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 […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating several local robberies that were reported over the past week. At just after 12:15 p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2024, a suspect used an unknown object to threaten someone into giving up his watch in the area of Belair Road and Overlea Avenue in Overlea (21206). The suspect then fled on foot. At around 1:15 p.m. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Baltimore has surpassed Detroit as the deadliest city in America, according to a report from SafeHome.org. As a whole, Americans believe crime is getting worse, and the issue is sure to rank among the most important in the 2024 elections. Despite the widespread concern, crime is not equal across the nation. Each year, SafeHome analysts dig into the latest […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A previously convicted bank robber from Baltimore has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for three new armed bank robberies that he committed while he was on parole. According to prosecutors, 55-year-old Kevin Maurice Lawson, of Baltimore, had been convicted of armed bank robbery in 2004 and sentenced to federal prison. Lawson committed all three robberies in 2022 […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Washington D.C. man has been sentenced for the armed robberies of two cell phone stores in Baltimore County in December 2020, a federal judge in Maryland announced this week. Donte Antwaun Herring was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by three years of court supervision after he was convicted of the two robberies in March 2024. On […]
TOWSON, MD—Five juveniles and one adult have been arrested in connection with two armed robberies that occurred on Monday in Baltimore County, police said. The robberies happened around 8 p.m. near the shopping center in the 800-block of Dulaney Valley Road in Towson, Baltimore County Police said in a statement. Authorities said officers found a vehicle connected with the robbery […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a burglary, an assault, and three local robberies that were reported over the past week. At just after 3:15 a.m. on Monday, July 22, several suspects broke into a business in the 7000-block of Belair Road in Overlea (21206) and attempted to steal property before fleeing on foot. On Tuesday, July 23, a known suspect committed […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The FBI and local law enforcement partners are investigating a surge of armed robberies, known as “jugging” crimes, at financial institutions in Maryland. At least 21 bank and ATM customers have been victimized by these crimes just in the first week of July. “Jugging” refers to a crime in which a suspect, or group of suspects, targets customers believed […]