Two suspects have been charged after months of investigation into a series of copper wire thefts from light poles along the Baltimore Beltway. Since April law enforcement has been investigating as many as four separate incidents where copper wire was forcibly removed from the state-owned poles lining the travel lanes…
The 2020 Maryland legislative session came and went without much fanfare, as any news coming out of Annapolis was largely overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, there were some interesting criminal law developments that came at the tail end of the shortened session. For the last few years we have…
Last Friday evening the Chief Judge of Maryland’s highest court issued an updated administrative order, which established a plan to reopen state courthouses this summer. The previous order stated that the courts would be closed to the public through Friday June 5, but offered little guidance to how the courts…
Last week Baltimore County Police responded to a shopping center to investigate a call regarding unattended children in a car. Upon arriving at the Randallstown strip mall police were able to locate a black Honda Accord with the hazard lights on, and an infant and a toddler in the back…
A coalition of people including lawmakers and religious leaders recently filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Maryland governor’s stay at home order that has been in effect for several weeks. The order required the shuttering of all non-essential businesses and banned gatherings of more than 10 people under…
This past Friday planes equipped with high tech surveillance cameras began flying over Baltimore City as part of an experimental effort to solve violent crimes. The planes will be in the air for up to 6 months, and the footage will be monitored on the ground by officers from the…
Police in a wealthy suburb outside of Philadelphia recently arrested a 24-year old Maryland woman for allegedly attempting to deliver 100 pounds of marijuana to buyers waiting in a parking garage. The marijuana was described by police as high grade, and apparently worth as much as $200,000 on the street. …
Over the weekend the governor signed an order that should expedite the release of hundreds of Maryland prisoners. There are some caveats to the order, and it only applies to prisoners serving sentences in the state-run Division of Corrections. The governor had received multiple formal requests to consider measures to…
Overall crime appears to be on the downturn during the coronavirus pandemic, but drug crimes may be falling at especially high levels. The city of Chicago has more yearly crime than many states in America, but over the past month drug arrests have plummeted by 42%. While Baltimore and D.C.…
It has been a little over one month since the governor declared a state of emergency in Maryland due to the outbreak of COVID-19, and multiple executive orders have followed. The most recent order reaffirmed the governor’s decision to close non-essential businesses such as fitness centers, bars, theaters, malls, tanning…