November 2023 - Page 6 of 7 - Baltimore Witness

Witness Who Identified Accused Killer Won’t Testify in Retrial

Details Evidence in the murder trial of 45-year-old Levar Cooper will leave jurors with more questions than answers, according to defense counsel Michael Tomko, as the only witness who identified his... Read More

Judge Schedules Trial in East Monument Street Shooting Case

Details On Nov. 7, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles J. Peters scheduled the trial of a 47-year-old attempted murder defendant. Antwain Jackson is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder,... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Complains About 2024 Trial Date

Details On Nov. 7, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles J. Peters presided over the scheduling hearing for a robbery defendant who has been waiting two years to be tried. Rico... Read More

Man Accused of Killing Teen Gets 2024 Trial Date

Details On Nov. 7, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles J. Peters scheduled the trial of a murder defendant in the new year despite his attorney’s objections. Roger Alvarado-Mendoza is charged... Read More

Jury Hears Closing Arguments in Glenwood Avenue Attempted Murder

Details On Nov. 6, jurors listened to closing arguments in the attempted murder trial of 38-year-old defendant Isaac Baylis, Jr. before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Myshala E. Middleton. Baylis is... Read More

Police Arrest Suspect in South Carey Street Shooting

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Ongoing Plea Negotiations Delay Vehicular Manslaughter Defendant’s Hearing

Details On Nov. 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton continued a 35-year-old vehicular manslaughter defendant’s hearing to allow further plea negotiations. Russell Anthony Edwards, Jr., is charged with... Read More

Double Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Nov. 6, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton scheduled a 34-year-old attempted murder defendant’s trial after he rejected the prosecution’s plea offer. Andre Brisbon is charged with... Read More

Murder Defendant Sentenced for Killing on Woodland Avenue

Details On Nov. 6, 28-year-old Josh Roberts accepted the assistant state’s attorney’s plea offer and pleaded guilty before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer. Roberts, represented by Brian Bishop,... Read More

Man Arrested for Southern District Homicide

Details On Oct. 27, 2022, at approximately 3:29 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 3300 block of Annapolis Road to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers... Read More

Investigation Begins in South Poppleton Street Shooting

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

Details On Nov. 6, at approximately 2:02 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the unit block of South Poppleton Street to investigate a reported shooting incident. Once at the location,... Read More

Scooter-Rider Hit by Bus Dies

By Baltimore Witness staff - November 6, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Nov. 5, at approximately 6:12 p.m., Central District officers responded to the 200 block of Light Street for a call of a pedestrian struck by a MTA Bus. Preliminary investigation... Read More

Motorcyclist Dies in Erdman Avenue Car Crash

By Baltimore Witness staff - November 6, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Nov. 4, at approximately 7:09 p.m., Fire Department personnel and Baltimore Police Department officers were dispatched to the 6300 block of Erdman Avenue in reference to a vehicle crash... Read More

Man Shot in Foot Doesn’t Know Where Shooting Happened

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

Details On Nov. 4, at approximately 11:42 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers were dispatched to the 4500 block of Fleet Street to investigate a report of a shooting. Responding officers arrived... Read More

Police Respond to Walk-in Shooting Victim

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

Details On Nov. 5, at approximately 1:56 a.m., Southeast District officers were dispatched to a local hospital in reference to a walk-in shooting victim seeking treatment. Once there, Baltimore Police Department... Read More

McCulloh Street Shooting Victim Seriously Injured

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

Details On Nov. 5, at approximately 5:12 a.m., Western District officers were on patrol when they heard discharging near the intersection of McCulloh Street and Gold Street. Officers responded to the... Read More

Victim Shot Multiple Times in Carswell Street Incident

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

Details On Nov. 4, at approximately 9:13 p.m., Eastern District officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of Carswell Street to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Officers responded to the location and... Read More

Officers Find Victim by Investigating ShotSpotter Alert

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

Details On Nov. 3, at approximately 9:26 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1400 block of Ashland Avenue to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Upon canvassing the immediate area, officers... Read More

Police Meet With Western District Walk-in Shooting Victim

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

Details On Nov. 3, at approximately 7:45 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to an area hospital to investigate a call for a walk-in shooting victim. Upon arrival, officers observed a... Read More

March Attempted Murder Defendant Rejects Plea

Details On Nov. 2, an attempted murder defendant rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Dana M. Middleton. Karen Terry is charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder,... Read More

Baltimore City Homicides Down, Shootings Up in September

Details September ended with a decrease in homicides in Baltimore City yet an increase in non-fatal shootings, according to Baltimore Witness data. There was a slight increase in non-fatal shootings in... Read More

Metro Station Shooter’s Sentencing Pushed Pending Outcome of Unrelated Homicide Case

Details The sentencing of attempted murder convict Draquan Smith was postponed on Nov. 2 when defense counsel requested to reschedule the proceedings pending the outcome of a separate homicide case against... Read More

Trial Begins for Accused Murderer of 13-Year-Old ‘Innocent Bystander’

Details On Oct. 31, the defense attorney for a Baltimore man accused of the homicide of a 13-year-old girl asked the jury not to let her “absolutely tragic death” fuel their... Read More

First-Degree Attempted Murder Defendant Found Not Guilty

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Kendra Y. Ausby presided as the verdict sheet was read to the court. Attempted murder defendant Quinton Hillery was found not guilty of all the... Read More

Month: November 2023