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Glynis Kazanjian

Glynis Kazanjian is an investigative reporter who specializes in accountability and transparency in government and politics. Prior to her work at The Baltimore Sun, she worked as a journalist for WJLA ABC 7, WTOP, Bethesda Beat, the Montgomery County Sentinel, the Baltimore Post Examiner and Maryland Matters. At Maryland Matters, Glynis authored 27 articles on the officer-involved death of Eastern Shore teen Anton Black, which resulted in the prosecution of a police chief, the resignation of a police officer and use of her articles in a federal civil rights lawsuit. During her career she also worked as a true crime researcher for Investigation Discovery and Reelz. She loves Maryland, blue crabs and the Orioles and can be reached at gkazanjian@baltsun.com, 301-674-7135 or on WhatsApp.

A look at what currently is up at the Cambridge Harbor property, a partly constructed brick promenade. (Glynis Kazanjian/Staff)

Seven years, $13M in tax dollars: What happened to Cambridge Harbor?

September 25, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

An Eastern Shore nonprofit charged with creating a vibrant waterfront community along the Choptank River has little to show but a slab of concrete and bricks after seven years and...

Jose Zavala, an undocumented gardener who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 18, while on a job in La Mirada, and was released from a processing facility in El Paso, Texas, after his wife paid a $5,000 bond, stands in an ankle monitor outside his home in Pomona, Calif., Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

Judge delays state’s suspension of home detention monitoring company

August 28, 2025 at 6:06 p.m.

Maryland’s bid to shut down a home detention monitoring company on Aug. 30 was thwarted Thursday when a Baltimore County judge agreed to pause a state-ordered suspension.

Only a remnant of police tape indicates that the parking lot and bus loop area outside The Mall in Columbia was the scene of a fatal shooting Feb. 22. (Amy Davis/Staff)

Howard judge orders parent of slain Columbia Mall teen to stay away from defendant’s mother

August 27, 2025 at 5:06 p.m.

Eaddy and Michael Robertson, Robertson III's father, attacked Zeah in Howard County District Court on May 2 during a scheduling hearing for Zeah.

Direction or “spell” is printed on scented “Love” candles for sale at the Crystal Fox store in Laruel. LaTonja Carrera used COVID relief funds to shop at this store and purchased similar products, according to court records. (Kenneth K. Lam/staff)

Sens. Van Hollen, Alsobrooks call for accountability in COVID PTA fraud probe

August 24, 2025 at 12:35 p.m.

U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks are demanding full accountability of a former state PTA president suspected of embezzling over $900,000 obtained through COVID relief funds, state grants...

Love potions sold at the Crystal Fox in Laurel, Md., where former Maryland PTA president LaTonja Carrera is said to have shopped during an alleged money-laundering scheme between 2020 and 2022. (Kenneth K. Lam/staff)

Voodoo sex spells, gambling binges, luxury gifts fuel $900K fraud probe into ex-Maryland PTA president

August 21, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.

Federal officials are investigating a former Maryland PTA president for allegedly embezzling over $900,000 to live a lavish coast-to-coast lifestyle that included luxury trips, gambling benders and Voodoo sex spells —...

A sign welcomes travelers to Federalsburg in Caroline County.

Caroline County CPS under investigation for ‘inadequate response’ after children found living in filth

July 31, 2025 at 4:16 p.m.

Child Protective Services staff in Caroline County is under investigation by its parent agency after staff failed to respond to a situation in which two children were found alone, naked,...

About 40 protesters gather outside the Forensic Medical Center on W. Baltimore St. to demand that cases overseen by former medical examiner David Fowler be investigated anew, after the censure Fowler has received for his testimony in the Derek Chauvin trial.

High rates of ‘undetermined’ deaths in Maryland

July 21, 2025 at 12:33 p.m.

The figures are high, according to forensic pathologists, and raise questions about the accuracy of the state's accounting of homicides, suicides and accidental overdose deaths.

Betsy Fox Tolentino, acting secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

Acting DJS Secretary Betsy Fox Tolentino: Using detention the wrong way harms public safety

July 2, 2025 at 10:14 a.m.

Maryland has an opportunity with juvenile crime. We may need to have additional programs, additional interventions. We may need to look at our decision-making tools to ensure that they are...

Police respond to cars doing donuts and fireworks going off at the intersection of Fleet Street and Central Avenue in Baltimore's Harbor East neighborhood. (Video screen shot)

Delaware man arrested as fireworks explode, drivers do donuts at Baltimore intersection

June 30, 2025 at 5:15 p.m.

A Delaware man was arrested in relation to a chaotic scene Saturday night in Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood that included fireworks and drivers doing donuts.

Howard County police stand outside the scene of a double shooting near The Mall in Columbia.

Parents of slain Columbia mall teens charged with assaulting defendant in court

June 25, 2025 at 9:03 p.m.

Michael Robertson said he couldn't tolerate looking at the remorseless expression on Emmetson Zeah's face before plunging from a Howard County courtroom seat in early May and attacking the man...