February 2024 - Page 7 of 8 - Baltimore Witness

Baltimore Sees Significant Year-Over-Year Violent Crime Reduction in January

Details The first month of 2024 showed a continuing downward trend in homicides and non-fatal shootings citywide after 2023’s historic drop. Baltimore Witness data sourced from Baltimore Police Department (BPD) press... Read More

‘Absolutely Not,’ Says Judge to Proposed Motion Date

Details On Feb. 5, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland scheduled a motions date to potentially join a 28-year-old man’s case with his co-defendant’s. Christopher McLean is charged with... Read More

Judge Needs More Information Before Scheduling Murder Trial

Details Stand-in attorneys with limited information caused an 18-year-old murder defendant’s hearing to be continued until the end of the month before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland. Parris... Read More

Vehicular Manslaughter Suspect Arrested, Charged

Details In reference to a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred in the Western District on March 17, 2023, investigators have arrested 49-year-old Derek Glenn of Baltimore. Investigators learned that Glenn fatally... Read More

2022 Shooting Victim’s Death Ruled a Homicide

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 5, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details Nigel Arrington was critically injured in a shooting on Aug. 10, 2022, while on the 5300 block of Eastbury Avenue. On Nov. 27, 2023, Arrington died at an area hospital. ... Read More

Bicyclist Dies in Western District Hit and Run

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 5, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Traffic | Victims |

Details On Feb. 4, at approximately 12:25 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the intersection of West Franklin Street and Payson Street to investigate a call for a motor vehicle... Read More

Elderly Man Shot Early Sunday Morning

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 5, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Feb. 4, at approximately 1:50 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 2900 block of Erdman Avenue to investigate a ShotSpotter alert. Upon arrival, officers observed a 72-year-old... Read More

BPD Investigating Connection Between Two Northwest District Shooting Victims

Details On Feb. 4, at approximately 3:34 a.m., Baltimore Police Department officers were patrolling near the area of Park Heights Avenue and West Rogers Avenue when they heard discharging of a... Read More

Police Respond to Eastern District Shooting Victim

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 5, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Feb. 3, at approximately 5:44 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to an area hospital to investigate a walk-in shooting victim. Upon arrival, officers observed a 32-year-old male suffering... Read More

Verdict Reached for Attempted Murder Defendant on Some Charges

Details The jury reached a partial guilty verdict following the trial of attempted murder defendant Anthony Ward III on Jan. 29, finding him guilty of four different charges. Ward, 26, was... Read More

Jury Hears Gunshots That Claimed 15-Year-Old Teen’s Life at Closing of Shooter’s Murder Trial

Details Family members of 15-year-old Ja’Nyi Weeden jolted in their seats as they listened to the gunshots that took their loved one’s life on Aug. 10, 2021. Nearby, the accused shooter,... Read More

Defense Worries Witnesses Won’t Testify in Madison Avenue Non-Fatal Shooting Trial

Details After an hour delay due to attorney tardiness, an unresolved pre-trial motion and a dispute over the admissibility of a 911 call, the assistant state’s attorney finally delivered her opening... Read More

Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant Sentencing Postponed For Third Time

Details On Feb. 2, sentencing for a man convicted of a shooting that occurred some two years ago in Madison Park, West Baltimore, was postponed for the third time. Wardell Richardson,... Read More

Double-Homicide Defendant Appears in Reception Court to Schedule a Jury Trial

Details After securing postponement of a previous trial date, a Baltimore man facing eight criminal charges is set to appear before a jury on June 17. On Feb. 2, 25-year-old Datuan... Read More

Judge Denies Bail for Non-Fatal Shooting Defendant

Details On Feb. 1, a non-fatal shooting defendant was denied bail by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey M. Geller. John Eades, 31, is charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, firearm... Read More

Defendant Receives Maximum Sentence for 2022 Royal Farms Killing

Details On Feb. 2, a 52-year-old former private security guard convicted of the second-degree murder of a 26-year-old man at a Royal Farms appeared in Baltimore City Circuit Court for sentencing.... Read More

‘Vague Description of Shooter’ Doesn’t Link Defendant to Murder of 15-Year-Old Teen, Defense Says

Details The murder of 15-year-old Ja’Nyi Weeden happened because Zachariah Allison brought a gun to a fight between a group of teenage girls, a Baltimore City prosecutor said in a describing... Read More

Govans Shooting Victim Receives Treatment

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 2, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Feb. 2, at approximately 12:32 a.m., Northeast District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a report of a walk-in shooting victim. Once there, Baltimore Police Department officers... Read More

Medics Pronounce 25-Year-Old Man Dead on the Scene in Cherry Hill

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 2, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Feb. 2, at approximately 7:01 a.m., Southern District patrol officers responded to the 900 block of Coppin Court for a report of a shooting. Once there, Baltimore Police Department... Read More

BPD Open Investigation in Saybrook Avenue Murder

By Baltimore Witness staff - February 2, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Victims |

Details On Feb. 1, at approximately 10:51 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 5200 block of Saybrook Avenue to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed... Read More

Police Arrest, Charge Man with North Conkling Street Attempted Murder

Details On Jan. 25, Baltimore Police Department detectives arrested 20-year-old Keondre Harris of Baltimore. Detectives believe that Harris was involved in the shooting of a 22-year-old male on Jan. 18, on... Read More

Trial Date Set for Attempted Murder Defendant

Details On Jan. 31, a trial date was set for Dariel Doncha’e Glenn, a 26-year-old accused of attempted murder. Glenn is charged with nine counts including attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree... Read More

Shooter in Wildwood Parkway Road Rage Pleads Guilty to Eight Years in Prison

Details Attempted homicide defendant Devonta Hunter-Bergess pleaded guilty to eight years in prison for assault and a weapons charges on Feb. 1 for his involvement in a road rage incident on... Read More

Communication Woes Force Attorneys to Find New Trial Date

Details Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland attempted to untangle how communications broke down between the attorneys trying an attempted murder case and the Criminal Assignment Office on Feb.... Read More

Month: February 2024