BALTIMORE, MD—City and state officials gathered on Tuesday at the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. The event paid tribute to the six victims who lost their lives and honored the first responders and recovery workers who responded to the disaster. Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Governor Wes Moore, Baltimore […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore woman has been sentenced to prison for running a sex trafficking ring that operated across the state of Maryland. Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Monday announced the sentencing of Kenika Danielle Leach, 33, as a result of a multi-agency, two-year investigation was led by the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Unit. On November 18, 2024, Leach pleaded […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to drug distribution and money laundering charges, authorities say. Ronald White, 56, of Pikesville, was involved in a large-scale drug conspiracy that operated in and around Baltimore, according to the Department of Justice. He was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison followed by five years […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Two men have been indicted in connection with a murder-for-hire enterprise that is accused of killing seven people in Baltimore, officials announced this week. Cornell Moore, 41, and Keith Russell, 37, were indicted by a Baltimore City Grand Jury on charges including participation in a criminal gang, first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A drug trafficking organization that operated in the Belair-Parkside neighborhood is now facing federal charges with 10 accused members indicted, the State’s Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, September 23, 2024. The organization, described as “4200”, was investigated by the Baltimore Police Department’s Group Violence Enforcement Team, as part of the City’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy, in the 4200-block of […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Two Baltimore County men were sentenced to federal prison on Monday, September 9, 2024, for their involvement in three armed carjackings, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Maryland announced. Franklin Jay Smith, 34, of Catonsville, received 9 years in prison for carjacking and 60 months consecutive for use of a firearm during a crime. Davon Tramont Dorsey, 30, of Gwynn Oak […]
UPDATE: Kenika Danielle Leach has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Original story below… BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore woman has been indicted on charges of running a sex trafficking ring throughout the state of Maryland. Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Monday announced that Kenika Danielle Leach, 33, of Baltimore, has been indicted by a Washington County grand jury in […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A man will go to prison for 28 years after he was convicted of a murder-for-hire plot. Wayne Prince, also known as “Taz,” was convicted of the charge in federal court in Maryland. The sentence follows a guilty plea by Prince to a federal charge of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise known as the Black Guerilla Family […]