December 2023 - Baltimore Witness

South Monroe Street Manslaughter Defendant to be Tried in June 2024

Details On Dec. 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial date for a 24-year-old manslaughter defendant. Terrance Belton is charged with manslaughter and firearm use in... Read More

Jury Reaches Partial Verdict for Man Charged With Shooting Carjacker on South Augusta Avenue

Details A 38-year-man charged with shooting a carjacker was convicted of misdemeanor charges on Dec. 21 but will be retried on felony charges after the jury was unable to come to... Read More

Judge Sentences Woman to 10 Years in Prison For Luring Victim to His Death

Details A 39-year-old woman was sentenced to a decade in prison on Dec. 22 for her role in the murder of 29-year-old victim Marvin Kosh nearly three years ago. Tashonda Childs... Read More

Counsel Agree on 2024 Date for Attempted Murder Trial

Details On Dec. 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a spring 2024 trial for an 18-year-old attempted murder defendant. Zion Davis is charged with conspiracy to commit... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Still Undecided on Plea Offer

Details On Dec. 22, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled the trial for a 32-year-old attempted murder defendant in the absence of a decision on a plea offer... Read More

Sinclair Lane Shooting Victim Dies

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 22, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Dec. 22, at approximately 7:55 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 5600 block of Sinclair Lane to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers discovered... Read More

Investigators Determine Location of Western District Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 22, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Dec. 21, at approximately 6:32 p.m., Western District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a walk-in victim seeking treatment. Once at the hospital, Baltimore Police Department officers... Read More

Retrial Delayed for Suspect in Homicide Case Involving Two Brothers

Details On Dec. 20, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn postponed a hearing for 28-year-old homicide defendant Jimmy Murphy. Murphy is being retried for first- and second-degree murder, attempted... Read More

Royal Farms Security Guard’s Sentencing for 2022 Fatal Shooting Moved to Next Year

Details A Royal Farms security guard convicted for the murder of 26-year-old Marquise Powell earlier this year had her sentencing rescheduled for February 2024. Kanisha Spence was set for sentencing on... Read More

Judge Finds Mother Accused of Child’s Death Incompetent

Details On Dec. 20, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin ruled that 27-year-old homicide defendant Anthya Barnett is currently incompetent to stand trial and a danger to herself and... Read More

Baltimore Man’s Body Recovered in New Jersey

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 21, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Nov. 1, Southeast District patrol officers responded to the 600 block of North Decker Street for a report of a missing person. Once there, officers spoke to family members... Read More

Victim Stable After Northeast District Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 21, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Dec. 20, at approximately 8:05 p.m., Northeast District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a walk-in victim seeking treatment. Once at the hospital, officers located a 54-year-old... Read More

Closing Arguments in a 2022 Murder Case

Details In closing arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Althea M. Handy on Dec. 19, parties debated Draquan Smith‘s involvement in a homicide. Smith, 22, is accused of murdering 20-year-old... Read More

Man Agrees to Five Years in Prison After Attempted Murder Charges Dismissed

Details Attempted murder charges were dismissed on Dec. 19 against a 29-year-old man accused of shooting a woman on South Poppleton Street in February. On Tuesday morning, Dontay Washington appeared for... Read More

Attorneys Agree on Trial Date for Man Charged in Clifton Park Terrace Homicide

Details On Dec. 20, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled the trial date for a man charged with a fatal shooting on July 8. Neil Cole-El, 56, is... Read More

Sentencing Postponed Again for Former Morgan State Student Convicted of Killing 19-Year-Old Security Guard

Details The sentencing of former Morgan State University student Chase Marco Wilson for the killing of 19-year-old security guard Julian Fruh was postponed for the second time in two months. Wilson... Read More

‘Baltimore Is Not Gotham City,’ Says Prosecutor Decrying ‘Vigilante’ Shooter

Details Ricardo Daniel Alleyne, 39, appeared in court on Dec. 20 for closing arguments before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin H. Schreiber II. Alleyne is charged with first- and second-degree... Read More

Mistrial Declared After questions about Suspect’s Identity

By Jordan Fine [former] - December 20, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details A mistrial was declared on Dec. 20, 2023, after the jury failed to reach a verdict for attempted murder defendant Draquan Smith. Smith, 22, is being tried on two counts... Read More

Man Arrested for Daughter’s Shooting Death

Details In reference to the homicide that occurred on Dec. 17 in the Northwest District, homicide detectives have arrested 28-year-old Christopher Gamble of Baltimore. Investigators learned that Christopher Gamble was responsible... Read More

Investigation Begins in East Northern Parkway Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 20, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Dec. 19, at approximately 5:15 p.m., Northeast District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a walk-in victim seeking treatment. Once at the hospital, Baltimore Police Department officers... Read More

Carjacker Chased in Shooting Incident

Details During opening statements before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Martin H. Schreiber II, on Dec. 19, 2023, the prosecutor and defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg gave different accounts of a non-fatal... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charge for Firing Handgun on North Calhoun Street

Details A 38-year-old man accused of repeatedly firing a gun in the air earlier this year agreed to a five-year prison sentence as part of a plea offer with the prosecution.... Read More

For Want of Prosecutor, Trials for Two Co-defendants Postponed

By Racquel Bazos [former] - December 19, 2023
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Details On Dec. 19, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn rescheduled the trials of two non-fatal shooting codefendants after the prosecutor was unable to come to court. Alex Martinez-Montoya... Read More

Sentence Postponed for Man Convicted in Domestic Shootout

Details A 45-year-old man’s sentencing for a shooting in West Baltimore’s Madison Park last year was postponed for the second time on Dec. 19. Wardell Richardson was acquitted of attempted second-degree... Read More

Month: December 2023