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Squeegee worker acted in self-defense in fatal shooting, lawyer says
Attorneys argued a Baltimore teen acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a baseball bat-wielding driver who approached youths washing windshields at a busy downtown intersection.
PG County will pay $7.5M to settle claim of alleged police brutality
Prince George’s County will pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the mother of a man who sustained paralyzing injuries allegedly during a police encounter.
Redacted report on archdiocese sexual abuse to be released soon
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office received permission to release its redacted report into the history of child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Gun rights group says gun control advocates, Montgomery County colluded
Gun rights group says gun control organization colluded with Montgomery County to unfairly weaken the group’s ability to challenge a law restricting gun possession.
Gun group seeks restraining order against Montgomery County ban
A gun rights group urged a judge to block enforcement of a law banning gun possession within 100 yards of a “place of public assembly” pending a ruling on constitutionality.
Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in California fraud case
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced in Southern California on Monday to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $7 million in restitution after admitting he cheated four of his clients out of millions of dollars. The sentence should run consecutively to the five-year prison term he is currently serving […]
‘Great danger’: Md. couple sentenced in submarine secrets case
Citing the “great danger” that an Annapolis couple posed to U.S. security, a federal judge gave both of them lengthy prison terms for a plot to sell secrets about nuclear submarines.
Md. voters approve constitutional amendment to raise jury trial threshold
Maryland voters approved raising the amount in controversy that entitles litigants to a jury trial.
Court rules family’s appeal can advance in ‘Serial’ case
An appeal of the proceedings that freed Adnan Syed from prison filed by the family of the murder victim can move forward, Maryland’s intermediate appellate court ruled Friday.
Former Hogan aide McGrath seeks delay in federal fraud trial
An attorney for Roy McGrath, a former top aide to Gov. Larry Hogan who has been indicted on federal fraud charges, is asking for a postponement of his criminal trial.
Judge strikes down Md.’s digital advertising tax as unconstitutional
An Anne Arundel County Circuit Court judge struck down Maryland’s tax on digital advertising.
Hogan names judges in Anne Arundel, Charles, Caroline counties
Gov. Larry Hogan appointed an ex-Baltimore prosecutor, a former judge and a state’s attorney to trial court judgeships in Anne Arundel, Charles and Caroline counties.
