A 3-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound to his ankle on the 700 block of Wilbron Avenue; police say his injury is not life-threatening. Western District detectives are investigating and asking for tips.

A three-alarm fire at 1226 St. Paul Street sent heavy smoke through Mount Vernon on Thursday; crews contained the blaze and reported no injuries.

A head-on collision at Old Court Road and Harden Lane Thursday morning left a 31-year-old driver dead and others hospitalized, Baltimore County police say.

A Baltimore man was arrested after deputies say he installed card‑skimming devices at convenience stores across Maryland; investigators recovered 15 devices and dozens of encoded cards.

Calvert County deputies are investigating a death at the Rod 'N' Reel Resort in Chesapeake Beach. Authorities say an autopsy is pending and prosecutors will review findings.

An 18-year-old named Matthew Garcia died in a car crash in Wicomico County; two passengers were injured. Speeding may have contributed to the accident.

A 36-year-old man was shot during a Baltimore robbery; suspect Preston Freeman, 31, was arrested for attempted murder. The victim is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

An Amazon driver rescued an 84-year-old woman and her pets from a burning house in Harford County, with improperly discarded wood stove ashes cited as the fire's cause.

A whiteboard seized from a Cambodian compound spells out a step‑by‑step romance‑scam playbook, and federal agents are warning online daters as a new awareness campaign launches. The notes show how targets were chosen, groomed and pushed to fake trading sites.

Howard County Public Schools canceled after‑school activities at Atholton, Guilford Park and Hammond while SROs and police investigated a rumor; officials called the move precautionary.

Divers extricated three people after a car crashed into a pond on South Division Street; two were airlifted to Shock Trauma in Baltimore.

A 17‑year‑old charged in a March Pulaski Highway killing asked the court to set a five‑day trial in June while prosecutors reportedly offered a lengthy plea. Court will reconvene Feb. 13 to sort scheduling.

A Baltimore man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after a DEA probe tied him to a stash house and kilo‑level cocaine seizures.