Arrest

BOWIE -- His reputation with the Washington Bullets has been nearly perfect, which is part of the reason the team gave him a contract worth more than $100 million. But yesterday, an embarrassed Juwan Howard found himself having to say he was sorry.Howard was apologizing after his arrest in Washington on a charge of drunken driving. The Bullets' All-Star forward was arrested at 3: 45 a.m. yesterday after his 1995 Mercedes was spotted speeding on a street in Northwest Washington.Howard, who had attended a party at a Northwest Washington club, failed a sobriety test and was charged with driving while intoxicated a short time later.

Baltimore pastor Jamal H. Bryant was among protesters arrested in Ferguson, Mo., on Monday, as he and other clergy demonstrated against police brutality and misconduct. Bryant was on the front lines of a crowd of hundreds of protesters and faith leaders marching from a church to the Police Department in Ferguson, the town where unarmed teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police two months ago. In a tweet posted Monday afternoon, Bryant said he had been released. "Just released from St Louis county!"

Four protesters were arrested - one of whom was pepper-sprayed - near Johns Hopkins Hospital after police say they refused to follow officers' orders and shoved officers who attempted to disperse them.  Anthony Guglielmi, the Police Department's chief spokesman, said the protesters locked arms and refused to allow trucks to enter a construction site at the intersection of Rutland Avenue and Eager Street. Police said organizers told protesters over a megaphone to stand their ground as police ordered them to move to a "safe location.

Baltimore City Police said they arrested two men Saturday who allegedly attempted to rob teenagers at gunpoint and stole their dirt bikes. Police spokesman Det. Ruganzu Howard said the spouse of a police officer watched as the men held up the teens near the 2700 block Waterview Avenue. The teens ran away and swam across a drainage lake in the Westpoint neighborhood of south Baltimore to escape. Howard said police used a helicopter to help catch the men. Brandon Hall, 27, and Thomas Smothers, 24, were both arrested and charged with armed robbery.

Less than two weeks after signing a one-year contract with the Ravens, linebacker Rolando McClain was arrested in Decatur, Ala., on Sunday and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. McClain, who is from Decatur and played college football at Alabama, was arrested after an incident at Pines Park, according to a police report. Police officers arrived at Pines Park in response to a reported disturbance, resulting from what witnesses said was somebody spitting on McClain's car, according to Lt.

UPDATE : The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office said authorities will speak about the arrest at a 1 p.m. news conference at city police headquarters. An arrest has been made in connection with the killing of Phylicia Barnes, the 16-year-old from North Carolina who vanished while visiting family in Northwest Baltimore in 2010 and was found dead months later in the Susquehanna River. Word broke late Wednesday from Barnes' relatives, and was confirmed by authorities. The attorney for Michael Johnson, the former boyfriend of Phylicia's older sister, confirmed that his client had been taken into custody at about 11:30 p.m. on unknown charges.

The mother of a Randallstown teen killed during a struggle with an off-duty Baltimore County police officer is demanding an arrest, even as prosecutors say their investigation is not complete and they plead for patience. The Sun's county police reporter, Jessica Anderson, reports the new developments today, with Christopher Brown's mother, having buried her son on Saturday, now turning up the pressure on authorities. Police say that Brown was with a group of friends that threw a rock at the door of the officer's home.

Anne Arundel County Police arrested a man who they said walked out of a department store in Laurel with about $800 in merchandise on Saturday, then brandished a knife upon being asked to return to the store with the items. Police said that at approximately 6:40 p.m. they responded to a report of a robbery attempt at a Kohl's department store in Laurel. Police said a loss-prevention officer at the store reported having seen a man conceal numerous beauty products, including fragrances, on his person and leave the store.

The Baltimore Police Department must pay $180,000 to a pharmacy technician who was wrongfully snagged in a 2005 drug bust outside Lexington Market, the Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled. The unanimous decision Friday upended years of precedent and potentially could make it easier for citizens to sue police officers who make arrests they know to be illegal. The judges unanimously upheld a Baltimore Circuit Court jury's decision against Officer Arnold E. Houghton, who five years ago ordered the arrest of Cheryl Forrest even though other officers protested that she was innocent.

Anne Arundel County Police have made an arrest in an April 15 rape case Friday afternoon. Police arrested and charged Stephen Phillip Utendahl, 29, of 3500 block of Sharonwood Road in connection with first-degree rape and assault that occurred April 14 on Sharonwood Road in Laurel, according to a news release. Officers spoke with the female victim, who identified Utendahl on April 15, police said. Utendahl knew and targeted the victim, police said. Utendahl was arrested Friday at an apartment complex in the 2400 block of Corning Avenue in Fort Washington in Prince George's County, police said.

Andy Joyce drove his tow truck just after midnight to a West Baltimore service call, where he met a mother and small child waiting with their disabled vehicle. It was Nov. 1, 2010, and the 23-year-old had only worked a few weeks for Gordon Kelly's Quick Response towing company. It was the end of his shift. The mother and child got a ride from someone as Joyce lowered his truck's bed to tow the Dodge Durango near Mosher Street and Druid Hill Avenue. About two hours later, a passerby noticed the truck's door open, engine running, and Joyce slumped inside.

Baltimore County officials are looking into how other local governments regulate private late-night businesses after police arrested a Prince George's County man accused of shooting three people outside a Catonsville swingers club this weekend. County Executive Kevin Kamenetz asked Police Chief Jim Johnson to research rules elsewhere following the Sunday incident at Tabu Social Club, located in a shopping center on North Rolling Road, county spokeswoman Ellen Kobler said Tuesday.

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps plans to enter a six-week in-patient treatment program after his recent drunken-driving arrest, he and his agent said Sunday. The move should help his legal case and boost his public image as he seeks to keep a swimming comeback alive, legal and sports experts said. In statements on social media Sunday morning, Phelps told his fans that he plans to take time off to "attend a program" and focus on his personal life. "I recognize that this is not my first lapse in judgment, and I am extremely disappointed with myself," said Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history.

When Maryland Transportation Authority police charged Olympian Michael Phelps with driving under the influence last week, they had two choices about what to do next: They could release him to a friend or family member, or take him to jail. In Phelps' case, they chose the first option. After the swimmer flunked roadside sobriety tests, according to court documents, officers took him back to a police station. After he took a Breathalyzer test that registered a 0.14 percent blood alcohol level, Phelps signed some paperwork and was released to a "responsible adult," police have said.

Red-eyed and slurring his words, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps had a blood alcohol level of 0.14, well above the state limit of 0.08, when he was arrested and charged with drunken driving Tuesday morning after leaving the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Baltimore, according to court documents. Phelps, 29, failed two roadside sobriety tests and was asked to perform a third involving balancing on one leg, according to the documents, but told the officer, "That's not happening. " The swimmer, who returned to competition last year after retiring in 2012 as the most decorated Olympian of all time, is scheduled for trial on Nov. 19 in Baltimore City District Court.

Baltimore police officers involved in a violent arrest of a nightclub patron who they say resisted arrest returned to duty on Tuesday. Five police officers were involved in arresting Jamar Kennedy, 29, outside Melba's Place night club in the 3100 block of Greenmount Avenue on Sept. 23. Police said Kennedy was fighting a bouncer when officers intervened and began to struggle with Kennedy. Police say they used a Taser on Kennedy, and a cell phone video taken by a bystander showed them striking Kennedy several times with batons.

The five young men could be anyone's brother, son or husband, and their alleged encounters with the Baltimore police as chronicled in a lawsuit filed last week read like everyone's worst nightmare: getting rousted for no good reason by belligerent cops who arrest you because they can. In plain language and stark terms, the arrests and detention of these men raise serious concerns about how the Baltimore police do their job. The lawsuit filed by the...

Ocean City Police have arrested and charged a female off-duty Prince George's County sheriff with felony assault after she allegedly pulled her weapon during an argument with another woman. Police said the deputy, Jennifer Nicole Douglas, 26, of Fort Washington, was involved in a dispute over car keys that escalated into a physical confrontation early Sunday morning. During the confrontation, police said Douglas allegedly brandished her badge and handgun and pointed the gun at the other woman's head.

Michael Phelps was arrested early Tuesday in Baltimore, charged for the second time in 10 years with drunken driving. The charge comes five months after the record-setting Olympian's return to competition. Phelps, 29, was stopped for speeding just outside the Fort McHenry Tunnel about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday, Maryland Transportation Authority Police said. He was clocked going 84 mph in a 45-mph zone in his 2014 Land Rover and subsequently failed a standard field sobriety test, police said.