Baltimore’s Top Internal Affairs Officer Is Now the One Under Investigation
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews BALTIMORE — For nearly seven years, Brian Nadeau occupied one of the most consequential...
Public Safety
Baltimore’s New Public Safety Agency Arrives Amid Fraud Fallout, a Records Fight and a Council Shake-Up
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Mayor Brandon Scott and City Council President Zeke Cohen announced legislation Monday to...
Suspended for Showing Up: The Dundalk Firefighters Punished for Helping After 9/11
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, an old Baltimore County story is making...
Maryland Crews Answered the Call: The First Responders Who Deployed After 9/11
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When the World Trade Center towers fell, and a hijacked jet slammed into the Pentagon on...
From Tragedy to Statute: How 9/11 Reshaped Maryland’s Security Apparatus
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, much of Maryland's modern homeland-security...
Frederick ICE Clash: Neighborhood Calms as Warrant Claim Surfaces, No Arrests Confirmed
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Frederick, Md. — A routine-sounding vehicle stop turned into one of Frederick County's...
ICE Detainer and a Delegate Feud Add a New Chapter to the I-270 Crash Story
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews This is a follow-up to MDBayNews's Aug. 30 report, "Montgomery County Disbanded Its DUI...
Two Weapons Incidents at Magruder in One Morning Reopen Montgomery County’s SRO Fight
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County police were called to Col. Zadok Magruder High School in Derwood shortly...
How Montgomery County Police Went From Turning Away Recruits to Begging for Them
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews There was a time, not that long ago, when the Montgomery County Police Department didn't...
Montgomery County Disbanded Its DUI Unit. Hours Later, Two People Died in a Wrong-Way Crash.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The timing is not something anyone in Montgomery County government chose, and it does not...
A Community Meeting Meant to Reassure Instead Turned Into a Standoff
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A meeting billed as a chance for Gaithersburg and Montgomery Village residents to hear...
Moore and Miller Want ICE Coordination After Maryland Restricted Local Immigration Enforcement
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller are criticizing recent federal...
So, a Rabid Maryland Beaver Is Coming at You. Now What?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland has had several recent beaver attacks, including rabies-positive animals. Here’s...
OPINION: A Grieving County Deserves More Than Condolences From a Candidate Who Wants to Run It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews William Vance Payne II never made it to work Tuesday. The 58-year-old mechanical engineer,...
D.C. and Baltimore Rank Among America’s Riskiest Cities for Drivers — But State Data Tells a More Complicated Story
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Washington, D.C. and Baltimore landed at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, on Allstate's 2026...
Synagogue Sues Montgomery County Over Firearms Ban, Says Ordinance Started as “Housekeeping”
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Silver Spring Jewish Center and its rabbi, Menashe Shapiro, filed a federal lawsuit...
Gun Rights Coalition Asks Maryland’s Top Court to Hear Reciprocity Case — But the Argument They’re Pushing Was Never Actually Ruled On
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A coalition of Second Amendment groups is urging the Supreme Court of Maryland to take up...
Maryland’s Corrections System Is Collapsing — And It Didn’t Happen by Accident
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews You don't need to repeal a law to kill it. You just need to make sure no one can enforce...
Every Drive Is Now a Record. Maryland Hasn’t Reckoned With What That Means.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Lee Schmidt and Crystal Arrington aren't criminals. Neither has ever been named a suspect...
Maryland Built a Legal Wall Against ICE Surveillance Data. Is Anyone Checking If It Holds?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Nobody in Maryland has smashed a Flock Safety camera. Nobody has cut one down with vice...
Bates Says Maryland’s Juvenile System Is “Broken.” The Cases He’s Pointing To Show Why He’s Not Alone.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates posted a statement on X Thursday declaring that...
Germantown Shopping Center Wall Bears Tags Linked to FBI-Flagged Violent Network
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Black spray-painted graffiti bearing tags associated with 764 — a violent online network...
Baltimore’s City Jail Is Still Holding People After Judges Order Them Free
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When a judge in Baltimore signs a release order, the law says the person in custody must go...
Maryland Is Still Hiding Its Missing Foster Children — We’ve Been Asking for Seven Months
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On Wednesday morning, Maryland's Department of Human Services confirmed to Spotlight on...
Maryland’s Juvenile Crime Wave: What the Numbers Actually Show — and Who’s Responsible
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The incident at the Navy Yard Chipotle in Washington, D.C. — a mob of teenagers...
A Child Is Dead. It Was the Third Fall From the Same Building in Less Than a Year.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A 2-year-old girl fell roughly ten stories from a high-rise apartment building on the 9300...
Swastika on Campaign Sign Triggers Homeland Security Review as Maryland Antisemitism Incidents Mount
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A campaign sign for Greg Holmes, a candidate for Prince George's County Executive, was...
Maryland’s Protective Order System Has Failed Before. It Will Again.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Robert MacMeekin drove his daughter to a Baltimore County courthouse on Saturday morning to...
Congress Demands D.C. Crime Data Records — And Maryland Should Be Asking the Same Questions
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is demanding records from the...
Maryland Prisons Hit a Decade High in Homicides. The State Just Moved 700 More Inmates In.
Inmate killings surged 75 percent last year — the worst in ten years. The Moore administration's response was to close a...
Where Do You Host a Dinner That Someone Just Tried to Kill the President At?
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Nobody who attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night expected to...
She Slipped the Cuffs, Fought Two Officers, Drove Impaired — Then Walked Away Clean. Years Later, Under Oath, She Said She Didn’t Remember.
A deposition transcript obtained by this outlet reveals that Sarah Hornbeck admitted under oath to a...
Montgomery County Can’t Hire Police — And Its Own Data Explains Why
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Montgomery County officials say they’re struggling to hire police officers. That much is...
Maryland Feels the Fallout: DHS Shutdown Exposes Washington’s Political Dysfunction
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As the partial shutdown of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enters its fourth...
Maryland Moves to Punish Police Who Cooperate With Federal Immigration Enforcement
By MDBayNews Staff In a move that critics say places ideology ahead of public safety, Maryland lawmakers have quietly...
Navy Commander Sentenced to Federal Prison for Cyberstalking in Maryland Case
By MDBayNews Staff A U.S. Navy lieutenant commander from Montgomery County has been sentenced to federal prison after a...
El Salvadorian Illegal Alien Charged with Assaulting Federal Officers in Maryland
By MDBayNews Staff Federal prosecutors in Maryland have charged an El Salvadorian national who is in the United States...
Three Baltimore Police Officers Indicted in Wage Theft and Fraud Cases
By MDBayNews Staff Baltimore’s long struggle to rebuild trust in its police department took another hit this week after...
Maryland Lawmakers Push Tougher Penalties for Fentanyl Distribution Causing Death
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are advancing legislation that would significantly...
Maryland Lawmakers Consider Expanding Use of Genetic Genealogy to Solve Cold Cases
By MDBayNews Staff Maryland lawmakers are weighing a proposal that could sharpen one of law enforcement’s most powerful...