Towson, Md. (WBFF) — Does Maryland need to revisit juvenile crime laws to hold young people accountable for potential crimes? Juvenile Justice laws were significantly changed in 2022. And then revised in 2024. Now, some say, major revisions are still needed.
January 5, 2023, at MacArthur Middle School, in Anne Arundel County. A school resource officer confronted a 12-year-old boy after a loaded handgun, extra magazine and lose ammunition were discovered in the student’s school bag. The weapons were quickly confiscated. But the student faced no criminal consequences.
“They could not charge him,” stated Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger. “We can’t take them to court. And if you can’t take them to court, you can’t get them the help that the court system is designed to give.”…