December 2023 - Page 3 of 7 - Baltimore Witness

McHenry Street Stabbing Defendant Rejects Plea Offer

Details On Dec. 15, a 50-year-old homicide defendant rejected a plea offer before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn. Michael Atkinson is charged with first-degree murder and possession of... Read More

Judge Schedules Alleged Gang Member’s Two-Week Trial

Details A 40-year-old defendant accused of murder and gang activity received a trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn on Dec. 15. James Brunson is charged with... Read More

Defendant Receives Trial Date Despite Pending Competency Evaluation

Details On Dec. 15, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial date for a 24-year-old defendant who may be found incompetent to stand trial. Jayquan Bridgeman is... Read More

Shooting Suspect Claims She was Attempted Rape Victim

Details Defense attorney Martin Cohen argued before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J. Hong, on Dec. 14, that his client shot a 78-year old man in self-defense when he attempted... Read More

Bus Stop Shooter Gets 10 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery

Details A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to armed robbery on Dec. 14 for stealing $50 and other belongings at gunpoint last year. During a plea hearing before Baltimore City Circuit Court... Read More

Wilson Street Shooting Victim Receives Treatment

By Baltimore Witness staff - December 15, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Dec. 15, at approximately 10:23 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 500 block of Wilson Street for reports of a shooting. Once there, officers discovered a 27-year-old... Read More

Police Respond to Teen Walk-in Shooting Victim

Details On Dec. 14, at approximately 2:30 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

BPD Investigating Shooting of Juvenile on Edgehill Avenue

Details On Dec. 14, at approximately 2:11 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 4100 block of Edgehill Avenue to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Receives May Trial Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled the trial for a 21-year-old attempted murder defendant on Dec. 14. Malik Height is charged with two counts each of attempted... Read More

Man Accused of Shooting Girlfriend’s Stepfather Receives Trial Date

Details On Dec. 14, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a 20-year-old attempted murder defendant’s trial for spring 2024. Tyresse Flemming, 19, is charged with attempted first- and... Read More

Trial Pushed for Man Accused of BB Gun Shooting Outside Edmondson Avenue Convenience Store

Details A 47-year-old man accused of shooting a victim with a BB gun earlier this year had his trial date postponed on Dec. 14. Nadeem Tajdin, 49, an Owings Mills resident,... Read More

Alleged Criminal Kingpin Rejects Plea, Faces Summer Trial

Details On Dec. 14, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a trial for a 37-year-old alleged drug kingpin in a gang. Ernest Hudson is facing 134 charges, ranging... Read More

Judge Schedules Attempted Murder Trial

Details On Dec. 14, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled the trial date for a 48-year-old attempted murder defendant. Tavon Allen is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

Prosecutors Drop Attempted Murder Charges Because of Witness Issues

Details On Dec. 13, lawyers for a defendant charged with a February attempted murder were set to begin trial in front of Judge Kendra Y. Ausby. However, the case was dropped.... Read More

A Mother’s View

By LaTrina Antoine - December 14, 2023
Editors Corner |

Details Last week I sat through a conference focused on shootings in the United States. It was held by the Center for American Progress and featured, over several days, mothers of... Read More

Southern District Officers Arrest Attempted Murder Suspect

Details On Dec. 13, at approximately 6:50 a.m., the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force members arrested 21-year-old Alonzo Lindsey. Detectives believe that Lindsey shot a 19-year-old female and a 20-year-old... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Rejects Plea, Takes April 2024 Trial Date

Details Non-fatal shooting defendant Jeremiah Dairo will proceed with a jury trial in April 2024 after rejecting a plea offer from the prosecution. On Dec. 11, the 24-year-old defendant appeared in... Read More

Murder, Armed Robbery Defendant Accepts Plea Offer

By Amel Kebede [former] - December 13, 2023
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects |

Details Laquan Ferome and his assistant public defender Ann Marie Gering appeared before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill for a plea hearing on Dec. 13. Ferome, 34, was... Read More

Defense Disputes Gun Evidence Linking Suspect to Hoffman Street Murder

Details Defense counsel for homicide defendant Tyrone Fenner disputed the prosecution’s DNA evidence allegedly linking his client to last year’s murder of Donte Miller, saying “people pass around guns like the... Read More

Recent Motion Decision Allows for April Murder Trial

Details On Dec. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn scheduled a 19-year-old’s murder trial after a long-awaited motions decision. Tyshaun Williams is facing over 60 charges, including multiple... Read More

Judge Continues Hearing After Defendant Bristles at May Trial Date

Details On Dec. 13, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa M. Phinn continued a scheduling hearing after a 37-year-old murder defendant complained about not getting a speedy trial. Tayvon Miller is... Read More

Shooting On Rosedale Leaves Man with Non-life Threatening Injuries

By Baltimore Witness Staff - December 13, 2023
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting |

Details About an hour after midnight, police responded to reports of a shooting on the 2900 block of Clifton Avenue on Dec. 13. According to a press release, officers located a... Read More

Jury Hears Different Versions of East Lanvale Street Shooting

Details On Dec. 12, defense attorney Martin Cohen and the assistant state’s attorney gave opening statements for an attempted murder case in front of Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeannie J.... Read More

Acquitted: Shooter Fires on Two Teens, Injures One, Prosecution Says

Details Editor’s note: The defendant was acquitted of charges in this case. Two Baltimore City teenagers decided to take a different way home from school on April 29, 2022, when 39-year-old Davon... Read More

Month: December 2023