extends into fliers arriving in mailboxes this week

While the discipline and focus of Team Hogan’s messaging during the campaign is impressive, the echo of that message with an infamous and racist ad used by George H.W. Bush to win the presidency in 1988 is troubling.

By David Zurawik

Oct 5, 2018
- News
Officer interviews, body camera footage in Amy Caprio death shed light on possible defense for teens

Attorneys for some of the teens charged in the death of Baltimore County police officer Amy Caprio are attempting to distance their clients from murder charges filed in the case.

By Jessica Anderson

Sep 28, 2018
- News
Baltimore County pledged to change rape investigations — but lawsuit draws questions about those reforms

A recent federal lawsuit alleging Baltimore County police mishandled rape cases has drawn questions from an advocate who helped conduct an independent review that recommended changes to the way such incidents are investigated.

By Jessica Anderson and Catherine Rentz

Sep 24, 2018
- News
UMBC students suing state's attorney must overcome special immunity given to prosecutors, experts say

The two women suing Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger and two prosecutors over their alleged failure to investigate sexual assault cases face an uphill battle overcoming special immunity given to prosecutors, some legal experts say.

By Jessica Anderson

Sep 18, 2018
- Education
UMBC students demand campus accountability in tense meeting with president after sexual assault lawsuit

For more than an hour, the students went over their list of demands and grilled Hrabowski on how he planned to solve the scourge of sexual violence on campus. Their protest was spurred by a lawsuit brought by two former UMBC students who said they were raped in separate incidents.

By Talia Richman

Sep 17, 2018
- News
Lawsuit alleges culture of covering up sexual assault complaints in Baltimore County, UMBC

A 56-page, class action lawsuit filed Sept. 10 in federal court alleges a culture in Baltimore County — extending to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, suppresses sexual assaults.

By Jessica Anderson, Talia Richman and Yvonne Wenger

Sep 17, 2018
- Maryland
'She's a legend': Slain Morgan grad recalled as a star on and off the basketball court

Tracey Carrington was on her way, friends and family say. Then, last week, she was gunned down by an unknown assailant while she was leaving a sports bar on Belair Road. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

By Christina Tkacik and Talia Richman

Sep 11, 2018
- Politics
Ben Jealous wants to reduce Maryland's prison population by 30 percent. Is that possible?

Ben Jealous, Democratic candidate for Maryland governor, wants to reform the state’s criminal justice system by shrinking the prison population by 30 percent and cutting an estimated $660 million from the state’s budget.

By Luke Broadwater

Aug 31, 2018
- News
Baltimore prosecutor in Keith Davis Jr. case 'fired' after DWI conviction

A prosecutor who has tried Keith Davis Jr. three times for the killing of a Pimlico security guard is no longer with the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

By Jessica Anderson

Aug 22, 2018
- News
The number of people in Maryland prisons continues to drop

Maryland’s prison population — which has been decreasing at a faster rate than anywhere else in the country — continues to shrink.

By Luke Broadwater

Jul 26, 2018
- News
No charges for Baltimore County police officer who shot suspected shoplifter for second time

McCain, a 17-year veteran of the Baltimore County Police Department, shot Micah Tucker, 38, who was sitting in the passenger seat of a stolen SUV driven by 32-year-old Robyn Slack.

By Sarah Meehan

Jul 18, 2018
- News
Baltimore County police officer who shot a suspect last year shoots another man following chase in Rosedale

A Baltimore County police officer shot the passenger of an SUV multiple times on Pulaski Highway after police say the driver of the car drove at the officer following a police chase early Tuesday.

By Colin Campbell

Jul 5, 2018
- Opinion
Fight crime by treating substance abuse

If we are to be serious about reducing crime, then the focus must be on preventing and treating substance abuse. New multi-faceted policies are needed, both in the criminal justice system and in health care.

By Dan K. Morhaim

Jun 7, 2018
- Opinion
The death of a Baltimore County police officer is terrible, but it's not reason to question the idea of the juvenile justice system

Despite the death of Baltimore County Police Officer Amy Caprio, locking up all juveniles accused of crimes won't make us safer.
- News
Judge sets $75,000, $150,000 bail for brothers charged in Towson double homicide

A judge set bail — $75,000 and $150,000 — for two Baltimore County brothers charged with first-degree murder in a double homicide in Towson last week.

By Jessica Anderson

Apr 19, 2018
- Maryland
Critics attack crime bill backed by Gov. Larry Hogan, Maryland Senate

A sweeping crime bill that passed the Maryland Senate with Gov. Larry Hogan's support is being attacked by critics who call it an election year ploy tainted by harsh, racist sentencing proposals.

By Michael Dresser and Scott Dance

Mar 28, 2018
- Opinion
Lock 'em up

Baltimore County state's attorney is correct to keep violent criminals behind bars.
- Opinion
Envelopes of cash are the way business used to be done in Baltimore County; a guilty plea suggests times haven't changed nearly enough

The corruption case against Sen. Nathaniel Oaks has its origins in Baltimore County, court documents reveal. County officials can't let that drop.
- Politics
Maryland Senate readies crime bill that includes some of Gov. Hogan's ideas, cuts others

The Maryland Senate is preparing a comprehensive crime bill that jettisons two key elements of Gov. Larry Hogan's proposal to combat street violence — mandatory minimum sentences and a crackdown on gangs.

By Michael Dresser

Mar 4, 2018
- Maryland
Here's who is running in the 2018 primary election around Towson

A last-minute flurry of fiings for Towson area offices came in this week as Tuesday's filing deadline for the June 26 primary election approached. Here's who is in the running.

By Margarita Cambest

Mar 2, 2018
- Politics
Industrial hemp advocates hope this is their year in Annapolis

Advocates of legalizing growing and processing industrial hemp believe this is the year they can escape the marijuana stigma in Annapolis.

By Michael Dresser

Feb 2, 2018
- Maryland
'Justice for Oscar': Arbutus dog's death sparks outrage, debate over animal cruelty

A vigil was held in Arbutus in January after a neighbor's Facebook post, alleging that the dog had been left outside in the harsh cold overnight in late December, and then later news that the dog had died, went viral.

By Libby Solomon

Jan 22, 2018
- Opinion
Bail reform requires pretrial release services

Six months after a new judicial rule requiring court officers to seek alternatives to cash bail went into effect, the use of cash bail has declined significantly with no apparent negative consequences. But the work to end commercial bail is not yet complete.

By Michael Walter

Jan 21, 2018
- Maryland
Serious crime in Woodlawn: Perception or reality?

At a community meeting, questions about how police are coping with crime and punishment in Baltimore County

By Libby Solomon

Dec 13, 2017
- News
Transcript of Gov. Larry Hogan's crime plan announcement

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday announced initiatives aimed at curbing violent crime in Baltimore. The following is a transcript of the announcement.
- News
Mosby signs on to brief opposing cash bail, which city prosecutors no longer seek

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby signs on to amicus brief opposing money bail

By Justin Fenton

Nov 21, 2017
- Baltimore County
Baltimore County Council delays discussion of measure seeking privacy provisions for police body cameras

The Baltimore County Council is delaying its review of rules governing who can watch video footage from police body cameras.

By Pamela Wood

Oct 10, 2017
- Maryland
Baltimore County officials seek state privacy protections for police body camera footage

Two Baltimore County councilmen want state lawmakers to take a second look at body camera regulations, saying they're concerned about invasion of privacy.

By Alison Knezevich

Oct 9, 2017
- Opinion
Baltimore County police brutality: What's the standard?

Can a Baltimore County police officer be convicted of assaulting a suspect?
- News
Jurors acquit Baltimore County police officer accused of kicking, spitting on a suspect

Jurors acquit Balt. Co. officer accused of kicking, spitting on a suspect

By Jessica Anderson

Sep 14, 2017
- Maryland
Baltimore County police shooting in Parkville area ruled justified

Baltimore County prosecutors have ruled that a county police officer was justified in shooting a man in the Parkville area in April, citing evidence including body camera footage.

By Alison Knezevich

May 18, 2017
- Maryland
Priest's body exhumed from Randallstown cemetery in investigation of Baltimore nun's decades-old killing

The body of a priest who died in 2001 has been exhumed as part of the investigation into the slaying of a Baltimore nun more than 40 years ago, Baltimore County police say.

By Alison Knezevich

May 4, 2017
- News
Baltimore County withholds body camera footage in three police shootings

After fast-tracking a $12.5 million program to equip its police officers with body cameras, the Baltimore County Police Department has declined to release

By Alison Knezevich and Pamela Wood

Apr 27, 2017
- Baltimore County
Prosecutors drop theft case against Baltimore County activist who took roadside sign

Baltimore County prosecutors on Tuesday dismissed their case against a Kingsville community activist who was charged with misdemeanor theft after he removed an

By Alison Knezevich

Apr 25, 2017
- News
Baltimore police create review panel to approve homicide arrests over prosecutors' objections

Baltimore Police have ended an agreement with prosecutors and taken back the authority to charge homicide suspects without first getting approval from the city

By Justin Fenton

Apr 17, 2017
- News
Drug-related deaths overburden Maryland medical examiner's office

The opioid epidemic has claimed so many lives in Maryland that the state medical examiner's office is having trouble performing autopsies on time, officials say.

By Meredith Cohn

Apr 15, 2017
- Crime
Only Balto. Co. applied for funds to process untested rape kits

Most Maryland jurisdictions did not apply for federal rape kit testing grants

By Catherine Rentz

Apr 8, 2017

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