April 2023 - Page 7 of 8 - Baltimore Witness

Public Defender’s Office Seeks New Counsel For ’39 Babies’ Gang Member

Details Baltimore City’s Office of the Public Defender is actively working to reassign counsel to the case of 21-year-old Datwain Jackson, who is one of several suspects allegedly belonging to the... Read More

Detectives Launch Investigation into Triple Shooting on McElderry Street

Details On April 6, at approximately 2:59 p.m., Southeast District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the 3100 block of McElderry Street for discharging. Upon arrival, officers observed three... Read More

Co-Defendant Takes September Trial Date for Shooting Stemming from a Fight at School

Details One of the two co-defendants charged with a shootout stemming from a fight at school was given a September trial date on April 5. During reception court on Wednesday, Baltimore... Read More

Police Arrest 15-Year-Old Suspect in Shooting that Killed One and Left Five Injured

Details On April 4, at approximately 4:30 p.m., members of the Southwest District Action Team, Baltimore Community Intelligence Center (BCIC) and the Baltimore City Helicopter Unit (Foxtrot) coordinated efforts to arrest... Read More

Woman Who Confessed to 1-Year-Old Boy’s Murder Gets September Trial

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge set a September trial date for a 26-year-old mother accused of her child’s murder after confessing voices told her to do it. Shakira Shaw,... Read More

Officers Respond to Double Shooting on Danville Avenue

Details On April 5, at approximately 10:22 p.m., Southeast District patrol officers for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) were called to the 6100 block of Danville Avenue for a report of... Read More

Southeast District Hospital Reports 22-Year-Old Walk-In Non-Fatal Shooting Victim

By Baltimore Witness staff - April 6, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On April 5, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Southeast District patrol officers for the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to an area hospital for a report of a walk-in shooting victim.... Read More

Hospital Tends to 15-Year-Old Walk-In Shooting Victim

Details On April 5, at approximately 8:45 p.m., Southwest District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to an area hospital for a reported walk-in shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed... Read More

Counsel Agrees on Trial Date for Man Accused of Shooting Girlfriend in the Head, Burning Her Body

Details Following two days of pre-trial motions, the trial of homicide defendant Jermaine Jeter is expected to move forward next week for the brutal murder of his girlfriend in October 2021. This will... Read More

Man Charged with Murdering Woman, Toddler, Unborn Child Has Trial Delayed Third Time after Prosecutor Admitted to Hospital

Details Tripe homicide defendant Devon Sample had his jury trial postponed for the third time in one year after the prosecutor assigned to the case was admitted to the hospital. On April 4,... Read More

Lexington Street 2022 Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details An attempted murder defendant appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn and rejected a plea offer during a scheduling hearing on April 4. Defendant Perry Brown rejected... Read More

Officers Investigating Shooting of 15-Year-Old on North Belnord Avenue

Details On April 4, at approximately 10:33 p.m., Eastern District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the 900 block of North Belnord Avenue for a ShotSpotter alert. Upon... Read More

Trial Begins in 2021 Belair Road Stabbing Case

By Inacent McKeithan [former] - April 5, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects | Victims |

Details “The law does not require us to make the best choices,”said the assistant state’s attorney to a jury before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby on April 4,... Read More

Defendant Was Trying to Protect His Friend During Double Shooting on S. Potomac Street, Defense Says

Details Defense counsel for attempted homicide defendant Mario Diaz admitted that his client was drunk and high when he shot two people outside a bar on S. Potomac Street last year,... Read More

Defendant Accused of Gas Station Shooting Returned Fire After Being Shot in the Back, Defense Counsel Argues

Details Defense counsel for attempted homicide defendant Joseph Moulden adamantly argued on April 4 that his client only returned gunfire in the direction of the alleged shooter after the former was shot in... Read More

Baltimore Sees Twice As Many Shootings As Homicides in March 2023

By Andrew Michaels - April 4, 2023
Daily Stories | Data | Homicides | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details Baltimore City saw more than twice as many non-fatal shooting as homicides in March 2023, with the bulk of shootings reported in the city’s western regions. According to Baltimore Witness... Read More

Man Convicted of Fatally Stabbing His Wife 55 Times Has Retrial Moved to September

Details A man previously convicted in the stabbing death of his wife had the start of his retrial transferred to another date on April 3 in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Amit... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty in 2022 Attempted Robbery Case

Details On April 3, a Baltimore resident pleaded guilty to two separate charges against him before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Erik Atas. Deaira Roary, and his defense counsel Robert Ness, accepted a plea... Read More

Rosedale Court Attempted Murder Co-Defendants Reject Pleas

By Cooper Griffiths [former] - April 4, 2023
Attempted Murder | Court | Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

Details On April 3, one of two accused attempted murder co-defendants received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn, while the other was still missing files and... Read More

Woman Charged with Attempted Murder Accepts Plea in 2022 Maryland Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Case

Details A woman accepted a plea in the case of a non-fatal shooting on April 3 before Judge Erik Atlas in Baltimore City Circuit Court. An assistant state’s attorney offered defendant... Read More

Homicide of 20-Year-Old Male Reported in Southeast District

By Baltimore Witness staff - April 4, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On April 3, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Southeast District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) were patrolling the 2900 block of East Pratt Street when officers heard discharging. Upon... Read More

Officers Report Death of Man Following eastern Avenue Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - April 4, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On April 3, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Southeast District officers with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded to the 400 block of Imla Street to investigate a reported shooting. Upon... Read More

Three Shooting Victims in Stable Condition Following Park Heights Avenue Area Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - April 4, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On April 3, at approximately 5:33 p.m., Northwest District detectives with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) were patrolling the area of Park Heights Avenue and Wylie Avenue when they heard... Read More

Prosecutor Causes Delay in Retrial for 2016 Murder Defendant

Details A second-degree murder defendant previously convicted in the death of Johniece Shepard had his retrial date postponed on April 3 in a Baltimore City Circuit Court. Laser Womack’s, 26, trial... Read More

Month: April 2023