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The last defendant in a deadly daytime shootout at an Essex apartment complex pleaded guilty to first-degree assault Wednesday. Prosecutors said the gunfight, which stemmed from a parking dispute, left two men dead and two others wounded after dozens of shots were fired in the complex parking lot.

REISTERSTOWN -- A 20-year-old man was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for sexually assaulting a ten-year-old boy while another boy held him down. Assistant State's Attorney Dylan Gerry acknowledged that the plea deal for defendant Erick Carrillo-Arriaza was "in no way

Two men pleaded guilty this week in the case of a Gwynn Oak man who was abducted from his home, thrown into a van and held for ransom after returning from a night at a casino. Gary Fayall, 32, of Dundalk, and Darron Finley, 41, of Pikesville, agreed to plead

Shots fired Friday night through the bathroom window of a Catonsville apartment grazed a woman’s head as she hid in a closet with a toddler, according to Baltimore County police. Tashawn Donta Kiah, 20, of Kevin Road in Baltimore City, is charged with three counts of attempted first-degree

TOWSON—A Baltimore County judge found a murder suspect not guilty Thursday, saying the evidence failed to prove the defendant was not acting in self-defense. Michael “Shine” Distance, 47, took the stand and testified he was trying to smooth over a tense situation when Johnny Charles escalated the dispute

**ESSEX** —  A man who stabbed and killed his wife’s dog during an argument was convicted Wednesday of animal abuse. A Baltimore County jury convicted Darius Bradley, 34, of misdemeanor animal abuse for stabbing a two-year-old pit bull named Freaky but acquitted him of felony aggravated animal cruelty.

OVERLEA — Marshall Alexander stepped outside of his grandmother’s Edgewood home to smoke a cigarette one fall night last year and never returned. About an hour later, on Oct. 27, 2024, Alexander was found shot in the middle of Belair Road near Madeline Avenue in the Overlea area. He later