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Four Decades Later, Women Testify Against Man Accused in Cockeysville Cold-Case Rapes

Four Decades Later, Women Testify Against Man Accused in Cockeysville Cold-Case Rapes

On the night in 1986 that a man broke into her home and raped her, she was 21, living on her own for the first time and sharing an apartment in Cockeysville with a friend. Her roommate was at work, and it was a warm September night. The apartment’s

Third Defendant Goes on Trial in Essex Shooting That Unleashed 37 Bullets in Five Seconds

Third Defendant Goes on Trial in Essex Shooting That Unleashed 37 Bullets in Five Seconds

The afternoon before Thanksgiving 2023, Philip Pasingda and a friend were walking along Glenwood Road in Essex when they were caught in a hail of 37 bullets fired in five seconds. Eight bullets struck 22-year-old Pasingda. He died about half an hour later. His friend, who also was

Murder Trial Underway in Double Shooting That Left Two Children Alone in Apartment

Murder Trial Underway in Double Shooting That Left Two Children Alone in Apartment

WOODLAWN — Stacey Kelly used to talk to her 18-year-old son several times a day. So when she couldn’t reach him or his girlfriend for most of the day on Jan. 11, 2025, she worried something was wrong. When she opened the door to their Gwynn Oak apartment,

Father Stands Trial in Infant Son’s Death, Alleged Abuse of Surviving Twin

Father Stands Trial in Infant Son’s Death, Alleged Abuse of Surviving Twin

OWINGS MILLS—A Baltimore County man is on trial this week, accused of fatally abusing his 6-month-old son and injuring the baby’s surviving twin sister. Caleb Clemons is charged with first-degree child abuse resulting in death and other offenses in the June 9, 2021, death of

Jury Begins Deliberations in Trial of Father Accused of Killing Son

Jurors began deliberating Friday afternoon in the trial of a Baltimore County father accused of fatally shooting his 4-year-old son and wounding his 1-year-old daughter and the children's mother. Mark C. Jones Jr., 31, is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of first-

Prosecutors: Baltimore County Father Shot Son Dead in Christmas Eve Attack; Defense Claims Shots Were Fired in Struggle For Gun

Prosecutors: Baltimore County Father Shot Son Dead in Christmas Eve Attack; Defense Claims Shots Were Fired in Struggle For Gun

Officers responding to a report of shots fired on Christmas Eve morning in 2024 found a horrific scene in Apartment 1D on Breslin Court near Rosedale. They opened a door decorated with a cheerful metallic pink holiday wreath, walked past a living room where a Christmas tree twinkled in the

Cross-Examination Focuses on Contradictions in Murder Defendant’s Accounts

In a pointed cross-examination Wednesday, murder defendant Zayeed Abdul-Muhaimin was confronted with numerous inconsistencies between testimony he gave this week and statements he made under oath during his first trial in 2022. “At the end of the day, I defended myself and I said, maybe not specifically the