Maryland News
7 Salisbury University students charged with hate crime after assaulting a man, police say
Seven Salisbury University students are facing charges after an alleged assault that left a victim with a broken rib, according to police. Police said seven students, who were “members or associates of a fraternity at Salisbury University,” used a social media account to lure a man to an off-campus apartment in the 1400 block of…
Read MorePresident Joe Biden scheduled to visit Baltimore on Tuesday
President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Baltimore on Tuesday, October 29. The 46th President of the United States plans to discuss how his Investing in America agenda is helping to rebuild infrastructure, tackle the climate change crisis, and create good-paying union jobs, according to officials. The details regarding the location and time of his…
Read MoreU.S. Reaches Settlement for Over $100M in Civil Lawsuit Against Owner and Operator of the Vessel That Destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge
The Justice Department announced today that Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, the Singaporean corporations that owned and operated the Motor Vessel DALI, have agreed to pay $101,980,000 to resolve a civil claim brought by the United States for costs borne in responding to the catastrophic collapse of the Francis Scott Key…
Read MoreA Howard County man talked about joining ISIS. Those chats landed him in jail on a terrorism charge.
Michael Teekaye first got on the FBI’s radar as a teenager in December 2019, when agents say he expressed an interest in extremist Islamic ideology on social media. Teekaye said in his first interview with the FBI he didn’t want to join the Islamic State anymore, that his desire had waned after feeling used by…
Read More10 Prince George’s students charged with making dozens of school threats
Ten children ranging in age from 13 to 16 have been charged in connection to nearly 50 threats made to Prince George’s County schools over the past several weeks, police say. Investigators linked the 10 students to 47 school-related threats, police said. Four more children who are under 13 years old were also involved in…
Read MoreFBI raids across region lead to arrest of 14 people, possible charges filed remain unclear
Multiple FBI raids happened across the region Wednesday, leading to the arrests of more than a dozen people. Maryland state and local police assisted federal agents in what the FBI said were court-ordered searches.Advertisement One of the raids happened in Annapolis. The FBI confirmed its agents conducted several takedowns. In Annapolis, one of the raids…
Read MoreJury reaches verdict, convicts David Linthicum on all counts
Jurors in the trial of David Linthicum reached a guilty verdict on all counts Thursday. The jury deliberated for a total of five hours across two days before finding Linthicum guilty of attempted first-degree murder of three Baltimore County police officers and a detective, as well as armed carjacking and firearms charges connected to the…
Read MoreSheriff: Harford County student arrested after school threat made on Snapchat
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office is warning of an increase in threats made against schools, including one that resulted in an arrest overnight. The sheriff’s office said deputies became aware early Wednesday morning of a claim circulating on Snapchat about “shooting up the school, this is a threat.” At 2:20 a.m., deputies knocked on doors…
Read MoreWoman sentenced to 18 years in Neo-Nazi plot to destroy Maryland’s power grid
Sarah Beth Clendaniel, who pleaded guilty to trying to attack and destroy the Baltimore reigon’s power grid was sentenced to 18-years in prison, with lifetime supervision post release. Prosecutors said Clendaniel, who is from Catonsville, planned to blow up power stations around Baltimore in order to destabilize the government in a white supremacist plot. Evidence…
Read MoreCapitol rioter who wanted to be ‘lone wolf killer’ taken back to jail for stalking DC activist
A Silver Spring man who spent four months in prison for his role in the Capitol riot was taken back to jail in handcuffs Monday for stalking a D.C. activist. Bryan Betancur Battisti, 26, pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to two counts of contempt of an anti-stalking order. D.C. Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Wingo…
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