Public safety reporter, Capital Gazette

Maggie Trovato

Maggie Trovato covers crime and courts for The Capital, where she's been since May 2025. A Chicago native, Maggie moved to Maryland in 2023 to work at The Star Democrat, where she covered local government, education and courts in multiple Eastern Shore counties. A University of Missouri graduate, Maggie's a Midwesterner through and through, but has found a strong love for Maryland.

The Anne Arundel County Court House in Annapolis, home of the Circuit Court.

Glen Burnie man charged with firing gun during domestic dispute enters Alford plea

July 15, 2025 at 7:05 p.m.

Joseph Houck, 43, entered the plea for one count of first-degree assault.

Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth is one of several speakers expected at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis Thursday. (Paul W. Gillespie/Staff)

Organizers bringing ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ protest to Annapolis

July 15, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

More than 1,600 “Good Trouble Lives On” events are planned for across the United States.

According to a news release from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, officers responded to the area of Muddy Creek Road and Sudley Road in Galesville a little after 12 p.m. on Saturday for a report of a vehicle collision.

Shady Side woman killed in head-on car crash in Galesville, police say

July 14, 2025 at 5:27 p.m.

Shady Side resident Patricia Lynn Warren, 61, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

Robert “Bob” Bieri (left) presents a copy of Cub Scout Pack 688’s charter to Severn River Lions Club’s then-president Randy Roberts in 2006. The Severn River Lions Club sponsors the pack, which Bieri was the cubmaster of in the early- to mid-2000s. (Severn River Lions Club/Courtesy)

Severna Park man who died in Shenandoah remembered as family man, mentor

July 21, 2025 at 7:01 a.m.

Bob Bieri, a beloved Severna Park engineer and family man, was found dead in Shenandoah National Park after going missing during an anniversary trip with his wife.

Maryland state highway officials work to clear an accident in January 2024 on the westbound span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. (Screen grab image from Maryland Transportation Authority camera)

Woman enters Alford plea for causing Bay Bridge pile-up that injured 12

July 11, 2025 at 5:08 p.m.

Gwendolyn Persina, 49, entered the plea for one count of causing a life threatening injury by motor vehicle while under the influence.

Aaron Keel, 59, was charged with stalking and harassing his neighbors after being arrested for setting their house on fire in April.

Severna Park man charged with arson now accused of sending sex toys to neighbors

July 10, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

A Severna Park man already facing arson and home invasion charges for setting his neighbors’ house on fire is now also accused of stalking and harassing them by sending sexually...

Members of the Anne Arundel County Police Department 100th Recruit Class take the Oath of Office during their graduation on Wednesday. (Brian Krista/Staff)

100th recruit class graduates from Anne Arundel County Police Academy

July 9, 2025 at 6:32 p.m.

Erica Vaaler was one of 19 recruits to take the oath of office and graduate from the Anne Arundel County Police Academy.

Brooklyn Park man sentenced after threatening to ‘blow up Anne Arundel’

July 8, 2025 at 4:36 p.m.

Gerald Trovinger III, 31, pleaded guilty in the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court

Four Anne Arundel County Fire Department personnel from Station 33 in Glen Burnie, manned the Baltimore City Engine Company 57 Station, on Pennington Avenue, in Curtis Bay, February 2, 2022, as part of an effort to man all the city’s stations so the Baltimore firefighters could attend funeral services for three of their firefighters killed recently.

Air Force investigating munitions found at Tipton Airport, fire department say

July 8, 2025 at 5:46 a.m.

While digging at Tipton Airport in Odenton, contractors found military munitions, investigators say.

Annapolis Police cruiser (Luke Parker/Staff photo)

Man in critical condition following shooting in Annapolis, police say

July 7, 2025 at 4:40 p.m.

Police said officers found an unresponsive man on the scene who had an injury consistent with a gunshot wound.

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