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Friends and family held a vigil for the three football players who were killed in a car crash in Upper Marlboro in 2024. (Michael A. McCoy/For The Washington Post)
Feb 10, 2026

Her actions led to the deaths of 3 football players. She called them friends.

A Maryland woman was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to negligent homicide in a drunk driving crash that killed three football players.

Ryan W. Routh, convicted of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee, at his West Palm Beach golf course, is held by two Martin County Sheriff's Office deputies after his arrest during a traffic stop near Palm City, Florida, on Sept. 15, 2024 in a still image from body camera video. (Martin County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo)
Feb 4, 2026

Man sentenced for attempting to assassinate Trump in Florida

Ryan Routh, a man accused of hiding at a Florida golf course with a semi-automatic rifle to try to assassinate Donald Trump, was sentenced.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on AI, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., December 11, 2025. (REUTERS/Al Drago)
Jan 30, 2026

Trump sues IRS, Treasury for $10B over tax return leak

President Donald Trump sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the disclosure of his tax returns to the media.

Sean Grayson, a former Illinois sheriff's deputy who was fired, arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey during a call for help at her home, poses for a jail booking photograph at Sangamon County Detention Facility in Springfield, Illinois, on July 17, 2024. (Sangamon County Sheriff's Office/Handout via REUTERS)
Jan 29, 2026

Former deputy gets prison in shooting of unarmed Black woman

An Illinois judge sentenced a former sheriff's deputy to prison in the July 2024 fatal shooting of an unarmed Black woman.

Carmen Johnson, co-founder and executive director of the social justice and research institute Helping Ourselves to Transform, is the architect behind the PATH Act, a bill for domestic violence survivors. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)
Jan 26, 2026

Judges should consider toll of domestic abuse in sentencing, advocates for MD bill say

Domestic violence victims convicted of crimes could present evidence of how the abuse factored into their crimes under a new Maryland bill.

Ian Roberts was sworn in as the superintendent of the Millcreek Township School District in a courtroom at the Erie County Courthouse on Aug. 12, 2020. (USA TODAY Network)
Jan 23, 2026

Former Baltimore educator Ian Roberts pleads guilty to immigration felonies

Former Baltimore educator Ian Roberts has pleaded guilty to two immigration-related felony charges in Iowa.

Second family suing Harbour School alleging failure to address abuse
Jan 16, 2026

MD man sentenced in 2021 child sex abuse case

A Washington County man was sentenced for sexually abusing a preteen girl at a Hagerstown-area home in 2021.

A U.S. judge decided last month that Grants Pass violated its homeless residents' Eighth Amendment rights by excluding them from parks without due process and citing them for sleeping outside. (USA Today Network)
Jan 8, 2026

Man accused of having pipe bomb sentenced for fleeing police

A 43-year-old man who fled a traffic stop and was discovered with a pipe bomb in his car in early December was sentenced to 18 months of probation.

Supreme Court of Maryland
Dec 4, 2025

Maryland Supreme Court: Protective order, arbitration, sentencing, more

Protective order — arbitration — sentencing

Matthew Perry appears at the premiere of "Ride" in Los Angeles on April 28, 2015. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)
Dec 3, 2025

Doctor who sold ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry gets prison

A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s overdose death was sentenced.

The Julia A. Purnell Museum (USA TODAY Network)
Dec 2, 2025

Salisbury woman sentenced in theft of nearly $100,000 from museum

A Salisbury woman was sentenced in a theft scheme to steal nearly $100,000 from a museum through fraudulent credit card purchases.

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Nov 19, 2025

Former MD deputy sheriff sentenced for misconduct in office

A former Cecil County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced for using law enforcement databases to look up information about seven people.

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