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Tony Roberts

Tony Roberts is a criminal justice and emerging news reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He previously covered Baltimore and Harford counties for Baltimore Sun Media.

This infrared satellite images shows Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico as a major Category 5 hurricane with 160 mph winds on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (NOAA/GOES-East)

Hurricane Milton: What Marylanders should know

October 10, 2024 at 8:43 a.m.

Here's what Marylanders should know about Hurricane Milton.

Man fatally shot in East Baltimore on Monday night; 2 injured after Tuesday morning shooting

October 8, 2024 at 4:02 p.m.

A man was killed in East Baltimore on Monday night, police said. Two others are injured after a shooting Tuesday in Southeast Baltimore.

Morgan State's marching band at a game on Sept. 4, 2021

Morgan State marching band to perform at Rose Parade in 2026

October 7, 2024 at 5:53 p.m.

Morgan State University’s “Magnificent Marching Machine” band has been chosen to perform at the 137th Rose Parade in 2026

This is the Main building on the Baltimore City Community College campus.

Baltimore City Community College lifts lockdown following police investigation

October 7, 2024 at 5:17 p.m.

Baltimore City Community College lifted a lockdown Monday afternoon after a police investigation, according to the school's website.

Demetrice Brown returns to her apartment to retrieve a few items after a fire ripped through the top-floor apartments in the 2900 block of Lakebrook Circle in Lansdowne early Sunday morning. Several families are displaced. (Amy Davis/Staff)

Person injured in Lansdowne fire was child: ‘We were stuck’

October 8, 2024 at 10:22 a.m.

The person injured in Sunday’s apartment complex fire in Lansdowne was a child, the Baltimore County Fire Department said.

1 dies in mobile home fire in Frederick County on Saturday

October 7, 2024 at 5:28 p.m.

A person died after their mobile home caught fire Saturday evening in Myersville.

Homes on the 3600 block of Beech Avenue in Wyman Park. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Staff)

Armed carjackings by juveniles up in Baltimore, new data shows

October 7, 2024 at 12:59 p.m.

New data shows that as of Sept. 4, the number of juvenile armed carjackings in Baltimore has surpassed that of the previous two years.

Man sentenced in fatal shooting of Howard County sheriff’s deputy in Federal Hill

October 4, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.

The Baltimore man convicted of manslaughter in the September 2023 fatal shooting of an off-duty Howard County sheriff’s deputy in Federal Hill was sentenced on Thursday.

Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School 10th grade students, from front, Evanna Anthony, Raishanaé Harris, and Si’Maya Fitzgerald listen as the Maryland Supreme Court hears oral arguments at Frederick Douglass High School. This is only the third time in recent history that the court has sat for cases outside Annapolis. Other city high school students were also in attendance at the former Northwestern High School, now the temporary site for Frederick Douglass High School while its old campus undergoes renovations. (Amy Davis/Staff)

Maryland Supreme Court hears arguments at Baltimore high school for first time

October 3, 2024 at 6:09 p.m.

The Maryland Supreme Court convened Wednesday at a Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School for the first time, hearing arguments regarding the safety of young athletes and an assault case appeal.

David Boykin, aka rapper President Davo, was shot to death in Baltimore near Clifton Park.

Man sentenced for murder of Baltimore rapper President Davo plans to appeal

October 2, 2024 at 2:50 p.m.

The man convicted of killing David Boykin, who went by the name President Davo as a local rapper, was sentenced to life in prison with an additional 21 years Tuesday.

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