Peter Hermann

Baltimore police surrounded a Burger King near Carroll Park in Southwest Baltimore Sunday morning where a man barricaded himself with four hostages. Police blocked off nearby streets and asked residents and motorists to avoid the area.

Five-hour standoff at Baltimore Burger King ends with hostages safe, suspect in custody

August 22, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

A rape suspect who took four people, including a 7-year-old girl, hostage at gunpoint in a Burger King here Sunday surrendered after five hours of negotiations, police said. An aunt...

A fatal wrong turn suspected at NSA

June 24, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

The overnight tryst began in Baltimore, with three men, two dressed as women. It continued at a motel on U.S. 1, and when one of the men woke up on...

Secret Service members stand watch as President Obama leaves Washington aboard Marine One en route to Los Angeles.

Secret Service agents disrupted bomb investigation at White House, officials say

June 22, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

Two Secret Service agents suspected of driving under the influence and striking a White House security barricade disrupted an active bomb investigation and may have driven over the suspicious package...

Police investigated cannibalism suspect in machete report

June 1, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

Three weeks before Alexander Kinyua was charged with dismembering a family friend and eating some of the body parts, police at Morgan State University investigated a report that the suspect...

Accused Maryland cannibal, victim both had legal troubles

August 21, 2019 at 9:17 p.m.

As an electrical engineering student at Morgan State University, Alexander Kinyua was described by a professor as "docile" and dedicated, always looking to improve himself. On the Internet, Kinyua —...

In more than 300 pages of court documents, authorities describe an alleged drug ring that touched notable addresses in Baltimore, including The Redwood apartment building of "The Wire" actress Felicia Pearson, center. Investigators say the group's headquarters was in an East Baltimore storefront, A.R. Lounge, and that the New York drug supplier picked up money from the valet stand at the Harborplace Renaissance Hotel at the Inner Harbor, bottom right. Police say they had Pearson under surveillance while she talked with a man holding a gun outside the Hippodrome Theater, bottom left.

Case offers look into drug ring involving ‘Snoop’ of ‘The Wire’

June 30, 2019 at 1:04 a.m.

When Antonio Malone needed $15,000 to pay off the assailants who stormed his West Baltimore rowhouse and demanded money and heroin, a gang leader told him exactly where to go....

Lawyers in abortion murder case say fetal deaths occurred in N.J.

August 19, 2019 at 6:41 a.m.

Lawyers for a doctor charged with killing five viable fetuses at an Elkton clinic said in a court motion filed Friday that Maryland lacks jurisdiction because the deaths occurred in...

Abortion doctor arraigned on murder charge, argues law unconstitutional

August 19, 2019 at 6:40 a.m.

Lawyers for an abortion doctor charged with murder under Maryland's fetal homicide law filed court papers Friday calling the statute illegal and saying that prosecutors are using the law to...

A jubilant finish line for the Grand Prix

August 19, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

Tens of thousands of spectators trooped through crowded paddocks and grandstands, clutching ear plugs and checkered flags. Auto-racing teams praised the exciting twists and straightaways through roads normally choked with...

Scenes from the Baltimore Grand Prix

August 19, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

Among the tens of thousands of fans who came this weekend for the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix were a large number of racing rookies. They were attracted for a variety...

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