January 2024 - Page 4 of 7 - Baltimore Witness

Data Update: No 2023 Homicides Convicted in the Same Year

By Racquel Bazos [former] - January 16, 2024
Data | Featured | Homicides |

Details The chart above shows the speed of our court system in 2023. Though the Baltimore Police Department reported 240 incidents of homicides, they only made 45 arrests related to those... Read More

No Jail Time for Baltimore Police Officer in Vehicular Manslaughter of 58-Year-Old Man

Details A Baltimore City Police officer will serve no jail time but faces probation after accepting a plea agreement on Jan. 16 for striking and killing a man with his police... Read More

Former Morgan State Student Gets 25 Years for Murder of 19-Year-Old Security Guard

Details A former Morgan State University student convicted of fatally shooting 19-year-old security guard Julian Fruh in August 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Jan. 16. Baltimore City... Read More

Defense Attorney’s Judicial Appointment Delays Client’s Trial

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland continued the scheduling hearing of a 23-year-old attempted murder defendant because his attorney has been appointed a Baltimore County judge. Kyre Redd-Harris... Read More

Judge Sentences Dollar Store Murder Defendant to Serve Nearly 50 Years

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge John A. Howard sentenced a 26-year-old homicide defendant in excess of his sentencing guidelines despite all efforts by the defense to show mitigating circumstances in... Read More

33-Year-Old Man Acquitted of Murder Charges in 2022 East Hoffman Street Shooting

Details A Baltimore City jury acquitted homicide defendant Clipper Jordan on Jan. 5 after he was accused of aiding his co-defendant in the murder of Donte Miller. Jordan was acquitted of... Read More

Accused Edmondson Avenue Shooter Receives April Trial Date

Details On Jan. 11, a 47-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant received a new trial date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Nadeem Tajdin is charged with first- and second-degree... Read More

Defendant ‘Showed a Reckless Disregard for Human Life’ in Last Year’s Rec Center Shooting, Prosecutor Says

Details “We don’t know why [the defendant] discharged [the gun]. We don’t know who he discharged it at.” Defense attorney Lawrence Rosenberg spent his final moments with the jury presenting more... Read More

Attempted Murder Defendant Accepts Plea Offer

Details On Jan. 16, a 28-year-old defendant, alongside his attorney Natalie Finegar, pleaded guilty before Baltimore CIty Circuit Court Judge Ronald A. Silkworth. James Sutton was originally charged with first- and... Read More

Mayfield Avenue Homicide Victim Pronounced Dead on Scene

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 15, at approximately 9:19 p.m., Eastern District Officers were dispatched to the 2800 block of Mayfield Avenue to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, officers located 39-year-old Dominic... Read More

Officers Searching for Location of Southern District Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 15, at approximately 1:15 p.m., Southern District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a report of a walk-in shooting victim. Once there, officers located a 16-year-old... Read More

Man Charged With Attempted Murder for Striking Delivery Man in Crossfire

Details On Jan. 12, at approximately 10 a.m., Western District detectives and Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force members arrested 20-year-old Darrien Gaither of Baltimore. Detectives believe that Gaither was involved... Read More

Greenrose Lane Shooting Victim in Stable Condition

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 14, at approximately 10:16 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 4500 block of Greenrose Lane to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed... Read More

Investigators Locate Crime Scene for Teen Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 14, at approximately 7 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 an... Read More

Police Find Fatally Wounded Woman, Uninjured Man Off Highway Exit

Details On Jan. 14, at approximately 12:59 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the I-83 North Exit 3 to investigate a call of a woman being shot. Upon arrival, officers... Read More

51-Year-Old Man Shot on East Biddle Street

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 13, at approximately 8:33 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 1000 block of East Biddle Street to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers... Read More

Officers Apprehend Murder Suspects After Car Crash

Details On Jan. 12, at approximately 4:13 p.m., Southern District officers were dispatched to the 800 block of Washington Boulevard to investigate a reported shooting, following a ShotSpotter alert. Officers responded... Read More

Southwest District Officers Investigate North Poppleton Street Shooting

By Baltimore Witness staff - January 16, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Jan. 12, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers were dispatched to investigate a reported call for a shooting on the 100 block of North Poppleton Street. Officers... Read More

Defense Attorney Claims State Report Finding Client Competent ‘Unsatisfactory’

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 27-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial despite his defense attorney’s numerous issues with the competency report. ... Read More

Prisoner Accused of Stabbing Fellow Inmate to Death Sentenced to 40 Years

Details A 30-year-old man charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Jan. 5 in a plea agreement between the prosecution and his... Read More

Man Accused of Fatally Stabbing Senior in 2016 Now Found Competent

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 24-year-old homicide defendant competent to stand trial, but denied his release from psychiatric care. Christopher Straham is... Read More

Judge Denies Bail for Mother Accused of Shooting at Teen Daughter on Lyndhurst Street Last Year

Details A mother accused of shooting at her teenage daughter last April was denied bail on Jan. 12, despite the victim’s recanted statement. Theresa Taylor, 43, and her defense attorney, James... Read More

‘Everybody Agrees: There’s No Gun,’ Defense Says at Accused Shooter’s Bail Review

Details Defense counsel for 36-year-old non-fatal shooting defendant Louis Franklin argued no shooting ever occurred during an incident last fall for which his client was charged, despite the prosecutor’s assertion that... Read More

Man Found Competent to Stand Trial in Neighbor Dispute Shooting

Details On Jan. 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Gale E. Rasin found a 23-year-old attempted murder defendant competent to stand trial. Daykai Quarles is charged with attempted first- and second-degree... Read More

Month: January 2024