Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Cumberland, Maryland, in Allegany County, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). In Maryland the public criminal record is the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court; the statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is released only to its subject and to the employers and agencies the law allows. This guide says where each record of a criminal case from Cumberland is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, the prosecutor, sex offender registry, records requests and common questions.
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Criminal Cases in the Circuit Court for Allegany County
A criminal case from Cumberland is filed in the Circuit Court for Allegany County or the District Court of Maryland, which takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, landlord-tenant cases and civil claims up to $30,000, and the court file, kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, is the record of it that the public may see.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mdcourts.gov/district/directories/allegany (page title: General Information | Maryland Courts), phone 301-723-3100, 123 South Liberty Street, 2nd Floor, Cumberland, MD 21502-3005, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
The Maryland Criminal History and Your Own Copy
The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is closed to the public in Maryland: it is released to its subject and to authorized employers and licensing agencies, and a member of the public uses the court's own case index instead.
To see your own record, the route is a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository. The state page SearchSystems verified for it is at dpscs.maryland.gov/publicservs/bgchecks.shtml.
Arrest Records Kept Locally in Cumberland
The Allegany County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Cumberland (filed by the FBI as Cumberland Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Cumberland: the report and the booking record of each arrest stay with the agency that made it, separate from the court file and from the state repository.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Allegany County: Frostburg State University (campus police); the Allegany County State Police (state police); each keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the three agencies in Allegany County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,025 arrests to the FBI that year; how each case ended is in the court file, not in the arresting agency's.
The agencies and their counts, year by year, are in Cumberland arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Cumberland in 2025
The agency that reports for Cumberland had 54 violent and 717 property crimes reported for 2025; each one is a report on file with it, and each arrest that follows is the start of a criminal record.
The State's Attorney for Allegany County
The State's Attorney decides which arrests in Allegany County become charges and files them in the Circuit Court for Allegany County or the District Court of Maryland; the office answers questions about pending prosecutions, and the case files themselves are court records.
The office's page SearchSystems verified is at alleganygov.org/QuickLinks.aspx?CID=83 (page title: Quick Links, State's Attorney Office | Resources), 701 Kelly Road Cumberland, MD 21502, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
The Sex Offender Registry for Cumberland
Registered sex offenders living in Cumberland are listed on the Maryland Sex Offender Registry, run by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services at dpscs.maryland.gov. The registry is public and can be searched online.
Registration itself is done in person with the local agency where the registrant lives: the sheriff's office, or the city police in a city with its own department.
Asking an Agency in Allegany County for a Record
An arrest report, a booking record or a local criminal history letter comes from the agency that holds it, not from the court.
Under the Maryland Public Information Act a county office must answer a request within 30 days, with a denial due within 10 working days, and it may charge staff time after the first two hours, plus copying. The county records request page SearchSystems verified is at alleganygov.org/150/Information-Requests (page title: Public Information Requests | Allegany County, MD).
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Cumberland?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Allegany County are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Criminal Justice Information System is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Maryland Public Information Act.
Can I search Cumberland criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mdcourts.gov/district/directories/allegany (page title: General Information | Maryland Courts). Statewide, Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the free statewide case search of every Maryland court.
How do I get my own Maryland criminal history?
Through a fingerprint-based request to the CJIS Central Repository.
Who prosecutes crimes in Cumberland?
The State's Attorney, which files its cases in the Circuit Court for Allegany County or the District Court of Maryland.
Is this the official Cumberland website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.