March 16, 2017 Uncle of boy killed over missing birthday cake gets 10 years The uncle of a 9-year-old boy who was fatally beaten over a missing piece of birthday cake has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for handcuffing him to a chair and watching the mother's boyfriend pummel the boy senseless.
March 16, 2017 Woman who say they were forced into prostitution sue hotel Four women who say they were forced into prostitution are suing the owners of a Maryland hotel, arguing that staff knew or should have known that human trafficking was going on there.
March 16, 2017 Police: Maryland officer shoots man driving car at him Police say an officer in Maryland shot and wounded a man driving a car at the officer.
March 16, 2017 Police: Woman charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old son Police say a Maryland woman shot and killed her 17-year-old son during an argument.
March 16, 2017 Man who shot up Maryland hotel room gets 15 years in prison A man who shot up his hotel room in a hallucinatory, drug-induced panic, sending bullets through occupied rooms nearby, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison by a judge who told him, "You are a dangerous person." Edward Clarence Schneider, 56, of Los Molinos, California, acknowledged he drove his pickup truck across the country, armed with a 9 mm Glock pistol and fueled by crystal meth and beer, to visit a son on the East Coast.
March 7, 2017 Judge's family apologizes 160 years after Dred Scott A family member of the chief justice who presided over the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision has apologized to the family of the slave who tried to sue for his freedom.
March 7, 2017 Washington Post employee posed as ICE agent, police say The FBI raided the home of a man in Maryland who allegedly impersonated an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, according to court documents.
February 28, 2017 Tattoo artist covers up racist, gang symbols for free Everyone deserves a second chance—even former gang members.
February 27, 2017 Uncle of boy killed over missing birthday cake gets 10 years in prison The uncle of a 9-year-old boy who was fatally beaten over a missing piece of birthday cake has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for handcuffing him to a chair and watching the mother's boyfriend pummel the boy senseless.
February 23, 2017 Maryland police officer honored for heroism after apartment explosion A Maryland police officer who was the first to respond to a gas explosion and fire that killed seven people and injured dozens of others at an apartment complex last year has received his department's highest honor.
