Baltimore Police and a coalition of local, state and federal agencies arrested 86 people and served 92 warrants during a 12-day operation that ran from Sept. 14 through Sept. 26, with four of those arrests tied to homicide warrants and three more tied to attempted-murder charges.
The breakdown also included two aggravated-assault arrests and 34 misdemeanor arrests covering traffic, theft and other charges, according to FOX45 Baltimore. The operation drew on Baltimore County Police, Maryland State Police, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the U.S. Marshals Service, as reported by WMAR-2 News. The sweep included seven arrests tied to homicide and attempted-murder cases: four on homicide warrants and three on attempted-murder charges.
Suspects Named in Two Shootings
Among those taken into custody was 54-year-old Russell Jackson, who police said was wanted in connection with the March fatal shooting of Kenneth Blake on Wilkens Avenue, per the same WMAR-2 News account. Investigators also arrested 34-year-old Adrian McFadden and 23-year-old Donavan Brooks in connection with an Aug. 30 shooting that wounded a 19-year-old man on East North Avenue, the station reported.
CBS Baltimore, citing the same case details, reported that the operation produced four homicide-related arrests and three for attempted murder, in a story published by CBS News Baltimore. That outlet's report also noted eight robbery arrests, 40 assault arrests and one sex-offense arrest folded into the broader tally, alongside two aggravated-assault cases involving victims who were shot at but not struck.
A Task Force With a Growing Tally
The arrests were carried out under Baltimore Police's Warrant Apprehension Task Force, which the department has described as a joint effort among local, state and federal agencies focused on locating and apprehending people wanted for the most serious and violent offenses. The task force has made more than 1,600 arrests so far in 2026, 261 more than during the same period last year, per the WMAR-2 News report.
The department's reports show increases in both comparisons. The task force served 28% more warrants in 2025 than in 2024, according to a Baltimore Police Department year-end report, and had already logged 1,006 arrests through the first half of 2026 — 146 more than the same point in 2025 — per the department's mid-year crime report.
Declining Violence Numbers Citywide
That same mid-year report showed Baltimore homicides down 23% in the first half of 2026, falling from 65 to 50 compared with the same period in 2025, while nonfatal shootings dropped 2.5%, from 165 to 150. Police attributed the clearance rates to teamwork across department units and partnerships with other agencies, framing it as, in the department's words, the result of a true team effort.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the success of the initiative demonstrates what can be accomplished when law enforcement agencies work together with a shared commitment to making Baltimore and the surrounding region safer, according to the CBS Baltimore report. Worley also thanked the participating agencies for their collaboration and dedication to holding violent offenders accountable, adding that such partnerships strengthen agencies' ability to apprehend those responsible for violence.
Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough echoed that sentiment, saying the arrests demonstrate the powerful role local, state and federal partnerships play in public safety. McCullough said the agencies are holding violent offenders accountable through teamwork and shared intelligence, adding that the partnerships are making the communities they serve and protect safer.
Part of a Broader Pattern of Sweeps
This is not the first large-scale warrant operation in the Baltimore area this year. A separate effort in January, dubbed Operation Baltimore Safeguard and involving the FBI, HSI Maryland, Baltimore police and the U.S. Marshals Service, resulted in 239 people taken into custody and 264 outstanding warrants cleared, according to WBAL-TV. That operation also led to the seizure of four firearms along with cocaine, fentanyl and marijuana, the station reported.
