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After more than five years and two trials, man acquitted in Owings Mills, murder, robbery

More than five years after a Westminster man was shot and killed inside a car in Owings Mills, a man accused of participating in his murder has been acquitted. Karlton Wise, 31, was acquitted Friday of first-degree felony murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in the March 31,

Baltimore County Jury Acquits Reisterstown Man of Murder, Robbery in Teen’s Killing

TOWSON — A Baltimore County jury found 20-year-old Mehki Brown of Reisterstown not guilty of murder, robbery, and a gun charge Monday in the 2024 shooting death of 17-year-old Nestor Nunez. The verdict came after four days of testimony and deliberations on Friday evening and Monday. Jurors

Baltimore County Man Convicted of Orchestrating Attempted Murder of Romantic Rival in Gwynn Oak

Baltimore County Man Convicted of Orchestrating Attempted Murder of Romantic Rival in Gwynn Oak

Two days after a man was shot and nearly killed outside a Gwynn Oak home, Von Taylor sent a friend a message saying the victim was still alive. That message, attached to a $1 Cash App payment, read: "He not gone fool." A Baltimore County jury found Taylor,

Second Trial Ends in Hung Jury for Man Accused of Setting Fatal Baltimore County Apartment Fire

Second Trial Ends in Hung Jury for Man Accused of Setting Fatal Baltimore County Apartment Fire

For the second time in a year, a Baltimore County jury has been unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the case of a Baltimore man accused of setting an apartment building fire that killed his ex-girlfriend’s neighbor. Dana Hunt, 45, is accused of setting the Aug. 25,

Former Catonsville Priest Convicted on Sex Offenses of Altar Boy

Former Catonsville Priest Convicted on Sex Offenses of Altar Boy

A former Baltimore County Catholic priest has been convicted of child abuse and sex offenses after a former altar boy testified that the priest sexually abused him as a child, warning that his family would burn in Hell for eternity if he did not comply with the priest's

Decades-Old DNA Helps Convict Parkville Man of Two 1980s Rapes

Decades-Old DNA Helps Convict Parkville Man of Two 1980s Rapes

[UPDATE: Shipe sentenced to two consecutive life sentences Monday after guilty verdict. Updated story to follow.] A 73-year-old Parkville man was found guilty and Monday for two rapes and burglaries from the 1980s that investigators linked to him using decades-old DNA and other evidence. “Justice delayed is

Essex Man Convicted of Murder, Attempted Murder After Jury Deliberates Less Than Two Hours

Essex Man Convicted of Murder, Attempted Murder After Jury Deliberates Less Than Two Hours

A Baltimore County jury found Travell Allen guilty of murder and attempted murder Thursday after deliberating for less than two hours. The verdict followed four days of testimony about the daytime shooting on Glenwood Road in Essex that killed 22-year-old Philip Pasingda and wounded another man. Allen, 27,