Maryland News
BPD: Suspect at large after 5 injured in shooting at Morgan State University
Baltimore police are searching for a suspect after five young adults were injured Tuesday night in a shooting on Morgan State University’s campus that prompted active shooter alerts. Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley and Morgan State University Police Chief Lance Hatcher said university police officers were on patrol around 9:25 p.m. when they heard discharging…
Read MoreTrial for David Linthicum, charged with shooting two Baltimore County officers, postponed until May 2024
The trial for David Linthicum, charged with shooting two Baltimore County police officers and leading detectives on a multi-county manhunt last February, has been postponed. Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger confirms to WJZ that the new trial date will be on May 20, 2024. The trial was originally supposed to get underway in November.…
Read MoreRecent antisemitic incident at Montgomery Co. high school raises concerns about hate across Maryland
There’s an increased need to take “concrete steps to confront antisemitism” in Montgomery County, Maryland, said Alan Ronkin, the regional director of the American Jewish Committee. The AJC released a statement following the report of students who, according to Montgomery Blair High School principal Renay Johnson, performed an “antisemitic salute” outside the school building during…
Read MoreTipsters Lead Police To Armed Man At Virginia Church Following Instagram Threats
Falls Church resident Rui Jiang, 35, is facing charges after a joint investigation into alleged threats at the Park Valley Church in Haymarket on Sunday, Sept. 24. Investigators say that the Fairfax County Police Department alerted authorities in Prince William County about a tipster in Anne Arundel County about a man in Laurel who posted…
Read MoreJan. 6 Capitol rioter Rodney Milstreed, who attacked AP photographer, police officers, sentenced to 5 years in prison
A man who attacked a news photographer and attacked police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. Rodney Milstreed, 56, of Finksburg, Maryland, “prepared himself for battle” on Jan. 6 by injecting steroids and arming himself with a four-foot wooden club disguised as a flagpole,…
Read MoreMaryland Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A Maryland man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement, related to his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to…
Read MoreBaltimore rapper Lor X pleads guilty to overseeing gang, having large amounts of drugs.
Baltimore rapper Lor X pleaded guilty Monday to leading a criminal organization that distributed drugs throughout the Baltimore area, and which authorities linked to at least one killing in the city. The artist, whose name is Xavier Johnson, admitted to one count of organizing, supervising and financing a gang and two counts of being in…
Read MoreMaryland Man Pleads Guilty to Issuing Threats of Violence to an LGBTQI+ Advocacy Group
A Maryland man pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court in Baltimore to a federal crime for using a telephone to threaten a group that advocates for LGBTQI+ people. According to court documents, on the evening of March 28, the victim organization received a threatening voicemail from Adam Michael Nettina, 34, of West Friendship. The…
Read MoreBrooklyn Homes mass shooting: 173-page report details Baltimore’s response to block party violence
The 173-page report detailing Baltimore City’s response to the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting, the largest in the city’s history, reveals acts of heroism by officers who saved lives. That includes newly-released police body-worn camera video. But it also documents failures to properly respond to the large, unpermitted event until it was too late, including warnings…
Read MoreMontgomery County bomb squad called to Department of Energy in Germantown
State and federal authorities are investigating a suspicious vehicle at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in Germantown, Maryland Thursday morning. The Montgomery County Police and Fire Rescue Bomb Squad responded to a call from DOE security after a bomb detection dog alerted on a gray Subaru just before 9 a.m. There is a heavy police presence…
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