September 2023 - Page 2 of 9 - Baltimore Witness

Judge Schedules Trial Date for Both Cases Against Defendant

Details Terrell Parker, an attempted murder defendant, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Sept. 26 to schedule his trial date. Parker, 27, is charged with attempted... Read More

Judge Schedules Attempted Murder Defendant’s Trial

Details Dashawn Brown and his defense attorney, Arthur McGreevy, appeared in reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton on Sept. 26 to schedule a trial date. Brown,... Read More

Man Accused of Robbery, Murder Receives Trial Date

Details Jaheim Battle and his public defender, Maureen O’Leary, appeared in reception court before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton to schedule his trial. Battle, 21, is charged with... Read More

Judge Postpones Shooting Defendant’s Trial Again

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton postponed a non-fatal shooting defendant’s trial on Sept. 26 due to the prosecutor’s poor health. Michael Crispino is charged with two counts... Read More

Man Who Allegedly Confessed to Roommate’s Murder Denied Bail

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Christopher L. Panos denied bail for a 24-year-old Baltimore man who is facing charges for shooting his roommate in the head and leaving the victim’s... Read More

Jurors Begin Deliberations for Mother Accused of Killing Toddler in 2019

Details Shakira Shaw’s guilt was “at an all-time high” on Aug. 22, 2020, when she began feeling the pressure to confess to her son’s murder, a prosecutor said in her closing... Read More

Teen Dies After N. Gilmor Street Shooting

Details On Sept. 25, at approximately 4:25 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the intersection of Laurens Street and North Gilmor Street to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon... Read More

Retrial Defendant Argues Self-Defense for Reisterstown Road Homicide

Details On Sept. 25, the jury trial ended for 41-year-old Byron Erin Lewis as attorneys presented closing arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence R. Daniels. According to the Maryland... Read More

18-Year-Old Defendant Awaits Verdict in the Murder of Mergenthaler High School Student

Details On Sept. 25, Nizah Daniels appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton to hear closing arguments in the murder of a Mergenthaler High School Student. Daniels, 18,... Read More

Prosecutor Drops Charges in 2022 Attempted Murder Case

Details John Ray was scheduled to appear in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer on Sept. 13 for trial, but the prosecution dropped all the charges against... Read More

April Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Sept. 20, Devonta Hunter-Bergess and his defense attorney, Issac Klein, rejected a plea offer during a reception court hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Hunter-Bergess,... Read More

Defendant Faces Between 28 and 48 Years In Prison for Murder Outside Dollar Plus Food Market in 2022

Details A 26-year-old Baltimore man charged with a deadly fight outside a W. Pratt Street Dollar Plus food market in 2022 is expected to serve between 28 and 48 years in... Read More

Task Force Arrests N. Eutaw Street Shooting Suspect

Details On Sept. 22, members of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force and Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 32-year-old Sterling Coleman of Baltimore on the 3000 block of E. Madison... Read More

Police Find Female Victim’s Body in Apartment Complex

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 25, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Victims |

Details On Sept. 25, at approximately 11:34 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to an apartment complex on the 300 block of W. Franklin Street to investigate a call for service.... Read More

Judge Postpones Francis Street Murder Defendant’s Retrial

Details On Sept. 25, defendant Damien Woods and his stand-in defense attorney, Todd Oppenheim, asked Baltimore CIty Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to postpone Woods’ retrial. Woods, 35, is charged... Read More

Sick Prosecutor Delays Shooting Trial

Details On Sept. 25, defendant Tyrelle Fields and hisattorney, Augustine Okeke, appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to set a trial date. Fields, 39, is charged with... Read More

2020 Murder Defendant Receives New Trial Date

Details Over a year after a hung jury resulted in a mistrial, a homicide defendant reappeared in reception court before Baltimore City Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn to hear a plea... Read More

Case Dismissed Against Co-Defendants in East Pratt Street Shooting

Details An attempted murder case against two Baltimore men was dismissed by prosecutors, on Sept. 25 in connection to an assault and shooting on East Pratt Street last October. Jossue Enrique... Read More

Police Recover Gun Used in Strip Club Shooting, Postponing Defendant’s Trial

Details Aldrich Hunter appeared in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Anthony F. Vittoria on Sept. 20 in order to begin his trial, but in light of new evidence, the... Read More

Jury Acquits Co-Defendants of Derby Manor Drive Homicide

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury acquitted co-defendants Freedom Brown and Devon Pailin of all murder and weapons charges in connection to the shooting of Tyrell Johnson-Woods after their defense... Read More

Co-Defendants Receive Trial Date in 2024 For Killing 1, Injuring Another in Double Shooting

Details A Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn set a January trial date for two co-defendants accused of a double shooting in 2021, killing 26-year-old Brionna Glasglow and injuring... Read More

Western District Detectives Respond to Shooting, Stabbing Victims

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 25, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 24, at approximately 8:33 p.m., Western District officers responded to 1300 block of N. Carey Street for a reported shooting. Upon arrival, Baltimore Police Department officers located a... Read More

Victims Die After W. Patapsco Avenue Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 25, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 24, at approximately 2:52 p.m., Southern District officers were dispatched to the 2600 block of W. Patapsco Avenue to investigate a reported shooting. Baltimore Police Department officers responded... Read More

Southern District Detectives Connect Crime Scene, Shooting Victim

By Baltimore Witness staff - September 25, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Sept. 24, at approximately 1:29 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 900 block of W. Ostend Street for a ShotSpotter alert. Once there, officers canvassed the area... Read More

Month: September 2023