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BREAKING:Judge Gives Teen 25 Years in Rodgers Forge Shooting, Exceeding Guidelines

A Baltimore County judge on Wednesday sentenced a teen to 25 years in prison for his role in a 2024 attempted carjacking that left a Rodgers Forge man critically wounded, imposing a sentence 10 years above state guidelines and beyond what prosecutors requested. “This is a horrible case,” Judge Robert

Owings Mills Man Sentenced in 2024 High-Rise Apartment Murder

Owings Mills Man Sentenced in 2024 High-Rise Apartment Murder

A Baltimore County judge sentenced an Owings Mills man to 45 years in prison Tuesday for convictions related to a fatal shooting in front of an apartment building in Lochearn. In February, a jury found Kevin Martin, 32, guilty of second-degree murder in the 2024 shooting of 29-year-

Teen Carjacking Crew's Youngest Member Sentenced to 40 Years, 30 Without Parole

Teen Carjacking Crew's Youngest Member Sentenced to 40 Years, 30 Without Parole

TOWSON—The youngest of a group of teens responsible for a 2022 series of armed carjackings, robberies and kidnappings was sentenced to 40 years in prison Monday. Thirty of those years are to be served without the possibility of parole. Corique Moseley, now 18, was 14 and 1/2 years

Teen Gets 75 Years After Refusing to Testify in Violent Pikesville Carjacking Case

Teen Gets 75 Years After Refusing to Testify in Violent Pikesville Carjacking Case

Reginald Belton made a deal. The 19-year-old agreed to cooperate and testify against his co-defendant in a brutal armed carjacking case that seriously injured an elderly woman and her daughter. In return, prosecutors would only ask for a 25-year prison sentence in his case. But when

Son Sentenced in Fatal Stabbing of Mother in Pikesville Home

A Pikesville man who stabbed his mother on New Year’s Eve 2024 was sentenced to ten years in prison Friday for involuntary manslaughter. Xander Fried, 22, was originally charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 31, 2024, death of his mother, 57-year-old Melanie Fried. He entered

64-Year-Old Sentenced to 15 Years for "Insidious" Sexual Offenses in Baltimore, Howard Counties

64-Year-Old Sentenced to 15 Years for "Insidious" Sexual Offenses in Baltimore, Howard Counties

A 64-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for decades-old sexual offenses with minors in both Baltimore and Howard counties. Corey Baxter Taylor pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree rape in Baltimore County Circuit Court and was sentenced to 20 years with all but

Middle River Man Sentenced in Child Sexual Abuse Case; Brothers Also Face Charges

A Middle River man accused of sexually abusing children was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday. Jarod Joseph Reckley, 26, entered an Alford plea to one count of sexual abuse of a minor in Baltimore County Circuit Court. Reckley was initially indicted on multiple charges of sexual abuse of