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 September 30, 2026.
Denton, Maryland, in Caroline County, has about 5,000 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 Denton is kept and how it is seen.
This guide covers the court file, the statewide record, local arrest records, the crimes behind the records, sex offender registry, records requests, directory links and common questions.
Related guides: Denton public records, Caroline County criminal records, Denton arrest records, Denton warrants, Denton inmate search, Denton court records, Maryland arrest records and Maryland inmate search.
Criminal Cases in the Circuit Court for Caroline County
In Maryland the public criminal record is the court file. Criminal cases from Denton are heard by the Circuit Court for Caroline County, which hears felonies, civil cases over $30,000, divorces, juvenile matters and appeals from the District Court; the District Court of Maryland takes misdemeanors, traffic cases, landlord-tenant cases and civil claims up to $30,000, and the file of each case is kept by the Clerk of the Circuit Court.
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mdcourts.gov/courtsdirectory/caroline (page title: Caroline County | Maryland Courts), phone 410-479-1811, 109 Market Street Denton, MD 21629, 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 Denton
The Caroline County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Denton (filed by the FBI as Denton Police Department) keep the arrest records in and around Denton: 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 one more agency in Caroline County: the Caroline County State Police (state police); it keeps the records of its own arrests.
Together, the three agencies in Caroline County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 629 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 Denton arrest records.
The Crimes Behind the Records: Denton in 2025
The agency that reports for Denton had 21 violent and 146 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 Sex Offender Registry for Denton
Registered sex offenders living in Denton 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 Caroline 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.
More Official Criminal Records Pages for Caroline County
The SearchSystems directory, online since 1997, lists the official pages for Caroline County and Maryland. These criminal records pages from its Caroline County listing were opened again on October 2, 2026 and each one still answers:
- Caroline County Most Wanted (carolinesheriff.net)
Frequently Asked Questions
Are criminal records public in Denton?
The court files of criminal cases in the Circuit Court for Caroline 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 Denton criminal cases online?
The court records page SearchSystems verified for the county is at mdcourts.gov/courtsdirectory/caroline (page title: Caroline County | 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.
Is this the official Denton 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.