Md. judge drops murder charges against mother of 2 missing kids

December 1, 2022 Leave a comment

A judge dropped murder charges against a Maryland woman stemming from the 2014 disappearance of her two youngest children.

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Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre

November 28, 2022 Leave a comment

Investigators work the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges.

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Gay bar shooting suspect facing murder, hate crime charges

November 21, 2022 Leave a comment

Tyrice Kelley, center right, a performer at Club Q, is comforted during a service held at All Souls Unitarian Church following an overnight fatal shooting at the gay nightclub, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Nov. 20, 2022. (Parker Seibold/The Gazette via AP)

The man suspected of killing five people and injuring others at a gay bar in Colorado Springs is facing murder and hate crime charges.

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Man arrested in strangling of deaf inmate in Baltimore jail

November 14, 2022 Comments Off on Man arrested in strangling of deaf inmate in Baltimore jail

Maryland authorities announced the arrest of a man who is charged with strangling a deaf inmate in a Baltimore jail.

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Defendants’ rights not violated by masked prospective jurors, Md. appeals court says

October 31, 2022 Comments Off on Defendants’ rights not violated by masked prospective jurors, Md. appeals court says

A defendant’s constitutional right to view prospective jurors as they answer questions was not violated by the pandemic-spurred mandate that they wear masks, Maryland’s second-highest court ruled.

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Parkland school shooter to get life sentence for killing 17

October 13, 2022 Comments Off on Parkland school shooter to get life sentence for killing 17

Linda Beigel Schulman, Michael Schulman, Patricia Padauy Oliver and Fred Guttenberg, families of the victims, embrace in the courtroom while waiting for an expected verdict in the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Oct. 13, 2022. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

A Florida school shooter will be sentenced to life without parole for the 2018 murder of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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17-year-old charged with murdering Baltimore high school student

September 6, 2022 Comments Off on 17-year-old charged with murdering Baltimore high school student

Police say a 17-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Baltimore high school student.

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Judge may question Md. mom charged with killing missing children

August 5, 2022 Comments Off on Judge may question Md. mom charged with killing missing children

This combination of photos provided by the Montgomery County Police Department shows from left, Catherine Hoggle, Sarah Hoggle, 3, and Jacob Hoggle, 2. (Montgomery County Police Department via AP)

A county prosecutor on Thursday urged a judge to question a Maryland woman before deciding if she is mentally fit to stand trial on murder charges stemming from the disappearance of her two young children.

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Teen indicted in fatal shooting at Baltimore intersection

August 3, 2022 Comments Off on Teen indicted in fatal shooting at Baltimore intersection

Forensics team gather and collect evidence at the scene of a shooting on Conway St. at the intersection of Light Street on July 7, 2022, in Baltimore. A man was shot and killed after he swung a baseball bat at a person who cleans windshields at intersections for cash, Baltimore's police commissioner said Thursday. (Karl Merton Ferron/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

A grand jury has indicted a 15-year-old boy accused in the fatal shooting of a motorist who confronted the teen and others at a downtown Baltimore intersection.