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Prosecutors attempt to continue the trial of Jeffrey Shiflett, accused of fatally stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, however his outbursts caused a judge on Thursday to call for additional evaluations, stalling testimony.

A Baltimore County man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend was unable to attend his own trial Tuesday after he refused to wear a stun cuff.

At age 81, Gerald Wiseberg makes for an unlikely drug kingpin. But federal authorities say he helped run an operation in Baltimore County that doled out vast amounts of powerful prescription painkillers.

State Sen. Jim Brochin of Baltimore County face a re-election challenge from Republican doctor Tim Robinson.

A sharply divided appeals court granted a new trial to a former Baltimore Police sergeant convicted in 1995 of murdering his young mistress, finding that his attorneys should have done more to attack questionable forensic evidence.

Baltimore County authorities will charge a man they believe urinated through a catheter onto former Baltimore Ravens owner Art Modell's grave.

Proposed rules for Maryland's nascent medical marijuana system are drawing objections from a leading advocate, who says the regulations could discourage doctors from participating.

Recent campaign finance reforms are too little and too late to stop the Baltimore County executive from funneling unlimited sums to his favored candidates.

Maryland prosecutors are concerned that the new law eliminating criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana will result in an increase in "drugged driving" that police are ill-equipped to handle.

As prosecutors across Maryland wait for the new law that will remove criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana, they're taking a patchwork approach in the way they handle such cases.

Maryland's marijuana laws leave unanswered questions

With lawmakers still far apart on how to overhaul Maryland's bail system, legislative leaders and the O'Malley administration have cobbled together a short-term fix that involves an executive order and recruiting private attorneys for little or no pay to represent poor defendants.

With lawmakers still far apart on how to overhaul Maryland's bail system, legislative leaders and the O'Malley administration have cobbled together a short-term fix that involves an executive order and recruiting private attorneys for little or no pay to represent poor defendants.

New tools to police distracted driving need not violate privacy

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Heather R. Mizeur will propose what she call a "transformational" approach to fighting crime Wednesday, spelling out a plan to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences and use the governor's clemency and pardon powers to cut the prison population.

Some suspects will go free within the day, while others will likely sit in jail until their day in court. But that distinction often has less to do with the size of their bail than their ability to pay it.

A Baltimore County councilwoman is seeking a local ban on synthetic marijuana, saying a state law enacted last year has loopholes.

Low-risk criminal defendants would no longer have to raise money for bail before trial under a sweeping overhaul of Maryland's centuries-old pretrial release system being considered by a panel set up by the Maryland General Assembly.

A 55-year-old Baltimore man has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of his 16-month-old granddaughter, who was found in a hot truck in the middle of July, police said.

Balto. Co. Superintendent Dallas Dance demonstrates the principle that those in power often don't want to hear dissent when they seek public input.

The arrest of a man who disrupted a public forum on the Common Core serves only to fan the misinformed criticism of the new national education standards.

Baltimore County police charged the husband of a Parkville woman killed Tuesday with first degree murder Wednesday. Officers tracked Cory Shirell Bowman to a Baltimore home late Wednesday and found a man inside who apparently committed suicide.