A former Frederick County sheriff’s deputy has testified in a wrongful death case that he used a stun gun on a prone and unresponsive man because he believed he posed a credible threat. The Frederick News-Post reports that former Cpl. ...

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City swears in Rawlings-Blake Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake delivers her inaugural address Tuesday as Baltimore mayor’s after being elected to a full four-year term in November. The former City Council president has served as mayor since February 2010, when she replaced Sheila ...

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WASHINGTON — A jury will decide whether a Somerset County police officer’s shooting of a suspect was an innocent mistake or one worth $1.2 million after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Somerset County Deputy Sheriff Robert ...

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Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III was interviewed for a “60 Minutes” piece on Tasers that aired Sunday night. Bealefeld expressed some skepticism about the electric shock devices, saying he was “not a fan” and that he feared they ...

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Redistricting plan approved Gov. Martin O’Malley signed his congressional redistricting plan Thursday, shortly after the state Senate took a final vote to correct typographical errors in the bill. The Senate first approved the plan Tuesday, and the House of Delegates approved ...

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A 66-year-old Baltimore man filed suit Monday against two Baltimore police officers, saying one of them used a Taser twice without cause after responding to a domestic dispute in June at his home on Elmora Avenue. According to the complaint, ...

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A Baltimore Police Department sergeant who already had one misconduct lawsuit pending against him was sued again Thursday — this time for allegedly using Hollywood-style intimidation tactics to threaten Baltimore resident Mark C. Harrell. Harrell and Roslyn Wiggins say that ...

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After insisting that he was a victim of police retaliation, West Baltimore boxer Deon Johnson had his attempted murder case dropped this week on the morning of the trial. That story and more in this week’s legal affairs top 5. ...

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A Somerset County deputy who mistook his pistol for a Taser can be sued for shooting an unarmed, fleeing suspect, a federal appeals court held on Thursday. The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a jury could find ...

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BURTONSVILLE — Montgomery County authorities say a man has died in police custody after being subdued with a Taser gun. Police say the 40-year-old man became combative with fire and rescue officials while being pulled from a car at the scene ...

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