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A first-degree assault charge filed against a Baltimore Police sergeant after her son alleged she had pointed her service gun at his head has been reduced, after the son changed his story, according to prosecutors.

Baltimore police are seeking a second suspect in a triple shooting in Northeast Baltimore last month that killed Gennie Shird, 21.

Hundreds line main street for annual summer celebration

The state court system is backing away from a plan to strip plaintiffs' and defendants' full dates of birth from online court records.

Police officer was innocent but those who vandalized his home (and their parents) are not

The head of security at the Baltimore jail failed a polygraph test administered after a federal indictment alleged widespread corruption on her watch, corrections secretary Gary D. Maynard told lawmakers at a hearing in Annapolis.

Opponent's failure to gather enough signatures to bring Maryland's death penalty repeal and gun control legislation to voter referendum next year reveals where voters actually stand on both matters

Efforts to reinstate capital punishment in Maryland have fallen short, organizers of a petition drive announced in Frederick Friday afternoon.

Since emerging as regional power players in 2006, BGF members have extended their reach and influence well beyond Baltimore's limits. Records show gang members have had access to marijuana and the ability to intimidate non-gang-affiliated inmates in corrections facilities outside the city, as well.

A Baltimore County police officer pleaded guilty to misconduct and agreed to resign after admitting to filming himself numerous times engaging in sex acts and neglecting to respond to calls while on duty.

One day after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation to abolish capital punishment in Maryland, death penalty supporters said Friday they will launch a petition drive to give voters the opportunity to overturn the new law.

Surrounded by men and women who have fought for years to stop executions in Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Wednesday repealing the state's death penalty.

Baltimore County Councilman Todd Huff pleaded guilty Thursday to driving under the influence, and told a judge that he's learned from the February incident and is in treatment for alcohol abuse.

Two first-degree murder convictions of a Baltimore man serving life plus 20 years in prison in the shooting deaths of two men at an Essex party were overturned Wednesday by Maryland's highest court.

A Baltimore County grand jury has indicted a Baltimore police training officer, who accidentally shot a recruit during an unauthorized training exercise last month, on charges of assault and reckless endangerment, according to the Baltimore County state's attorney's office.

A Baltimore County jury convicted the final member of a Black Guerrilla Family hit squad who gunned down a man at the Towson Town Center mall during the Christmas shopping rush two years ago, the state's attorney's office said.

It's too early to celebrate the Maryland Senate's vote to end capital punishment but rather is time to restate the case against the death penalty.

Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger said Wednesday he would request an outside prosecutor to handle the case of County Councilman Todd Huff, who was arrested last weekend on charges of driving under the influence.

The investigations into the shooting of an officer during a Baltimore police training exercise must assign blame for what went wrong, and they must lead to swift action against those who are responsible.

Sun Newsmaker Forum features a debate on the effort to repeal Maryland's death penalty. The interactive discussion will feature national NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous and Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger.

Murderer of Baltimore County Woman was released from prison for "good behavior"

Sandra Richardson and Bonnita Spikes have much in common. Both live in Upper Marlboro, are churchgoing Christians and have worked in nursing. Both have dealt with the pain of losing people they loved in murders. When it comes to the death penalty, however, the two women are on opposite sides of one of the most divisive issues facing the General Assembly this year

The woman stabbed to death in her Garrison apartment had filed a peace order against her alleged killer at the time of her murder, Baltimore County police confirmed

A handful of undecided senators in Annapolis will help determine whether Maryland repeals the death penalty.