BALTIMORE — The Office of the Attorney General has completed its review of the investigative file from the death of Mary Croker and determined there was insufficient evidence to reopen a criminal investigation.
Croker, a 41-year-old woman, died after being restrained by the Baltimore County Police Department on July 6, 2010.
This review comes after an executive order required a review of 41 restraint-related deaths occurring between 2003 and 2019 that independent medical examiners determined should have been classified as homicides.
Prior to this audit, these deaths had not been classified as homicides.
Since the release of the audit's findings in 2025, the Medical Examiner's Office has not changed the manner or cause of death certification in any of the 41 cases.
On July 16, 2010, police received a call about a woman stealing property from a car in the area of Eastern Avenue and Hawthorn Road. An officer arrived and tried talking to Croker, but she did not comply.
Witnesses report Croker allegedly struck the officer and the two ended up on the ground where a struggle ensued.
The fight continued until other officers arrived to detain Croker.
She was placed on the ground in handcuffs but continued to resist arrest. She was then placed on her stomach, and officers noticed she wasn't breathing.
Croker was taken to a hospital where she later died.
One day later, the Medical Examiner's Office ruled Croker's cause of death was undetermined.
About 15 years later, independent medical examiners reviewed the findings and determined the manner of death for Croker should have been ruled a homicide.
Upon completing its review of the materials, the Office of the Attorney General found that there is insufficient evidence to reopen the Croker case for further investigation or for criminal prosecution.
